Living in Fayetteville, I got a choice to make to take my kids to a summertime water park.
1)Magic Springs/Cyrstal Springs- Cheap plus daddy gets some coaster time at a reasonable price
2)Shlitterbahn in KC. Growing before my eyes, other attractions around
3)Whitewater
Now, #1 is getting some new stuff for 2013
and Then there's this for Sclitterbahn:
Suzanna Stagemeye
rAssociate Editor- Kansas City Business Journal
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Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark plans to open what it describes as “the world’s tallest, fastest and most extreme waterslide ever built” in the summer.
The Meg-a-Blaster speed slide, for four-person rafts, will “tower over” current record holder Insano at Beach Park, which is in Fortaleza, Brazil, according to a Wednesday release. That slide is 134.5 feet high and hits speeds of 65.2 miles per hour. The KCK slide will combine speed-slide drops with Schlitterbahn’s Master Blaster technology, which offers a coaster-like attraction.
A Schlitterbahn spokesperson said no cost projection will be released now.
“To ensure the record-holding statistics of this new extreme attraction, we are not going to release final height and scope of the project until we are ready to welcome our first guests,” Jeff Henry, Schlitterbahn co-owner, said in the release. “This new Meg-a-Blaster speed-slide is going to wow our guests and is going to be a game-changer for our industry. Our greatest challenge will be to find thrill seekers brave enough to ride.”
The release said more information would come closer to the unveiling of the new slide.
Schlitterbahn’s Kansas City, Kan., waterpark opens for the 2013 season on May 25. Discount season passes are on sale online; parking, tubes and lifejackets are free to use, and visitors can bring picnic baskets and coolers into the park.
For the upcoming season, the waterpark also plans to expand the number of shade structures in the park, add more changing and bathroom facilities, and add a food location in the newer section of the park.