AquaLoop

An AquaLoop is a body water slide made by WhiteWater. Single riders are dropped down a near vertical slide and into an inclined loop. They are usually located in water parks.

AquaLoop
AquaLoop at Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
General statistics
Type	Water slide
Designer	WhiteWater West, AQUARENA
Height	17 m (56 ft)
Drop	16 m (52 ft)
Length	88.4 m (290 ft)
Speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Duration	7 seconds
G-force	2.5
Installations	20+
Restrictions	Riders must be at least 120 cm (3 ft 11 in) in height and weigh between 45 kg (99 lb) and 130 kg (290 lb) to ride.[1]

History

Canadian manufacturer WhiteWater developed the world's only looping water slide, known as the AquaLoop. ^[2] There are nearly 60 AquaLoop installations around the world.^[3] The first installation was at Terme 3000 water park, Slovenia in 2008.^[4] Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast was the first to install more than one AquaLoop at a single location.^[5][6][7] The AquaLoop uses a trap-door to release riders down a 17-metre (56 ft) near-vertical descent at a speed of up to 80 kmh (40 mph). Riders experience -2.5 Gs in less than 2 seconds.^[8] The whole ride is over within 5 seconds.^[9]

Ride

An AquaLoop is launched from a 17-metre (56 ft) platform. A single rider is loaded into a launch chamber where they stand with their hands across their chest. After a countdown, a trapdoor opens and the rider immediately drops 16 metres (52 ft) inside a near vertical slide. The rider accelerates to 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) in just 2 seconds before entering the loop element. This element is a variation of the traditional vertical loop because it lies on an angle of approximately 45°. This variation of a loop is called an inclined loop. The 165-metre (541 ft) slide is over within 7 seconds.^[9][10]

Installations

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2 AquaLoop slides aboard Norwegian Breakaway.

