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s across the

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and

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, originally owned by SeaWorld creator

George Millay George Millay (July 4, 1929 – February 6, 2006) was an American businessman and founder of SeaWorld and Wet 'n Wild water parks. Millay was born July 4, 1929, at Mercy Hospital and grew up in Ocean Beach, San Francisco, and Hawaii. After ser ...

. It is not to be confused with the Wet'n'Wild brand owned by Village Roadshow Theme Parks and

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or the stand-alone waterpark Wet N' Wild Waterworld in Anthony, Texas.

History

The name was first used for a water park when SeaWorld founder

opened his first water park

Wet 'n Wild Orlando Wet 'n Wild Orlando was the flagship water park of Wet 'n Wild owned by NBC Universal, located on International Drive in Orlando, Florida. It was founded in 1977 by SeaWorld creator George Millay. It closed on December 31, 2016. It was the w ...

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in 1977. Wet 'n Wild in Orlando, however, closed permanently December 31, 2016, and was replaced by

Volcano Bay Universal's Volcano Bay Water Theme Park, or Volcano Bay, is a tropical-themed water park at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida. Owned and operated by Universal Parks & Resorts, Volcano Bay replaced Wet 'n Wild as Universal Orlando ...

. Millay went on to open six more water parks under the same name in the United States, Brazil and Mexico. In 1997 and 1998, Millay sold the water parks to various owners including

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and private companies for a total of $77 million.

Locations

Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe (often simply referred to as Wet 'n Wild or Emerald Pointe) is a water park located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, and part of the Wet 'n Wild chain. There are 40 rides and attractions, including 5 pools, ...

– operated by

in Greensboro, North Carolina * Wet 'n Wild Cancun – a water park in

. At opening in June 1997, the park spanned * Wet 'n Wild São Paulo – a water park in

. The $42 million park opened in October 1998, and spanned

Previous locations

– operated by

, closed December 31, 2016. It has been replaced by the new

waterpark that opened in 2017. *

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– rebranded as Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Arlington when purchased by Six Flags in 1997. Located across Interstate 30 from Six Flags Over Texas. * Garland, Texas – formerly a Herschend Family Entertainment "White Water" park. The site is now occupied by a CarMax dealership. * Wet 'n Wild Las Vegas, operated from 1985 to 2004 – now

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; not to be confused with the present-day

Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas was a water park in Spring Valley, Nevada. The park was part of Village Roadshow Theme Parks' Wet'n'Wild chain of water parks located across the world. The park opened in May 2013 and is located at 7055 S. Fort Apache Ro ...

. *

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– opened in 1996 as the first international park. It cost $28 million and spanned , however the park has gone bankrupt.

Cancelled locations

* Rio de Janeiro – originally targeted for an October 1999 opening * Brasilia – $32 million, originally targeted to open in late 1998

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