Water Parks 2011

New water parks, new slides, new water park rides and attractions-- 2011 is shaping up to be quite a wet and wild season at both outdoor and indoor water parks. No matter where you may live throughout the U.S. and Canada, or where your vacation travels may be taking you this year, there's bound to be some new, wet excitement awaiting you.

The guide is arranged alphabetically by U.S. state. This page includes what's new for the 2011 season at selected water parks in U.S. states from Alabama to New Mexico.

The next page includes what's new for the 2011 season at selected water parks in U.S. states from New York to Wisconsin plus Canada.

ALABAMA

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ALASKA

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ARIZONA

Golfland SunSplash
Mesa, Arizona
The Storm Rider
Riders in four-passenger cloverleaf tubes will get to tackle the giant bowl ride.

Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Constrictor
Enclosed flume slide with what Wet ’n’ Wild Phoenix is describing as "the tightest turns of any other waterslide giving riders an experience unlike any other in the world."

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ARKANSAS

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CALIFORNIA

Raging Waters
San Jose, California
Bombs Away
Brave guests will climb to the top of the slide's tower, enter the capsule, and experience a 55-foot vertical drop after the trap door in the bottom of the capsule is opened. If that's not crazy enough, riders will then enter a near-vertical loop before being deposited (hopefully with bathing suits firmly attached) into a splashdown track.

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COLORADO

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CONNECTICUT

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DELAWARE

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FLORIDA

Rapids Water Park
Riviera Beach, Florida
Rapids Racers
$2 million multi-lane, mat-racing slide

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GEORGIA

Pirate's Cove
Savannah, GA
New water park
No details were available about the new water park at the time this was written.

Wild Adventures
Valdosta, GA
Splash Island waterpark expansion
Wild Adventures' water park will get two large family raft rides in 2011.

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HAWAII

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IDAHO

Boulder Beach at Silverwood
Athol, ID
Ricochet Rapids
Family raft ride.

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ILLINOIS

Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, IL
Riptide Bay
The water park, Hurricane Harbor (which is included in the general admission to Six Flags Great America), will be getting bigger with a new area that will feature a new FlowRider surfing attraction, new water slides, and and an activity pool with watery diversions for younger visitors.

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INDIANA

Holiday World
Santa Claus, Indiana
Safari Sam's SplashLand
Holiday World's Splashin' Safari water park will get an eight-slide attraction for smaller splashers.

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IOWA

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KANSAS

Schlitterbahn Kansas City
Kansas City, Kansas
Boogie Bahn surf ride and five other attractions
A new surfing ride, a rapids river ride, a whitewater tube chute, and three new slides are on tap for Schlitterbahn this season.

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KENTUCKY

Beech Bend
Bowling Green, KY
Tiki Island The water park at Beech Bend will be getting Tiki Island, a new interactive water play complex with seven slides, a bunch of sprayers and gizmos to soak others and get soaked, and a huge tipping bucket.

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LOUISIANA

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MAINE

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MARYLAND

Six Flags America
Mitchellville, MD (near Washington, D.C.)
Zoomazon Falls
New Amazon rainforest themed attraction at Hurricane Harbor, the water park that is included with admission to Six Flags America, will offer riders a choice of four body slides.

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MASSACHUSETTS

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MICHIGAN

Michigan's Adventure
Muskegon (near Grand Rapids), MI
Beach Party
The WildWater Adventure waterpark (included in admission) will be getting a large new interactive water play station with a tipping bucket.

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MINNESOTA

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MISSISSIPPI

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MISSOURI

White Water at Silver Dollar City
Branson, Missouri
Aloha River at Hula Hula Bay
New adventure river attraction will feature a lazy river-style course with occasional geysers and other gotchas.

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MONTANA

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NEBRASKA

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NEVADA

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

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NEW JERSEY

Splash World at Clementon Amusement Park
Clementon, New Jersey
Torpedo Rush
A twin racing speed slides attraction. riders will compete in side-by-side, 60-foot tall slides. They will enter capsules with trap doors that will open simultaneously to start the race.

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NEW MEXICO

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Next Page: The 2011 season water park Slide Guide continues with parks from New York to Wisconsin and Canada.