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(narrator) NEXT ON "XTREME WATERPARKS,"
HITTING ZERO GRAVITY
ON THE WORLD'S TALLEST RAFT WALL...
(screaming)
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO CATCH YOUR BREATH.
I THINK SHE'S GONNA TOTALLY FREAK OUT UP THERE.
A SLIDE WITH ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST TERRIFYING DROPS...
HOLY (bleep)!
WHOO!
THE WATER COASTER THAT'S NUMBER ONE ON THE PLANET,
AND A DOUBLE LOOP SO VICIOUS,
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE FREE-FALLING THROUGH HELL.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BUNGEE JUMPING WITH NO BUNGEE.
WHOO!
AHH!
WHOO!
WE START DEEP IN THE SOUTHWEST,
IN A TOWN TEXANS CALL ALAMO CITY.
IT'S THE BIRTHPLACE OF CHILI
AND A NEW WATER PARK THAT'S SPICING THINGS UP
WITH SOME WILDLY HOT RIDES.
(screaming)
(man) WHOA!
(screams)
YOU'VE GOTTA BRING WITH YOU A THIRST, A HUNGERING
FOR SOME THRILLING RIDES.
WHOO!
WE'RE IN SOUTH TEXAS,
IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE WATER PARK IS AQUATICA,
AND THIS NEARLY 7-STORY MENACE
IS WALHALLA WAVE.
WALHALLA WAVE IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
IT IS EXTREME.
(screaming)
BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY RIDE
THAT'LL GET YOUR ADRENALINE PUMPING.
COVERING 20 ACRES,
AQUATICA HAS TEN SLIDES, SIX POOLS,
AND A BEASTLINESS DREAMED UP BY SeaWorld,
THE PARK'S OWNER.
WE'RE GONNA MIX EXTREME RIDES WITH ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS.
ONE OF THE COOLEST ENCOUNTERS--
STINGRAY FALLS...
(screaming)
A 620-FOOT, ONE-OF-A-KIND SLIDE.
NOW THIS RIDE IS WILD.
IT'S OVER 55 FEET TALL.
YOU START FIVE STORIES UP AND DROP INTO FIVE DIZZYING TURNS.
(screaming)
SO COOL. YOU'RE UP SIDEWAYS ON WALLS, AND SUCH A FAST PACE.
IT'S A 40-SECOND DOWNWARD SPIRAL
WITH AN UNFORGETTABLE FINISH.
(Chuck) THIS RAFT IS GONNA GO INTO AN UNDERWATER GROTTO.
IT HAS A CAVELIKE FEEL TO IT. REALLY, REALLY COOL.
THAT GIANT ACRYLIC WALL,
40 FEET LONG AND MORE THAN 6 FEET TALL,
LETS YOU GO FACE TO FIN
WITH 150 STINGRAYS.
NOT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR YOU?
TRY KE-RE REEF,
A 125,000-GALLON SALTWATER REEF...
(laughs)
THAT PUTS YOU IN THE WATER WITH 150 RAYS.
HOLD THE FISH IN YOUR HAND, DUNK IT IN THE WATER,
AND A STINGRAY WILL COME, SWIM RIGHT ABOVE YOU,
AND SUCK IT RIGHT OUT OF YOUR HAND.
(laughing)
I'M JUST TRYING NOT TO FREAK OUT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S, LIKE, A SWARM OF STINGRAYS,
AND THEN IT STARTED TO GET A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
I NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.
STEPHANIE AND HER FRIENDS
MELISSA, MARITZA, AND ALEX
CAME TO AQUATICA
LOOKING FOR AN EDGY WAY TO BEAT THE TEXAS HEAT.
I'M KIND OF A DAREDEVIL. I'M REALLY INTO EXTREME SPORTS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, REALLY STOKED ABOUT THESE CRAZY SLIDES.
BUT WHAT'S NEXT
WILL TEST THEIR LIMITS.
IT'S WALHALLA WAVE,
THE ONLY RAFT WALL IN THE WORLD
TO GO COMPLETELY VERTICAL
AND HIT ZERO GRAVITY.
I'M ABOUT TO RIDE THE CRAZIEST RIDE HERE.
(screaming)
THE WAVE IS 68 FEET TALL,
464 FEET LONG.
(Chuck) TAKES YOU DOWN A CHUTE.
