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10 Best Water Parks In The World

10 Best Water Parks In The World

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Roller coasters are great, but everybody knows that when you add water, it just gets that much better. Adults can let go and be kids again as soon as they step through the magical gates of a great water park. Whether your thing is vertical drops that scare you senseless, getting dizzy in the wave pool, lounging and relaxing on the beach or in the lazy river, these water parks have it all. They’re among the 10 best water parks in the world.

Sources: Edition.CNN.com, LATimes.com, HuffingtonPost.com, List25.com, Telegraph.co.uk, Schlitterbahn.com,

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Beach Park, Brazil

It’s hard to beat a park that can boast both the tallest and fastest water slide in the world, and Beach Park’s Insano has just that. Standing at 135-feet tall and allowing riders to reach speeds of 65 miles per hour, Insano is truly only for the insane. Beach Park is also home to the Kalafrio halfpipe tube slide, another crowd favorite.

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MatadorMessenger.com

Schlitterbahn, United States

Schlitterbahn, voted the world’s best water park 16 years running by Amusement Business, is located in New Braunfels, Texas, and takes its business seriously. Located on 70 acres, the family-owned and operated park boasts everything from speedy pipelines to cliffhanger chutes to windy river expeditions. As a bonus, Schlitterbahn offers an “AquaVeyer,” or a conveyer belt that carries riders back to the top of rides so they never have to get out of their inner tubes. And in case you were wondering, “Schlitterbahn” means “slippery road” in German.

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EdsaPlan.com

Aquaventure Waterpark, United Arab Emirates

Dubai is known for building some of the biggest and most elaborate developments in the world. It’s no surprise that its Aquaventure Waterpark is home to the world’s widest water slide, as well as the longest river ride and longest zip line in the Middle East. Aquaventure also offers visitors the opportunity to hand-feed rays in Shark Lagoon, or to unwind along the 2,300-foot-long beach.

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EBeijing.gov

Watercube Waterpark, China

After the Great Wall, Beijing’s Watercube Waterpark is China’s second-most popular attraction, and with good reason. Between the funnel-shaped Tornado ride, the Bulletbowl, and enormous jellyfish and bubbles suspended from the ceiling, Watercube is an impressive place for even the most jaded waterpark goer. Watercube is in the former Olympic aquatic center from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

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Cyprus-BeachVilla.com

WaterWorld Waterpark, Cyprus

WaterWorld Waterpark in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, stays true to a Grecian theme throughout, with crumbling stone pillars, temples, and Trojan horse-shaped monuments lending to the atmosphere. WaterWorld offers top-quality attractions in a creative and attractive atmosphere that is entirely unique. Features include immense slides that wind through Roman temples, lazy rivers cruising through geysers and shipwrecks, and Poseidon’s wave pool, complete with Greek ruins.

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VisitKorea.or.kr

Caribbean Bay, South Korea

Caribbean Bay has some seriously cool rides, but it makes this list because it provides exhausted park-goers (namely parents) with sleeping rooms. With purified air piped in and jade-carved beds, the sleeping rooms make for an ideal midday nap when the sun has become too much, or the kids have thrown enough tantrums to send you over the edge. Oh yea, and they also have an insanely massive wave pool and four awesome Whitewater West Aqualoop slides that allows riders to race their friends.

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FlightstoTenerife.co.uk

Siam Park, Spain

Why settle for staring at the plastic walls of a regular waterslide when you could be zooming through an aquarium filled with sharks and stingrays? Tenerife’s Siam Park is a Thai-themed water park on the Spanish island known for crazy parties. The park offers a crazy ride in its Tower of Power, standing at 91-feet high, and giving riders the thrill of a lifetime.

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EATours.ae

Yas Waterworld, United Arab Emirates

One of the more recent additions to this list, Yas Waterworld opened in Abu Dhabi in the UAE in 2013, and it’s home to the world’s first hydro-magnetic-powered water slide, known as Dawwama. Yas also boasts an 1,800-foot-long water coaster, the world’s largest surf simulator, and the Middle East’s only looping water slide.

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DongShao.com

Aquatica, U.S.

Located in Orlando, Florida (also home to theme park monster Disney World), Aquatica spoils visitors with side-by-side wave pools, massive sandy beaches, and enormous water slides and water coasters. The Dolphin Plunge is one of the coolest ones out there, taking passengers on a thrilling ride that shoots through a dolphin-filled aquarium. How can you beat that?

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ShedExpedition.com

Tropical Islands, Germany

Why risk sunburn when you can visit an entire water park without ever stepping outside? Tropical Islands, located in Krausnick, Germany, is housed inside the largest free-standing hall in the world and is home to one of the largest indoor pools in the world — 656 feet long. It is large enough to accommodate 6,000 visitors a day, and has an enormous rain forest, luxury hotel, nightclub, balloon rides, and more.