Raging Waters
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Raging Waters is the name of three water theme parks located in Sacramento, San Dimas, and San Jose, California, USA. They are the largest water parks in the state of California. The three parks are owned by the same company (Palace Entertainment, which also owns Boomers! Parks and many other amusement parks), although the San Dimas park is over twice as big as San Jose's, and they contain different attractions. The parks are generally closed during the winter months. There are also parks named Raging Waters in Wildwood, New Jersey (at Morey's Piers) and Salt Lake City, Utah, but only the three California Raging Waters parks are owned by Palace Entertainment.
The San Dimas Raging Waters is located where the 10, 210, and 57 freeways meet. It is Southern California's largest water park and has had great success due to its accessibility, being adjacent to three interstate freeways.
The San Jose Raging Waters amusement park is located in Cunningham Park in East San Jose, closely adjacent to the Eastridge Mall.
The Sacramento Raging Waters amusement park was formerly Six Flags Waterworld.
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[edit] Popular Attractions
[edit] San Dimas Raging Waters
There are many popular rides at the San Dimas Raging Waters including DropOut, High Extreme, The Dark Hole, Neptune's Fury, The Vortex, and the most recent attraction The Ragin' Racer.
- Amazon Adventure
- The Amazon Adventure is a quarter-mile long, 3 foot deep, Tropical River that runs through a section of the park. Riders simply sit in rafts as the current pulls them around the river route. This attraction is where most people go to relax and drift along after exploring the more fast-paced thrill rides the park has to offer.
- The Dark Hole
- The Dark Hole is a system of two 500-foot long fiberglass tunnels with a total drop of 52 feet. Riders sit in a two person raft speeding through the total darkness of the 500-foot long flumes, the first of its kind in the country.
- DropOut
- DropOut is a seven-story water slide, one of the tallest slides in the country. Riders plunge at a near free fall, reaching speeds close to forty miles per hour. Some riders will actually lift off the slide when coming down.
- High Extreme
- High Extreme is the largest two person raft ride in the nation. Standing at a towering 10-stories, High Extreme sends riders through 600-foot flumes, reaching speeds of up to thirty-five miles per hour. This ride originally used a toboggan-like raft for single riders, however for many years therafter only the two-person raft was used. As of 2006, the head-first toboggans are back and guests can now choose between the two.
- Ragin' Racer
- Ragin' Racer is the newest attraction at Raging Waters, debuting in the 2006 season. Riders race down the eight-lane slide on head-first toboggan mats similar to those used on High Extreme. At eight lanes and over 200 feet long, Ragin' Racer is the largest slide of its type in the country.
- Wave Cove
- The Wave Cove is one of Raging Water's oldest and most popular attractions. It is a million gallon pool with fan blades at the deep end, producing waves of up to three feet. Riders may be in the pool with or without an inner tube. Once only available through rental (discontinued in the park's 2006 season), tubes are freely available in the pool.
[edit] Trivia
- The San Dimas Raging Waters was used as one of many locations in San Dimas for the filming of the 1989 classic movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
- The name "Raging Waters" is also used for the set of waterparks operated by Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey.
- The Sacramento Raging Waters was formerly Six Flags Waterworld
