Water slide

[4] The longest multi-person water-coaster (see below) is the 1,763 foot (537 m) long Mammoth at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana.

Visitors access the attraction via a cable car system and ride down the slide for approximately 4 minutes whilst navigating through 1,111 metres (3,645 ft) of scenic jungle.

[7][8][9] In the late 2000s, Austrian manufacturer Aquarena developed the world's first safe looping water slide, known as the AquaLoop.

[13] The largest collections are located at Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast and Raging Waters Sydney in Australia, which both house 4 AquaLoops that opened in 2010 and 2013, respectively.

[14][15][16] The AquaLoop uses a trap-door to release riders down a 17-metre (56 ft) near-vertical descent at a speed of up to 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).

Under the effects of centrifugal force, the riders circle the outer area of the bowl before exiting down through the middle, often into a pool underneath but sometimes into an additional slide section.

[29] This type of water slide is manufactured by Australian Waterslides and Leisure,[30] ProSlide,[31][32] Waterfun Products[33] and WhiteWater West.

Riders drop from inside a tunnel out into the ride's main element shaped like a funnel on its side.

The most common type of funnel is the ProSlide Tornado which is installed at almost 60 locations around the world dating back to 2003.

[35] In 2010, WhiteWater West began developing a competing product known as the Abyss, utilizing a raft that holds up to six riders.

[46] In 2016, WhiteWater West introduced the Mat Blaster, which combines the Whizzard model with elements of their MasterBlaster water coaster.

Originally manufactured by New Braunfels General Store (NBGS), the rights were sold in December 2006 to WhiteWater West of Canada.

Known as the Zip Coaster, the ride carries guests quickly uphill and over steep slides using high-speed conveyor belts.

[57] The third incarnation of the water coaster utilizes linear induction motors (LIM technology) and specially-designed rafts.

[59] The longest water coaster utilizing this magnetic system is Mammoth, at Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana.

[61] In 2010, ProSlide announced that they would be combining the family rafting and water coaster technologies to create a Hydromagnetic Mammoth.

Once the capsule is closed, a hatch opens underneath the riders dropping them into a near-vertical portion of the slide.