IT TAKES YOU THROUGH AN AMAZING 720-DEGREE LOOP.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT.
YOU FALL NEARLY SEVEN STORIES
AT 34 FEET A SECOND.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO CATCH YOUR BREATH,
BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GOING UP OUR ZERO GRAVITY WALL.
AT THE PEAK OF THAT WALL, YOU FEEL WEIGHTLESS.
I-I--IT'S EXTREME. IT'S AN EXTREME RIDE.
OH, MY GOD. Y'ALL, TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT THAT.
OH, MY GOD. (laughs)
PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING FROM THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS,
LIKE, IT'S JUST INSANE.
OH, MY GOD.
MY BIGGEST FEAR IS SCREAMING LOUDER THAN THE GIRLS.
WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY HIGH.
(laughing)
I THINK I'M GONNA THROW UP.
IT'S A 120-STEP CLIMB TO THE VERY TOP.
OKAY, I THINK I'M A LITTLE FREAKED OUT,
BUT LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.
OH, MY GOD.
HERE WE GO.
(screaming)
(screaming, laughing)
WHOO!
(screaming)
WHOO!
YEAH, I'M NOT SCARED ANYMORE.
WHOO! (laughs)
OH, MY GOD, IT WAS SO COOL.
LIKE, MY FEET WENT UP IN THE AIR.
LIKE, I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA FALL. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM, IT'S A HUGE RELIEF
THAT YOU MADE IT THROUGH THIS RIDE.
OH, MY GOSH, I'M SO NERVOUS.
WHOO!
OH, MY GOD.
WHOO!
(laughing)
(laughing)
WHOO!
(laughs)
(screams)
WHOO!
IT WAS CRAZY. I WAS SO NERVOUS.
(Alex) FEELS LIKE YOU'RE IN A RACE CAR
AND YOU'RE JUST SCREAMING DOWN, AND THEN YOU JUST HIT THAT DROP.
(Stephanie) AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT,
YOU JUST SHOT UP ONTO THIS CRAZY SUPERHIGH WALL.
IT WAS INSANE, SO MUCH FUN.
OH, MY GOD!
(Tarzan scream)
THE PARK THAT MAKES YOU SWING LIKE TARZAN
AND SCREAM LIKE JANE.
(screaming)
(screaming)
SO FAR, WE'VE GONE VERTICAL IN SAN ANTONIO...
(screaming)
RACING OUR WAY UP A NEARLY 7-STORY RAFT WALL,
THE TALLEST RAFT WALL IN THE WORLD.
OUR NEXT STOP IS THE NORTHEAST,
WHERE ALL THOSE TREES CAN BARELY MUFFLE THE SCREAMS.
HIDING HERE ON THE SIDE OF A SKI MOUNTAIN
IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S CRAZIEST WATER PARKS.
THIS IS WHERE THE TOUGH GUYS TURN INTO NOT-SO-TOUGH GUYS.
(man) WHOA!
WE'RE IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY,
OUTSIDE A TOWN CALLED VERNON.
THE WATER PARK IS MOUNTAIN CREEK,
AND THIS BAD BOY IS H2OH-NO,
A SLIDE THAT'S NEARLY TEN STORIES
OF FLAT-OUT TERROR.
EYES WIDE OPEN, SCREAMING,
ALMOST 30 MILES AN HOUR, DROPPING. IT'S A BLAST.
WHOO!
75 ACRES LARGE,
MOUNTAIN CREEK IS ONE OF THE ONLY WATER PARKS IN THE WORLD
BUILT ON A NATURAL SPRING
AND INTO A MOUNTAINSIDE.
SO IT'S FOLLOWING ALL THE NATURAL TERRAIN,
WHICH MEANS, YES, YOU WALK UPHILL,
BUT THE RIDE DOWN IS 100% WORTH IT.
WHOO!
SIX RIVERS,
AND RAFT RIDES THAT TAKE YOU SO CLOSE TO VERTICAL,
ALL YOU SEE IS SKY.
BUT THE REALLY HARDCORE
GO FOR THE TARZAN SWING.
(screaming)
JUST LIKE BEING TARZAN,
WHOOPIN' AND YELLIN'. CROWDS GO CRAZY.