Name	Water park	Location	Number of slides	Opened
AquaLoop	Akvamir Waterpark	Novosibirsk, Russia	1 slide	2017	[citation needed]
Hydro Plunge	Marassi Water World	El Alamein, Egypt	1 slide	4 June 2023	[citation needed]
AquaLoop	Aquasferra	Donetsk, Ukraine	1 slide	21 December 2012	[citation needed]
Looping Rockets	AquaPark Nessebar	Nessebar, Bulgaria	2 slides	2021	[citation needed]
AquaLoop/AdrenaLoop	Center Parcs De Kempervennen/Calypso	Westerhoven, Netherlands/Säärbrucken, Germany	1 slide	7 April 2022	[11][12]
360Rush	Wet'n'Wild Sydney	Prospect, Australia	4 slides	12 December 2013	[13]
Climax Loop	Waterbom Park	Bali, Indonesia	1 slide	2010	[citation needed]
Loopy Woopy/Forest Loop	Aqua magica/ Amaazia Waterpark	Mumbai/Surat, India	1 slide		[citation needed]
AquaLoop	Beijing Watercube Water Park/Paradise Island Waterpark	Beijing/Chengdu, China	1 slide	8 August 2010	[14][15]
Mambo Loop	Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin	Baton Rouge, United States	4 slides	2012	[16]
AquaLoop	Calypso Waterpark	Ottawa, Canada	2 slides	24 June 2011	[17]
AquaLoop/AquaDrop	Caribbean Bay/Gimhae Lotte	Yongin/Gimhae, South Korea	4 slides/2 slides	17 June 2011	[18]
AquaLoop	El Rollo	Tlaquiltenango, Mexico	1 slide	2014	[19]
AquaLoop	Parque Acuático Ixtapan/Imbursa Waterpark	Ixtapan de la Sal/Veracuz, Mexico	1 slide	2010	[20]
La Chute	Jay Peak Resort	Jay, United States	1 slide	25 November 2011	[3]
AquaLoop	Jolly Roger Amusement Park	Ocean City, United States	1 slide	2012	[21]
AquaLoop	Terme 3000	Moravske Toplice, Slovenia	1 slide	May 2008	[22]
AquaLoop	Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast	Gold Coast, Australia	4 slides	18 September 2010	[23]
AquaLoop	Camping Le Pommier	Villeneuve-de-Berg, France	1 slide	June 2013	[24]
AquaLoop	Aquamagis/F3	Plettemberg/Fellbach,Germany	1 slide	19 September 2008	[25]
AquaLoop	Bangi Wonderland/Sunway Lagoon	Bangi/Unknown, Malaysia	1 slide	2011	[citation needed]
Cyclone	World Waterpark	Edmonton, Canada	1 slide	12 August 2011	[citation needed]
AquaLoop	Vana Nava Hua Hin Water Jungle	Hua Hin, Thailand	1 slide	3 October 2014	[26]
Liwa Loop	Yas Waterworld	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	1 slide	2014	[citation needed]
AquaLoop	Aqualand	Köln, Germany	1 slide	2015	[27]
Lunar Loop	Wilderness Territory	Wisconsin Dells, United States	1 slide	June 2012	[citation needed]
Scorpion's Tail	Noah's Ark Water Park	Wisconsin Dells, United States	1 slide	29 May 2010	[3]
Booster Loop	Aquaparc	Le Bouveret, Switzerland	1 slide	8 May 2010	[28]
Anaconda	Therme Amadé	Altenmarkt, Austria	1 slide	August 2011	[29]
Looping Rockets	Dino Waterpark & AquaPlanet Waterpark	Khon Khaen/ Unknown, Thailand	2 slides	12 December 2012	[30]
AquaLoop	Andamanda Phuket	Phuket, Thailand	2 slides	July 2012	[31]
AquaLoop	Garden City Waterpark	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	1 slide	June 2014	[32]
AquaLoop	RamaYana Water Park	Pattaya, Thailand	1 slide	May 2016	[33]
The Guslinger	Typhoon Texas	Houston, United States	1 slide	May 2016	[34]
LassoLoop	Epic Waters	Grand Prairie, United States	1 slide	January 2018
AquaLoop	Water Park Tychy	Tychy, Poland	1 slide	30 April 2018
Poseidon's Revenge	Atlantis Aquaventure	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	2 slides	May 2013
Leap Of Fate	Meryal waterpark	Doha, Qatar	2 slides	2 November 2013
AquaLoop	Makadi Palace Waterpark	Makadi Bay, Egypt	1 slide	15 March 2018
Dragon Loop	Aquacentrum	Cegléd, Hungary	1 slide	4 March 2017
AquaLoop	Pirates Bay/BH Hotel Mallorca	Baytown, United States/Balearic Island, Spain	1 slide
Wipeout/Wild Vortex	Hurricane Harbor Rockford/Wilderness Waterpark	Cherry Valley/Sevierville, United States	1 slide	2017	[35]
Free Fall	Norwegian Breakaway (Cruise Ship)	Nassau, Bahamas	2 slides	30 April 2013	[36]
Free Fall	Norwegian Getaway (Cruise Ship)	Nassau, Bahamas	2 slides	2 November 2013	[37]
Free Fall	Norwegian Escape (Cruise Ship)	Nassau, Bahamas	2 slides	15 August 2015	[38]
AquaLoop	Valley Of Waves	Sun City, South Africa	1 slide	15 March 2018	[39]
AquaLoop	Mana Bay Waterpark	Dhaka, Bangladesh	1 slide	4 March 2017	[40]

57 Installations in the world

Similar water slides

The first known existence of a looping water slide was at Action Park in Vernon, USA, in the mid-1980s. Their water slide featured a vertical loop but was repeatedly closed due to safety concerns.^[41][42][43]

WhiteWater also developed the Flatline Loop which features a fast, downward-spiralling helix after a trapdoor release.^[44] The first installation was Triton's Twist at Funtown Splashtown. It was marketed as a looping water slide despite riders never actually experiencing an inversion.^[45]