Tallest Water Slides In The World

Thrill seekers expect the best water slides to be bigger, taller, faster, and longer, just like the world’s best rollercoasters. The world’s tallest water slides have become instant attractions and enormous money makers for theme parks. Since the mid 1980’s; theme parks around the world have battled to increase attendance and gain wider notoriety for having the title of “World’s Tallest Water Slide”.

These massive water slides, attract millions of visitors each year. However, not all rides are ideally suited for every park visitor due to height and weight restrictions. Some rides demand that park goers have the capability to climb staircases as high as 17 stories up. This doesn’t stop park goers. For them, the thrill of enjoying a once-in-a-lifetime ride is the ultimate payoff. It’s why park goers continue to throng to waterparks each summer. Today in Pool Magazine, we’ll be highlighting top five tallest water slides in the world. Let’s take a trip around the world and look at the tallest slides around.

Top 5 Tallest Water Slides in the World

#5 – Insano

It appears that whether Insano is the world’s fifth tallest water slide is up for controversy. Whatever the case may be, this former world’s highest water slide obviously lives up to the Spanish word meaning insanity, and riders can expect a truly thrilling ride. Insano rises just over 134 feet tall in Latin America’s largest water park, and riders slide on their backs down a stunning 14-story drop while reaching speeds of up to 65 mph without the aid of a float or other device. The Guinness Book of Records once labeled Insano the world’s tallest water slide, and it held the title for more than ten years until Kilimanjaro overtook it. Beach Park is located 10 miles south of Fortaleza in northeastern Brazil, on the beach of Porto das Dunas.

Beach Park
Rua Porto das Dunas, 2734 Porto das Dunas
Aquiraz, Brazil 61700-000
+55 85-4012-3000
www.beachpark.com.br

#4 – Daredevil’s Peak

The slide is a large spiral that wraps around the tower structure, featuring numerous colorful rings along the way. The water park is only accessible on a Royal Caribbean cruise as a destination port. Experience what it’s like to plummet 135 spiraling, shrieking feet down the tallest waterslide in North America with this interactive experience

Royal Caribbean Cruise Destination
Perfect Day
CocoCay, Bahamas
https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cococay-bahamas-perfect-day-island/moment/daredevils-peak

#3 – Captain Spacemaker

The lovely city of Venice suffers a phenomena known locally as alta aqua, or high water, at certain periods of the year. Its most popular family-friendly attraction, however, includes a water slide that can be described in a similar manner. Captain Spacemaker is by far the tallest water slide in Europe and the signature ride of the award-winning Aqualandia water park, despite its height of more than 137 feet. This mega-water slide, also known as Spacemaker, takes three or four riders on rafts down a 60-degree incline at a top speed of 62 mph before reaching its splashy and crowd-pleasing climax. Aqualandia, which is located about 30 miles northwest of Venice, has been crowned Italy’s greatest water park nine times and was recently named Europe’s top water park. Shark Bay, the world’s first themed wave pool with actual Caribbean sand both on and off the water, is one of the 26 water attractions spread throughout eight themed sections.

Aqualandia
Via Michaelangelo Buonarroti
15-30016 Lido di Jesolo Venice, Italy
+39 0421 371648
www.aqualandia.it/en/

#2 – Thrillagascar & Jungle Jammer

American Dream is a retail mall in New Jersey (just outside of New York City) that features an indoor amusement park and ski slope. It will be North America’s largest indoor water park, according to the company. The water park was originally scheduled to open on November 27, 2019, and then on March 19, 2020, but was then delayed until October 1, 2020 owing to the pandemic.

Thrillagascar & Jungle Jammer
DreamWorks Water Park
1 American Dream Way
East Rutherford, NJ 07073
(833) 263-7326
https://www.americandream.com/venue/dreamworks-water-park

#1 – Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro has been the world’s tallest water slide for more than 12 years after it first debuted in 2002. Kilimanjaro, located in Aldeia das Aguas Park Resort about 85 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro, boasts a jaw-dropping 164-foot plunge and holds the world record for the highest drop on a body slide. The thrill ride named after Africa’s tallest mountain achieves an estimated speed of 62 mph off a steep 60-degree inclination and is easily the most conspicuous structure in the renowned water park. The massive resort and water park also has a 160-room hotel, a convention center, restaurants, and 17 pools, a wave pool, and a model car track, among other things.

Aldeia das Aguas Park Resort
Rodvia BR 393, KM 270
Barra do Pirai, Brazil  27160-000
(24) 2433-1122
www.aldeiadasaguasresort.com.br

Biggest Water Slides in America

No water slide list would be complete without mentioning these massive water slides.

Ko’okiri Body Plunge at Volcano Bay in Universal Studios

The Ko’okiri Body Plunge in Orlando, FL is the country’s tallest water slide, standing at 125 feet. This terrifying trap door drop slide, located at Universal’s Volcano Bay, has you free falling for what seems like an eternity. Did we also mention that the decrease is a whopping 70 degrees? If you’re daring enough to be launched into the seas below in the first place, you’ll achieve dizzying speeds. With this attraction, Universal challenges you to “Brave the Volcano.” Give it a shot; it’s the ultimate challenge for water slide fans.

Universal Studios Volcano Bay
6000 Universal Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32819
(407) 363-8000
https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/theme-parks/volcano-bay

Summit Plummet at Disney World’s Blizzard Beach

Finally let’s take a trip to Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park in Orlando, FL, now. Most people believe that Disney parks are only for small children, but this insane water slide proves them wrong. Summit Plummet, at 120 feet tall, can be visible from all throughout the Walt Disney World resort. This slide, which is modeled after a ski slope, has such a steep drop that you can’t see where you’re going until you’re halfway there! This water slide is one of the world’s tallest and fastest free-fall body slides, and it’s open to the elements so you can enjoy the Florida sunshine.

Blizzard Beach
1534 Blizzard Beach Drive
Orlando, FL 32836
(407) 939-5277
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/blizzard-beach/?CMP=OKC-80007834_GM_WDW_destination_blizzardbeachwaterpark_NA

Would you ride any of these?

Are water slides your thing? Are you tempted to get on one of these death defying rides? Sound off in the comments and let us know if you would ever visit one of these attractions.