(Tarzan scream)
YOU START ON A PLATFORM
15 FEET ABOVE A 50,000-GALLON POOL.
ONE STEP, AND IT'S LIKE
YOU'RE JUMPING FROM A HIGHWAY OVERPASS,
DROPPING INTO SPRING WATER THAT'S 65 DEGREES.
OH, MY GOD, IT'S SO COLD.
NOT SCARED YET?
TRY BIG MO,
A 23-FOOT CLIFF JUMP
THAT FEELS LIKE 100.
COME ON, COME ON, LADIES FIRST.
NO, NO, NO.
YOU THINK I'M GOING FIRST, YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND.
YO, SWEETHEART,
ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN SAVE ME?
JUST LET IT FLY
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST WHEN YOU HIT THE WATER.
YEAH!
THAT WAS THE SCARIEST THING
I'VE EVER DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE DIANA AND HER FRIEND PAIGE
HAVE BEEN TO A WATER PARK...
BECAUSE WE WERE TOO SCARED TO GET WATER IN OUR EARS.
SO JERSEY BOYS PETE AND KEITH
CONVINCED THE LONG ISLAND GIRLS TO DRIVE FIVE HOURS
TO ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST EXTREME.
ONCE WE HEARD ABOUT THEM DOING THE LAZY RIVER LAST TIME,
WE SAID, WE HAVE TO COME OUT HERE
AND DO SOME OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING CRAZIER THAN THIS,
THE RIDE THAT SEPARATES THE WUSSES
FROM THE CAN'T-GET-ENOUGH,
THE H2OH-NO.
(Bill) IT IS A BIG "OH, NO" WHEN YOU GET UP TOP
AND YOU REALIZE, UH, WHAT YOU'VE GOTTA DROP DOWN.
ONE SHOVE AND YOU'RE FREE-FALLING
30 MILES AN HOUR DOWN A 50-DEGREE SLOPE.
WHOO!
YOU MAKE IT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, NEARLY 200 FEET,
IN SEVEN HEART-STOPPING SECONDS.
IT'S A BADGE OF COURAGE.
BUT FIRST, YOU GOTTA GET TO THE TOP.
I NEED A BREAK.
IT TAKES 99 CALF-BURNING STEPS.
OH, MY GOD.
NUMBER ONE, WHO'S FIRST?
HOW DO PEOPLE STAY IN THAT?
PETE, YOU READY?
YOU WANTED IT.
WHOO!
HOLY (bleep)! WHOO!
WHOO!
PURE ADRENALINE, BABY! LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
WHOO!
YOU GOT NOTHING, KEITH! YOU'RE SCARED.
HERE I COME, PETE! YEAH!
AHH!
WHOO!
WHOO!
THAT FELT LIKE I JUST DROPPED OUT OF AN AIRPLANE
INTO AN OCEAN.
DO A LITTLE HYDROPLANING AT THE END HERE. AMAZING.
I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS.
OH! OH, MY GOD!
OH, WOW.
THAT WAS THE CRAZIEST SLIDE
I'VE EVER BEEN ON IN MY ENTIRE LIFE,
AND I FELT MY BODY LIFT OFF THE SLIDE A LITTLE BIT,
BUT IT WAS AMAZING.
I THINK SHE'S GONNA TOTALLY FREAK OUT UP THERE.
ALL RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS.
LET'S DO IT, DIANA!
(screaming)
♪♪♪
AHH!
OH, MY GOD, I WANT TO CRY.
MY LEGS ARE SHAKING. I HAVE A WEDGIE.
PRETTY FREAKING CRAZY.
HOW'D YOU FEEL?
OH, MY GOD.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST DID THAT.
WHOO!
THE NEW WATER COASTER THAT'S THE LONGEST ON THE PLANET.
(screaming)
OH, MY GOD!
FROM A MOUNTAIN SLIDE THAT ROCKETS YOU
NEARLY 200 FEET IN 7 SECONDS...
WHOO! WHOO!
TO A RAFT RIDE THAT GETS YOU UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
WITH 150 RAYS,
WE'RE THROWING DOWN THE WORLD'S MOST EXTREME THRILLS ON WATER.
(Tarzan scream)
NEXT IS A PARK SO OBSESSED
WITH ENORMOUS WATER COASTERS,
IT'S BECOME THE LAND OF GIANTS.
