![]() In 2021, Water World renovated the Big Top area to a re-imagined and Colorado-themed Alpine Springs area. Big Top is family oriented and features attractions for younger children as well as thrill seekers. The newest area of the park is the Big Top, located adjacent to TurboRacer. Cowabunga Beach now acts as a Boogieboarding attraction during most hours through the day, but is open to as a play pool typically between 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. This made room for Turtle Bay Kids Wave Pool directly next to Cowabunga Beach. In 2017, Water World changed the former Captain Jack's wave pool into a smaller wave pool - Cowabunga Beach. In 2012, Water World announced the Mile High Flyer, a hydro-magnetic water coaster which launches riders up and down five unique hills taking only 45 seconds to complete. In 2021, Water World repainted and rethemed the bottom terminal. Some of the gondola towers are integrated into a The Peaks Speed Slides water slide platform. For most of its tenure at Water World, the gondola has circus theming at the bottom nodding to the origin of the lift. The fixed grip gondola, manufactured by Yan, was relocated to Water World from Circus Circus in Las Vegas, where it was lightly used. In 1993, Water World installed The Fun House Express (now Alpine Springs Express) gondola connecting the lower and upper parts of the park. Both have multiple points of emergency shut-offs used to immediately cut engine power from the wave rooms for added guest safety. Thunder Bay has a maximum depth of 8 feet (2.4 m), Cowabunga Beach has a maximum depth of about 5 feet (1.5 m), and Turtle Bay has a maximum depth of 3 feet (0.91 m). The only wave cycle available for guests simulates medium ocean waves creating crashing waves and strong currents in certain areas of the pool. ![]() Thunder Bay also sports a new engine that generates multiple wave types. Thunder Bay features a large Pepsi advertisement on the pool floor. Water World has three wave pools: Turtle Bay, a very small wave pool for toddlers, Cowabunga Beach, a small wave pool, and Thunder Bay, a large pool which holds 1,100,000 US gallons (4,200,000 L 920,000 imp gal) of water. The Ride has a throughput capacity of over 1,000 guests per hour. Since then, the ride has had two cosmetic upgrades, the most recent in the 2011 season. The ride is unusual for a water park attraction in its thematic emphasis, and in that it can take in excess of 5 minutes to complete, making it one of the longest rides at any water park. It includes steep downward spirals, sudden drop offs, and various dinosaurs, including an animatronic Tyrannosaurus encounter at the end of the ride. It is themed to a newly discovered cave that reportedly has creatures from the prehistoric era still inhabiting it. Water World's most famous attraction is Voyage to the Center of the Earth, in which riders ride in small circular multi-passenger inflatable rafts and travel through an artificial cavern. Other notable attractions include Glacier Run, an 8-lane head first mat slide with several steep drops The Revolution, a 4-person cloverleaf tube ride that leads down into a tube bowl Storm, a 4-person tube dark slide and Sunset Racer, a racing slide that features eight side by side lanes and a timed open air finish. One of the most notable is Screamin' Mimi, a ride where guests ride board-type vehicles down a roller coaster like track, reaching speeds of 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) before landing in a pool and bouncing across the water. ![]() The park has several unique water attractions. As of the 2022 season, the park has 50 attractions including a multitude of water slides, a lazy river, inflatable tube rides, multi-guest inflatable raft rides, two wave pools, and a gondola, which offers access to and from the top of the park. In 2021, Amusement Today awarded Water World as the 5th best water park in the industry on their Golden Ticket Awards. The park occupies 70 acres (28 ha), making it one of America's largest water theme parks. Water World is generally open from Memorial Day through Labor Day, but may be closed some school days. The park first opened in August 1979 with the first two waterslides in the state of Colorado, the Bonzai Pipeline. ![]() Water World (also known as, Hyland Hills Water World or Water World Colorado) is a water park that is part of the Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District and located in Federal Heights, Colorado, roughly 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown Denver, Colorado. Summer (Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day) Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District
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