WhiteWater World is a seasonal water park situated in the suburb of Coomera on the Gold Coast, Australia.
These included The Green Room, Super Tubes Hydrocoaster, The Rip, The BRO, Temple of Huey, Cave of Waves, Wiggle Bay, and Pipeline Plunge.
Several more attractions have been added in the following years, including The Little Rippers, The Wedgie, Triple Vortex and Fully 6, with plans for a $7 million expansion commencing in 2019.
[3] On 28 November 2005, Macquarie Leisure announced it would invest $56 million on the Dreamworld Water Park project, with construction commencing shortly thereafter.
[9][10][11] The park opened with ten attractions, including The Green Room, The Rip, Super Tubes Hydrocoaster, The BRO, The Temple of Huey (3 individual slides), Pipeline Plunge, Wiggle Bay and the Cave of Waves.
[9][21] WhiteWater World continued to exceed Macquarie Leisure's expectations during its first year of operation.
It stated that a capital expenditure plan had been endorsed which would "...strengthen ride inventory and consumer appeal".
[35] A month later, WhiteWater World submitted a development application to the Gold Coast City Council to extend the water park.
However Village Roadshow Theme Parks, owner of competitor Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast, attempted to negotiate an exclusivity agreement with the manufacturer.
[39] Three months later in February 2010, it was announced that WhiteWater World would build an alternative attraction built by ProSlide before the April school holidays.
At a shareholders conference on 23 August 2019 Ardent Leisure announced a $7-million investment[49] into WhiteWater World, featuring a new waterslide complex named 'Fully 6'.
Construction of the slide complex, designed and manufactured by Swimplex-Polin Australia had already begun at this point with plans to open to the public in late 2019.
WhiteWater World features several water slide attractions (most of which are built by ProSlide), a large wave pool and separate children and toddler areas.
[51] Riders then enter a fast, downward-spiralling turn and reach speeds of nearly 45 kilometres per hour (28 mph) before they are slowed in a run-out chute.
[16][17] On the Super Tubes Hydrocoaster,[50] three people sit on a 45-kilogram (99 lb) raft, whose weight is mainly attributable to a large magnet on its underside.
[57] The Super Tubes Hydrocoaster was the second ProSlide Hydro Magnetic Rocket Slide in the world and continues to be Australia's only water coaster.
[14] The second slide tower, along the park's southern border, features two rides with more moderate thrill ratings.
[59] From a height of 16 metres (52 ft), riders mount a personal mat and slide head first down an enclosed spiral tunnel before merging into open, parallel lanes to the finish.
[63] The three slides are individually named Broken Headz, Cut Snake and Screamin Right Handers and are 99, 104 and 88 metres (325, 341 and 289 feet) long respectively.
[50][78] The Beyond the Beach shop, located near the park's entrance, sells surf and WhiteWater World branded merchandise.
[50] WhiteWater World operates two dining outlets in the peak holiday seasons: Bite Me Cafe and Salty's Kiosk.
[50] Since September 2007, WhiteWater World has hosted an undercover events venue, the largest at an Australian theme park, The Shell.
Each cabana is designed for up to four guests, who have access to deck chairs, couches, a coffee table, an iPod dock, towels and a mini refrigerator.
[81][82] Prior to opening, WhiteWater World was criticised for being built during one of Australia's worst droughts and in an area on Level 5 water restrictions.
[83][84][85] During the first full year of operation, WhiteWater World attracted more visitors than the expected 450,000 guests.