Alton Towers Waterpark
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| Location | Alton Towers Resort, Staffordshire, England |
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| Owner | Merlin Entertainments |
| General Manager | Rob Harrison |
| Opened | 1 June 2003 |
| Previous names | Cariba Creek |
| Operating season | All year round |
| Pools | 7 pools |
| Water slides | 10 water slides |
| Website | www |
Alton Towers Waterpark, also known as Cariba Creek and Splash Landings, is an indoor-outdoor waterpark themed as a tropical lagoon. It is located at the Alton Towers Resort, within the Splash Landings hotel in Staffordshire, England. In 2013, the Waterpark celebrated its 10th anniversary along with the Splash Landings hotel. In summer 2009 the park hit the news with their decision to ban men wearing speedos (brief style swimming trunks) in the waterpark, the only swimming facility in the UK to do this. [1]
Rides and attractions
- Lagoona Bay - The main tropical pool, with water cannons, geysers and waterfalls.
- Wacky Waterworks Treehouse - A wooden 'treehouse' with watercannons, and other interactive features to squirt passing people with.
- The Little Leak - A mini Lagoona Bay for little children.
- Bubbly Wubbly Pool - An outdoor heated pool & whirlpool.
- The Master Blaster - A 'watercoaster.', similar to the Master Blaster at Sancastle WaterPark, Blackpool & Nucleus at Waterworld. It is the main ride there and has views of the entire waterpark. The Master Blaster is a high speed water flume that contains many sharp turns, drops and dark sections it is known to be " tremendous ".
- Volcanic Springs - Indoor heated hot pool.
- Lazy River (Calypso Creek) - A Slow Water Feature, where it takes you underneath water jets and buckets of water.
- Flash Floods - Outdoor pool with two slides leading to the middle pool and three leading to the bottom.
- The Tipping Bucket - A very big bucket is filled with 1000 litres of water and then tips its contents over people standing below.
- Rush & Rampage - 2 single ring slides where riders experience wide turns.
Food & Drink
The Waterpark also contains 2 food & drink establishments. The Original Sandwich Co. & The Ice Cream Parlor.
Future
Over the last few years, the Waterpark has drawn up several ideas to improve and add to the park. This includes a large 'half pipe'-style slide, for which a planning application was submitted but later withdrawn. Over the 2010 winter period, new turnstiles were added to control crowd flow into the waterpark and the pool floor has been replaced. At the start of 2013 a 3-week close-down took place within the Waterpark where the following was done; New lighting, new flooring, new stairs, and a lot of painting and general maintenance.
