White Water Branson
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| White Water Branson | |
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| Slogan | Beach Within Reach |
| Location | Branson, Missouri, United States |
| Coordinates | 36°38′38″N 93°17′58″W / 36.64396°N 93.29957°WCoordinates: 36°38′38″N 93°17′58″W / 36.64396°N 93.29957°W |
| Owner | Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation |
| Opened | 1980 |
| Operating season | May - September |
| Pools | 2 pools |
| Water slides | 16 water slides |
| Children's areas | 2 children's areas |
| Website | Official Website |
White Water Branson is located in Branson, Missouri and is known by most in the area as just White Water. It features a wave pool, a series of tubular slides, a ProSlide mammoth family raft ride, and a slide deck featuring 2 speed slides and 4 "Racing Lanes".
History
When it opened in 1980, advertisements declared it to be a stunning "Beach Within Reach". It was advertised as a simulated beachside landing, featuring the very first wave pool, and public and private cabanas. The park has been expanded over the years to meet the thrill needs of the modern era.
Rides
Non Height Requirement Rides
These rides have no height requirement, although not always gentle.
- SurfQuake Wave Pool - A large pool with tube slides for floating. Large waves are expelled every 15 minutes. Maximum depth is 8 ft (2.4 m). When wakes occur pool may be 12 ft (3.7 m) deep at most.
- Aloha River (Formerly "Lazy River") - A large interactive pool, with a stream traveling up to 5 mph (8.0 km/h) while passengers float on provided inner tubes.
- Ohana Falls (Formerly "Tropical Twister") - A ProSlide Mammoth style family ride.
Intense Rides
- Bermuda Triangle - Extremely intense covered dark tube slide. Riders flow through a long stretch of slide, riding on an innertube.
- Pipeline Plunge (Formerly "Caribbean Plunge") - Two tube slides ending in a catch pool
- Raging River Rapids - A series of intense tube slides. There are blue and white ones. They do not permit double inner tubes. Added in 2005
- Kalani Towers - New in 2007, it is a four person ProSlide Racer (The Tower Racer), and a steep 70 degree drop freefall body slide (The Speed Slide). Also known as a ProSlide Pipeline.
Former Rides
- White Lightning - A five story tall slide that was removed in 1988 to make way for Niagara Falls.
- Niagara Falls - A five story tall family raft ride that was removed in 1991 to make way for Paradise Plunge.
- Typhoon Tunnel - An enclosed tube slide that was removed in 2004 to make way for Raging River Rapids.
- Hurricane Rapids - A raft adventure ride filled with hills and whirlpools that was removed in 2004 to make way for Raging River Rapids. Portions of it can still be seen today. It has been incorporated into the theme of Raging River Rapids.
- Paradise Plunge - A five story tall slide with wavy slopes that was removed in 2006 to make way for Kalani Towers.
Attractions
- Little Squirts Waterworks
- RainTree Island
- Splash Island
- Sand Volleyball
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