THEY CALL THIS RIDE THE MAMMOTH.
IT'S THE LARGEST BY SCALE
AND THE LARGEST BY SPEED.
IT'S THE LARGEST BY EVERYTHING.
WE'RE SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS
IN THE TOWN OF SANTA CLAUS.
ONLY 2,500 PEOPLE LIVE HERE,
BUT THE LOCAL PARK CALLED SPLASHIN' SAFARI
BRINGS IN A MILLION VISITORS A YEAR.
EXTREME THRILL, EXTREME SPEED.
EVERY RIDE IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S REALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD.
COVERING 22 ACRES,
SPLASHIN' HAS 18 RIDES.
AND TEN OF THEM WILL MAKE YOU LONG
FOR SOLID GROUND,
LIKE THE ZOOMbabwe.
(woman) WHEE!
HIGH-BANKING TURNS, BACK TO BACK CURVES--
REALLY, REALLY COOL STUFF.
TEN STORIES TALL,
NEARLY 900 FEET OF PITCH-BLACK DARKNESS--
IT'S AMERICA'S LARGEST ENCLOSED WATERSLIDE.
THE DARKNESS, YES--THE DARKNESS IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
BUT DARKNESS NOT YOUR THING?
TRY TAMING THE WILDEBEEST...
(woman) WHOO!
A WATER COASTER THAT'S MORE THAN 1,700 FEET LONG.
IMAGINE 22 SEMITRUCKS
BUMPER TO BUMPER.
THE RIDE'S OVER TWO MINUTES LONG,
WHICH IS JUST INCREDIBLE ON THE SCALE OF WATER RIDES.
THE RAFT TRACKS LIKE A BOBSLED,
SHOOTING THROUGH SEVEN NASTY DROPS--
THE SCARIEST, PLUNGING FOUR STORIES DOWN.
IT'S A FAST RIDE.
WE'RE TALKING 45 FEET A SECOND AT ITS FASTEST.
SO IT'S REALLY COOKING.
THE BEAST WAS THE WORLD'S LONGEST WATER COASTER
UNTIL THIS ARRIVED...
(screaming)
THE BRAND-NEW, 53-FEET-LONGER,
$9 MILLION MAMMOTH.
THE RIDE IS OVER A THIRD OF A MILE LONG
AND OVER 12 FEET IN DIAMETER.
CAN YOU DRIVE A TRUCK UP AND DOWN THIS THING.
(all) WHOO!
THE MAMMOTH GETS ITS POWER
FROM HYDROMAGNETICS.
THERE'S A METAL PLATE INSIDE EVERY RAFT
AND MAGNETS BUILT INTO THE SLIDE.
WHEN THE BOAT APPROACHES THE MAGNETS,
WE DETECT THE SPEED
AND WE DECIDE HOW MUCH POWER TO GIVE IT,
SO EVERY BOAT HEADING UP THE HILL GOES AT THE SAME SPEED.
A WATER COASTER THIS EXTREME
NEEDS CRAZED RIDERS ON OPENING DAY.
AND THE JULIAN FAMILY FROM PADUCAH
IS EVERY BIT OF THAT.
(all rapping) ♪ IT'S THE MAMMOTH, IT'S GIGANTIC ♪
♪ IT'S THE WILDEST AROUND ♪
♪ ALL OVER THE PLANET, THERE'S NOT OTHER TO BE FOUND ♪
WHOO!
WHOO! HERE WE GO!
WHOO!
THE MAMMOTH-- IT'S A HIGH OF 69 FEET
AND THEN DROPS YOU SEVEN DIFFERENT TIMES.
YOU FALL 40 FEET AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
(screaming)
WHOO!
(screaming)
WHOA!
WHOO! WHOO!
(man) IT WAS SO FUN.
YOU'RE LIKE, "AAH!"
AND I MEAN, YOU CATCH AIR.
YOUR STOMACH DROPS OUT FROM UNDER YOU.
AND YOU GO WHAM! YOU HAMMER DOWN INTO ANOTHER DIP.
IT WAS COOL, BECAUSE IT WENT UP AND DOWN,
UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.
THAT WAS MY FAVORITE PART.
(all) IT WAS AWESOME!
NEXT...
OH, MY GOD!
