Adventure Island (water park)
28.041417563095 - 82.413339614868Koordinaten: 28 ° 2 ' 29.1 "N, 82 ° 24' 48" W
Adventure Iceland is an approximately 30 -acre water park in Tampa ( Florida), which opened on June 7, 1980. The park, which is located directly across the street from Busch Gardens Africa, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is one, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group. He has ten water slides, a lazy river, a wave pool and two water playgrounds. The main theme of the park is Key West.
Attractions
Body suction filters
Caribbean Corkscrew
Caribbean Corkscrew is a closed body double slide, which is about 70 meters long. The two sliding tubes, however, are here intermingled with one another and circle each other until the landing pool.
Gulf Scream
Gulf Scream is 64 meters long body suction, and where up to 40 km / h can be achieved. Since the slide is designed only for the speed experience, there are no curves. After starting it first goes steeply downhill before slipping through a lead-out track that ends in a sump. There are two sliding tracks.
Water Moccasin
Water moccasin is a slide body, which is composed of three closed tubes, which are arranged mirror -symmetrically to the center of the slide turret and of the catch basin. The two outer tubes lead in a helical slow down ( one left around a clockwise ). The middle tube leads from the same height but without helix directly into the catch basin, so it is very steep and short.
Runaway Rapids
The Runaway Rapids slides are a complex of five open body funnels that lead to curves over a 10 -meter-high mountain art.
Matt slides
Riptide
Riptide is one of the most popular attractions of the park. The 17 -meter-high mat slide, on which one slips with head first, has four tubes. Similar to Taumata Racer at Aquatica sister park you drive through after the start in closed tubes a helix before they are merged and open. The rest of the ride consists of a non- uniformly steep descent that ends in a lead-out track. Prevails straight line through the last part of the track a kind of competition between the slider's, who is the first at the finish.
Tire slippage
Aruba Tuba and Calypso Coaster
Aruba Tuba and Calypso Coaster are two tire slipping in the south of the park. You will go through with dual tires consist of many curves and end in the same sump.
Key West Rapids
Key West Rapids is the highest slide in the entire park. The tube slide, consisting of several helix and curves, additionally has two storage ponds, which are traversed slowly.
Wahoo Run
Another tube slide, which can even navigate to fourth, is Wahoo Run. The closed part slide as a special feature provides four artificial waterfalls, through which guests can travel while driving through.
Other slides
Everglides
Everglides is a special slide that is individually ridden in a kind of boat. The chute itself consists of only two slip channels leading from a height of about 21 meters steeply down into a pool. The real highlight, however, is that up to 18 meters on the water surface to glide in the boat through the pelvis.
Flow channels
Rambling Bayou
Rambling Bayou is a slow flow channel, which is centrally located in the park.
Wave pools
Endless Surf
Endless Surf is a wave pool, located in the northwest of the park. It occupies a total area of about 1600 square meters.
Water Playgrounds
Fabian 's Fun Port
Fabian 's Fun Port is a colorful water playground, which is especially designed for children.
Splash Attack
Splash Attack is a water playground, which is designed for older children and adults. The highlight is a 3800 liter wooden bucket, which pours over the visitors when he is swamped.