Golfland-Sunsplash is a

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and

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located in

Mesa, AZ Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the most populous city in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ...

. The location is separated into two parks. Golfland operates as a year-round FEC and features three miniature golf courses, an arcade, a pizza restaurant, a go-cart track, bumper cars, and bumper boats. Sunsplash operates in the summer and features 29 water-based attractions. The park opened in 1983 and the

opened in 1986. Golfland-Sunsplash is owned and operated by Golfland Entertainment Centers, Inc.

Golfland Golfland Entertainment Centers are a chain of family amusement centers, miniature golf courses, and water parks located in California and Arizona. The company was founded in 1953. Locations *"Golfland" in Milpitas, California (1199 Jacklin Road, ...

Entertainment Centers was founded in 1953 and currently operates 8 properties. Mesa Golfland Sunsplash in Arizona, and 7 in California (including Roseville Golfland Sunsplash - a similar facility with a separate FEC and water park located in

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). Notable Events * In the movie ''

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'', Bill, Ted, and Napoleon visit a fictional waterpark called ''Waterloo'' in San Dimas, CA. The scenes at Waterloo are a cross between establishing shots at San Dimas Raging Waters and shots with the actors at Golfland Sunsplash.

Notable rides and attractions

* Thunder Bay is a 450,000 gallon

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. * Splashwater Harbor Slides are the original four tube slides. There are two dark slides and two regular slides. * Master Blaster (2002) is a water slide that uses jets to propel riders uphill, similar to a roller coaster. * Sidewinder (2005) is a half-pipe style water slide. * The Cauldron (2008) is a single rider body slide that drops into an open bowl. The first ever bowl slide was built at

Sunsplash in Roseville, CA in 1999. * Thunder Falls (2010) is a seven-story family raft ride with three high speed drops. * The Stormrider (2011) is a four-person behemoth-bowl slide. At nearly 8 stories tall, it is one of the tallest slides in the southwest. The first ever

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slide was built at

Sunsplash in Roseville, CA in 2004. * The Revolution (2012) is a two-person bowl slide with a high speed drop. * Double Dare (2014) consists of two parallel racing body slides that start with

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's SkyBox trap door launch system.

External links

Golfland Entertainment Centers Official Website
1983 establishments in Arizona Buildings and structures in Mesa, Arizona Tourist attractions in Maricopa County, Arizona Water parks in Arizona