AquaLoop

AquaLoop
AquaLoop at Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
General statistics
Type	Water slide
Designer	WhiteWater West, AQUARENA
Height	17 m (56 ft)
Drop	16 m (52 ft)
Length	88.4 m (290 ft)
Speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Duration	7 seconds
G-force	2.5
Installations	20+
Restrictions	Riders must be at least 120 cm (3 ft 11 in) in height and weigh between 45 kg (99 lb) and 130 kg (290 lb) to ride.[1]

An AquaLoop is a type of body water slide where single riders are dropped down a near vertical slide and into an inclined loop. They are usually located in water parks.

History

Austrian manufacturer Aquarena[2] developed the world's first mass-produced fully inverted looping water slide, known as the AquaLoop.[3] The slide is currently licensed and distributed by Canadian water slide manufacturer WhiteWater West.[4] There are nearly 20 AquaLoop installations around the world.[5] The first installation was at Terme 3000 water park, Slovenia in 2008.[6] Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast was the first to install more than one AquaLoop at a single location.[7][8][9] The AquaLoop uses a trap-door to release riders down a 17-metre (56 ft) near-vertical descent at a speed of up to 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). Riders experience 2.5 Gs in less than 2 seconds.[10] The whole ride is over within 7 seconds.[11]

Ride

An AquaLoop is launched from a 17-metre (56 ft) platform. A single rider is loaded into a launch chamber where they stand with their hands across their chest. After a countdown, a trapdoor opens and the rider immediately drops 16 metres (52 ft) inside a near vertical slide. The rider accelerates to 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) in just 2 seconds before entering the loop element. This element is a variation of the traditional vertical loop because it lies on an angle of approximately 45°. This variation of a loop is called an inclined loop. The 165-metre (541 ft) slide is over within 7 seconds.[11][12]

Installations

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

2 AquaLoop slides aboard Norwegian Breakaway.

Name	Water park	Location	Number of slides	Opened
AquaLoop	Akvamir Waterpark	Novosibirks, Russia	1 slide	2017	^[citation needed]
AquaLoop	Aquasferra	Donetsk, Ukraine	1 slide	21 December 2012	^[citation needed]
Looping Rockets	AquaPark Nessebar	Nessebar, Bulgaria	2 slides	2021	^[citation needed]
AquaLoop	Center Parcs De Kempervennen	Westerhoven, Netherlands	1 slide	7 April 2022	[13][14]
360Rush	Wet'n'Wild Sydney	Prospect, Australia	4 slides	12 December 2013	[15]
Climax Loop	Waterbom Park	Bali, Indonesia	1 slide	2010	^[citation needed]
Loopy Woopy & Forest Loop	Aqua magica & Amaazia Waterpark	Mumbai & Surat, India	1 slide		^[citation needed]
AquaLoop	Beijing Watercube Water Park & Paradise Island Waterpark	Beijing & Chengdu, China	1 slide	8 August 2010	[16][17]
Mambo Loop	Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin	Baton Rouge, United States	4 slides	2012	[18]
AquaLoop	Calypso Waterpark	Ottawa, Canada	2 slides	24 June 2011	[19]
AquaLoop & AquaDrop	Caribbean Bay & Gimhae Lotte	Yongin & Gimhae, South Korea	4 slides	17 June 2011	[20]
AquaLoop	El Rollo	Tlaquiltenango, Mexico	1 slide	2014	[21]
AquaLoop	Parque Acuático Ixtapan & Imbursa Waterpark	Ixtapan de la Sal & Veracuz, Mexico	1 slide	2010	[22]
La Chute	Jay Peak Resort	Jay, United States	1 slide	25 November 2011	[5]
AquaLoop	Jolly Roger Amusement Park	Ocean City, United States	1 slide	2012	[23]
AquaLoop	Terme 3000/Moravske Toplice	Murska Sobota, Slovenia	1 slide	May 2008	[24]
AquaLoop	Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast	Gold Coast, Australia	4 slides	18 September 2010	[25]
AquaLoop	Camping Le Pommier	Villeneuve-de-Berg, France	1 slide	June 2013	[26]
AquaLoop	F3	Fellbach, Germany	1 slide	19 September 2008	[27]
AquaLoop	Bangi Wonderland/Sunway Lagoon	Bangi/Unknown, Malesya	1 slide	2011	^[citation needed]
Cyclone	World Waterpark	Edmonton, Canada	1 slide	12 August 2011	^[citation needed]
AquaLoop	Vana Nava Hua Hin Water Jungle	Hua Hin, Thailand	1 slide	3 October 2014	[28]
Liwa Loop	Yas Waterworld	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	1 slide	2014	^[citation needed]
AdrenaLoop/ AquaLoop	Calypso/ Aqualand	Säärbrucken/Köln, Germany	1 slide	2015	[29]
Lunar Loop	Wilderness Territory	Wisconsin Dells, United States	1 slide	June 2012	^[citation needed]
Scorpion's Tail	Noah's Ark Water Park	Wisconsin Dells, United States	1 slide	29 May 2010	[5]
Booster Loop	Aquaparc	Le Bouveret, Switzerland	1 slide	8 May 2010	[30]
Anaconda	Therme Amadé	Salisburg, Austria	1 slide	August 2011	[31]
Looping Rockets	Dino Waterpark & AquaPlanet Waterpark	Khon Kaen/ Unknown, Thailand	2 slides	12 December 2012	[32]
AquaLoop	Andamanda Phuket	Phuket, Thailand	2 slides	July 2012	[33]
AquaLoop	Garden City Waterpark	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	1 slide	June 2014	[34]
AquaLoop	RamaYana Water Park	Pattaya, Thailand	1 slide	May 2016	[35]
The Guslinger	Typhoon Texas	Houston, United States	1 slide	May 2016	[36]
LassoLoop	Epic Waters	Grand Prairie, United States	1 slide	January 2018
AquaLoop	Water Park Tychy	Tychy, Poland	1 slide	30 April 2018
Poseidon's Revenge	Atlantis Aquaventure	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	2 slides	May 2013
Leap Of Fate	Meryal waterpark	Doha, Quatar	2 slides	2 November 2013	[37]
AquaLoop	Makady Palace Waterpark	Unknown, Egypt	1 slide	15 March 2018	[38]
Dragon Loop	Aquacentrum	Cegléd, Hungary	1 slide	4 March 2017	[39]
AquaLoop	Pirates Bay	Baytown, United States	1 slide
Wipeout	Hurricane Harbor Rockford	Cherry Valley, United States	1 slide	2017	[40]

Similar water slides

The first known existence of a looping water slide was at Action Park in Vernon, USA, in the mid-1980s. Their water slide featured a vertical loop but was repeatedly closed due to safety concerns.[41][42][43]

More recently, ProSlide developed the SuperLOOP which features a fast, downward spiralling helix after a trapdoor release.[44] The first installation was The Wedgie at nearby WhiteWater World.[45] It was marketed as a looping water slide despite riders never actually experiencing an inversion.[46]

References

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36. "Typhoon Texas Waterpark Houston – Rides and Attractions".
37. "11 Things to Know About the Norwegian Getaway Cruise Ship". Cruise Hive. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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External links

• Official website