A waterpark is an amusement park that provides water features such as slides, rides, water cannons, and wave pools. Some water parks have water rides that will take people around the park and drop the rider into the water. They can be located entirely inside, entirely outside or a combination of both.
In order to capitalize on the most possible tourist revenue, many sites have now implemented indoor water parks that will allow tourists to enjoy the water park year round. Cities worldwide have adopted this as a lucrative business to bring to their theme parks. Many of the states in the United States are bringing in new indoor water parks.http://www.indoorwaterparks.net/ New Mexico has just gotten their first indoor water park through the Radisson Hotel in Albuquerque. This Radisson Hotel water park has five pools and a double slide.
There is the Splish Splash Waterpark in New York that is 96 acres of water rides and water play areas. There is a water slide tunnel, just announced and it will have a 40-foot drop. There are also 360-degree spins in this ride. These water parks can be on the adventurous side. However, they can still be enjoyed by smaller children as they have included kiddie’s slides and a lagoon area for swimming. http://www.splishsplashlongisland.com/pages/rides.html
The same is true all over the world. Hotels, resorts, and cities have opened their own water park to bring in tourists and provide them with a reason to visit the city. In Phuket, Thailand, a massive water park brings in tourists dollars. Splash Jungle has just opened and it is expected to bring in both city residents and tourists. They have placed the park close to the airport to attract newly arriving visitors.http://phuketwan.com/property/phuket-waterpark-slashes-prices-half-12187/ Some countries have mild enough weather to allow the year round parks to thrive. However, for those areas that do not the indoor water parks are allowing for more guests and visitors than ever.http://www.indoorwaterparks.net/
Aquatica Waterpark
Opening day events at the Aquatica Waterpark in Orlando. Here we see some of the feature attractions and the rides as well as the slides. This is a large waterpark with many different kinds of water activities including a wave pool, racing slides, a lazy river and multi-person rides. There are dolphins that swim near the waterpark so that you can see them as you play in the water areas. This park is connected to Sea World.