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, a stand-alone water park in Anthony, Texas.

History

The Wet'n'Wild brand originates from Wet'n'Wild Water World on the Gold Coast, Australia. It first opened in 1984 as Cade's County Waterpark, before being renamed to Wet'n'Wild in 1987 after a licensing agreement was reached with chain of Wet 'n Wild water parks overseas. In 2008, Village Roadshow Theme Parks, the owners of Wet'n'Wild Water World, began to explore opportunities to expand the brand. One proposal was to acquire

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and redevelop it into Wet'n'Wild Aussie World; however, these plans were cancelled. Internationally the company acquired the

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in the United States. The park was rebranded to Wet'n'Wild Hawaii the following year. At around the same time, the company also purchased

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, investing $30 million in the park relaunched as

Wet'n'Wild Phoenix Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix is a water park located in Phoenix, Arizona. The park is situated on approximately of land, making it the largest theme park in the state. It is located in North Phoenix at Adobe Dam Regional Park. History Wat ...

. Village Roadshow's ownership of Wet'n'Wild Hawaii was short-lived, as the park was sold to

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for an undisclosed sum in 2009. Village Roadshow Theme Parks, however, continued to operate the park. In 2013, new Wet'n'Wild water parks were built by Village Roadshow Theme Parks in Las Vegas and

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. In November 2013, CNL Lifestyle Properties purchased Wet'n'Wild Phoenix, with

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taking over operations of both Wet'n'Wild Phoenix and Wet'n'Wild Hawaii for the 2014 season. In addition, CNL Lifestyle Properties also purchased the rights to the Wet'n'Wild brand in the United States. Village Roadshow Theme Parks will continue to operate and hold a majority stake in ownership of

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. CNL Lifestyle Properties' ownership of the Wet'n'Wild brand in the United States led them to branding their recently acquired California water park as Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs, and their SplashTown Houston park as Wet'n'Wild SplashTown. In 2015, the first Chinese Wet'n'Wild water park will open. It will be owned by

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and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. In 2016, Premier Parks purchased Wild Water Kingdom in Brampton, Ontario, Canada and renamed it

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. It was formerly independent. In July 2018, Parques Reunidos purchased Wet'n'Wild Sydney from Village Roadshow Theme Parks but later renamed the park Raging Waters Sydney.

Locations

* Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast * Wet'n'Wild Haikou * Wet'n'Wild Hawaii *

Previous locations

* Wet'n'Wild SplashTown *

* Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs * Wet'n'Wild Sydney

References

External links

Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast

Wet'n'Wild Hawaii

Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas

Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs

Wet'n'Wild Sydney
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