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Encyclopedia > Wild Wadi Water Park

Coordinates: 25°08′22″N, 55°11′21″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

The Wild Wadi Water Park is situated in Jumeirah, an area in Dubai, United Arab Emirates next to the Burj Al Arab and the Jumeirah Beach Hotel. The water park is operated by Jumeirah International, a Dubai-based hotelier. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 555 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 711 pixel, file size: 158 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) author Saudi http://www. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 555 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 711 pixel, file size: 158 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) author Saudi http://www. ... i got this cool pic from www. ... i got this cool pic from www. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 179 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 179 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jumeirah Jumeirah is a coastal residential area in Dubai, United Arab Emirates mainly comprising low rise private dwellings. ... Coordinates: , Emirate Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ... The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب, Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates managed by the Jumeirah Group and built by Said Khalil. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Jumeirah (fullname: Jumeirah Group, formerly Jumeirah International Group) is an international luxury hotel chain and part of Dubai Holdings, which is owned by by Dubai Government. ...


Wild Wadi is an outdoor water park with a heated/cooled wave pool, multiple water slides and two artificial surfing machines. In addition, the park has the largest water slide outside of North America and an 18 metre water fall, which spills its load onto the guests below every ten minutes. The water park also has two gift shops, three restaurants and two snack stands. Fun at a water park A water park is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing environments. ...


It was featured in The Amazing Race 5 and The Amazing Race Asia 1, in which teams had to slide down a 70 foot drop. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Amazing Race Asia is the first season of the popular reality television game show The Amazing Races Asian broadcast. ...


Rides

Master Blaster slides are best described as "uphill water roller coasters". Riders can sit in either a single or double ring, and are propelled uphill by high-powered water jets.
The Master Blaster rides include:

  • White Water Wadi
  • Jebel Lookout
  • Wadi Leap
  • Hos'N Hurler
  • Falaj Fury
  • Wadi Twister
  • Wadi Basher
  • Flood River Flyer

Ring Rides are the traditional downhill slides. Riders can choose to sit in either a single or double ring.
The Ring Rides include:

  • Tumble Falls
  • Falcon Fury
  • Rushing Rapids
  • Thunder Rapids
  • Tunnel of Doom

Family ride is a two part ride. The first portion, Summit Surge, blasts riders uphill into a pool area. The second half of the ride is known as the Rushdown Ravine which takes riders on a 170 meter downhill slide.


Jumeirah Sceirah is the tallest and fastest free-fall water slide outside of North America. Rising to 33 meters (108 feet) with riders reaching speeds up to 80 km/h.


FlowRider rides, Wipeout and Riptide, are surfing simulators that shoot out more than seven tons of water per second in a thin sheet across moulded foam structures. These rides produce a realistic wave effect which allows riders to body-board, knee-board or surf.


Breakers Bay is the largest wave pool in the Middle East. It produces parallel and crossing 1.5 metre waves in five different configurations.


Juha's Journey is a 360 metres long river which allows guest to relax and slowy float around the park.


Juha’s Dhow and Lagoon is Wild Wadi's play area for young children and has over 100 water games/rides.


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Dubai Wild Wadi Water Park (694 words)
The Wild Wadi water park is located in the city of Dubai, in the U.A.E. Twelve acres of desert have been filled with several million litres of water making it an oasis of fun, food and relaxation.
Once you enter the Arabian theme park in the Dubai wild wadi, you are given access to all the water rides, life jackets, rubber rings and body boards as you wish.
Wild Wadi water park is a member of the Jumeirah international group, a leading hotel and hospitality group of the Middle East.
Wild Wadi Water Park [Dubai Water Theme Park] - TEN Travel & Tourism [UAE] (557 words)
Wild Wadi Waterpark is a water theme park located in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) that covers an area of 12 acres and comprises of 24 adrenaline-pumping state-of-the-art rides and slides.
Wild Wadi is located on located in the rural area of Dubai, known as Jumairah, along the Jumeirah Beach Road.
This water park was designed like an Arabian wadi (oasis) with characteristics from Arabian folklore and has rides and attractions, many of which interconnect.
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