Caribbean Bay is an indoor/outdoor
water park
A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other baref ...
located in
Yongin
Yongin () is a city in the Seoul Capital Area, the largest in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population over 1 million, the city has developed rapidly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in the count ...
,
South Korea
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, on the outskirts of
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
. Opened in 1996.
Caribbean Bay is part of the
Everland Resort
Everland Resort () is a theme park and vacation resort located in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is owned and operated by Samsung Everland. The resort opened in April, 1976, as a single theme park (Everland), but developed into a resort with ...
, but requires a separate admission fee.
With the opening in 2008 of its newest attraction, the "Wild River Zone", Caribbean Bay expanded its capacity by 30%. The park includes a
wave pool
A wave pool is a swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, large waves, similar to those of the ocean. Wave pools are often a major feature of water parks, both indoors and outdoors, as well as some leisure centres.
History
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, the world's Longest
Lazy river
A lazy river is a water ride found in water parks, hotels, resorts, and recreation centers, which usually consists of a shallow () pool that flows similarly to a river.
There is generally a slow current, usually just enough to allow guests to g ...
Ride, a Sandy Pool, a Wading Pool for young children, Various
Water Slide
A water slide (also referred to as a flume, or water chute) is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size. Some slides require riders to si ...
s, and a Salt Sauna.
Caribbean Bay has received "Must-see Waterpark Awards" from International Association of Amusement Park Attractions.
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Facilities
Aquatic Center
The Aquatic Center is an Indoor Waterpark zone in Caribbean Bay. It has several pools including a Wave Pool and Diving Pool. It also has 3 watertube Slides. Its indoor location means it is open all year. It also operates a beauty zone, sauna, hot springs like jjimjilbang
A jjimjilbang (; ) is a large, sex-segregated public bathhouse in South Korea, furnished with hot tubs, showers, Korean traditional kiln saunas and massage tables. ''Jjimjil'' is derived from the words meaning ''heating''. In other areas of ...
s in South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.
The main facilities are: Spa & Sauna, Indoor Wave Pool, Quick Rider (indoor tube & water slide).
Sea Wave
The Sea Wave is famous for its large outside wave pool. It generates 2.4m artificial waves. It is the highest wave pool (tied with Ocean World
An ocean world, ocean planet, panthalassic planet, maritime world, water world or aquaplanet, is a type of planet that contains a substantial amount of water in form of oceans, either beneath the surface, as subsurface oceans, or on the surfa ...
V ) in South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.
The main facilities are: Wave Pool, Diving Pool, Wave Village, Sandy rest zone.
Bay Slide
Bay slide zone is for water slides. It has 6 tube slides and 3 water bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
s.
The main facilities are: Tube Ride, Water Bobsleigh, Bobsleigh Village.
Fortress
Fortress is for fun water play it has world's longest streaming pool (at the construction time) called "Lazy Pool". Adventure pool splashes 2.4 ton of water at once.
The main facilities are: Flowing Water Pool, Surfing Ride, Adventure Pool.
Wild River
The Wild River (opened in 2008) is an extreme water play zone. It has 5 tube slides, 1 Boomerango. Wild Blaster is flume ride
Log flumes (colloquially known as log rides) are amusement rides consisting of a water flume and (artificial) hollow logs or boats. Passengers sit in the logs, which are propelled along the flume by the flow of water.
The ride usually culminat ...
-like tube slide but more extreme and wet. Tower Raft is large tube slide track that 4 people can ride at once. Tower Boomerango is one of the most extreme water attraction in South Korea waterpark
A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other baref ...
s. Tubes slide down a 90-degree slope.
The main facilities are: Tower Boomerango, Tower Raft, Wild Blaster, San Juan Restaurant.
See also
* List of water parks
The following is a list of notable water parks in the world sorted by region. A water park or waterpark is an amusement park that features water play areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, wave ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Korea Amusement parks
Everland Resort
1996 establishments in South Korea
Buildings and structures in Yongin
Samsung subsidiaries
Service companies of South Korea
Water parks in South Korea
Buildings and structures in Gyeonggi Province
Tourist attractions in Gyeonggi Province