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Wild Waves Theme & Water Park is an amusement park and water park in Federal Way, Washington.Opened in 1977 as The Enchanted Village (with its accompanying water park, Wild Waves, opening in 1984), [1] the park is a popular summer destination in the Pacific Northwest.
[1] [2] At a ceremony on August 17, 2013 the Waikiki Beach Wave pool was designated as an ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. The recognition is for being the "first inland surfing facility in North America". [3] The Big Surf Water park became the first amusement park or waterpark to receive such an ASME landmark status.
The first water park featuring water slides and wave pools was Wet 'n Wild, which opened in Orlando, Florida, in 1977. [1] The United States has the largest and most concentrated water park market, with over 1,000 water parks and dozens of new parks opening each year.
Water World is a water park located in Waldameer. Established in 1986, Water World contains 12 major slides, an Endless River, a Heated Relaxing Pool, and two kids' zones. In June 2015, Waldameer opened a wave pool that can accommodate 1,000 people, making it one of the largest wave pools on the East coast.
Soak City originally opened in 1989 as a 12-acre (4.9 ha) water park under the name WaterWorks featuring 15 water slides, a wave pool, and a lazy river ride called Action River. [3] WaterWorks was the first themed area to be added to Kings Island since 1976, bringing the total to seven.
It is the second water park to open at the resort, preceded by Disney's River Country which closed in November 2001. The park, which opened on June 1, 1989, is home to one of the world's largest outdoor wave pools [1] where it is even possible to bodysurf. [2]
Water World was an inspiration for the South Park episode "Pee", which features a water park named Pi Pi's Splashtown. Many of the water parks rides appeared in the episode under slightly different names, including its most notable attraction Voyage to the Center of the Earth (retitled "Journey to the Center of the Earth").
The double wave pool at RamaYana Water Park. Generally, wave pools are designed to use fresh water at inland locations, but some of the largest ones, near other seashore developments, use salt water. Wave pools are typically larger than other recreational swimming pools and for that reason are often in parks or other large, open areas.