RED HOT AND BLAZIN' FAST...
I'VE JUST NEVER GONE THAT SPEED BEFORE.
THE FIRST AND ONLY SLIDE IN THE WORLD
WITH DOUBLE LOOPS.
WE SEARCHED THE WORLD FOR WATER RIDES
THAT TAKE YOU TO THE EDGE--
A JERSEY SLIDE WITH A DROP THAT TERRIFIES,
A WATER COASTER THAT KEEPS YOUR STOMACH CHURNING
LONGER THAN ANY OTHER ON EARTH,
BUT WE'VE SAVED THE MOST UNNERVING FOR LAST.
OUR FINAL STOP'S IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRYSIDE
(bell dinging)
PEOPLE COME HERE TO BE AMAZED BY THE BEAUTY
AND SCREAM THEIR BUTTS OFF.
(screaming)
WHOO!
WE'RE IN AUSTRIA, 15 MINUTES FROM THE GERMAN BORDER
IN A TOWN CALLED WORGL.
WAVE WATER WORLD IS A PARK LIKE NO OTHER.
EXCLUSIVE NUDE SPA ON ONE SIDE...
(screams)
THE WORLD'S MOST DEVIANT SLIDE ON THE OTHER.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING
FOR ADRENALINE-SEEKING PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO DO L2, WHICH IS REALLY FREAKY.
L2 IS THE ONLY WATERSLIDE ON THE PLANET
WITH TWO LOOPS
AND A 40-FOOT DROP THAT HAS YOU FREE-FALLING
THROUGH A HELLISH RED GLOW.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY CRAZY. IT'S AMAZING.
WAVE WATER WORLD IS A 4,000-SQUARE-FOOT,
$5.5 MILLION SLIDE FEST.
THE PLACE HAS FOUR MAJOR SLIDES.
TWO OF THEM ARE TOTAL SCREAMERS,
STARTING WITH THE F1 RACER.
WHOO! WHOO-HOO-HOO!
270 FEET LONG,
IT'S A FIBERGLASS TUBE DESIGNED FOR SPEED JUNKIES.
IT'S REALLY DARK, IT'S REALLY FAST, AND IT'S TIMED.
WHOO!
THE F1 DROPS YOU AS SOON AS YOU LAUNCH
FOUR STORIES DOWN.
YOU BLUR THROUGH THREE HAIRPIN TURNS,
SOME OF THEM PITCH BLACK AT 18 FEET A SECOND.
WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!
(man) TONS OF WATER IN THE FACE. IT'S TOUGH TO BREATHE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU COME OUT AT THE END,
I'M--I'M NOT SURE OF THE WORD TO DESCRIBE IT.
AAH!
YEAH!
MICHAEL AND HIS BUDDIES ARE TEACHERS
WORKING ABROAD AT AN AUSTRIAN SCHOOL.
THEY'RE HERE TO BLOW OFF SOME STEAM...
(Michael) ONCE YOU START FREE-FALLING...
ON THIS, THE L2,
A 423-FOOT SLIDE
THAT SNARLS ITS WAY OUT THE BUILDING
AND WRAPS AROUND ITSELF LIKE A GIANT PRETZEL.
THE FIRST REALLY AMAZING PART IS THE FALL.
YOU DROP FOUR STORIES
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND 3 1/2 Gs.
THE RIDE'S SO FAST, THE MOMENTUM'S SO POWERFUL,
THE TUBE'S THICKNESS HAD TO BE NEARLY DOUBLED.
IT CAN HOLD AN ELEPHANT.
EVERY 10 FEET, L2 CAN SUPPORT 2 TONS OF WEIGHT.
YOU'RE NOT CLAUSTROPHOBIC, ARE YOU, MICHAEL?
I'LL GO FIRST.
(Michael laughs)
AAH!
WHOO!
WHOO!
WHOA!
WHOO!
MY HEART IS STILL BEATING SO HARD RIGHT NOW.
I'VE JUST NEVER GONE THAT SPEED BEFORE.
I LOVE IT.
(laughing)
OH, MY GOD!
WHOO-HOO!
OH, MY!
OH, HO HO.
THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S INTENSE.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BUNGEE JUMPING WITH NO BUNGEE.
AAH!
WHOA!
WHOO-HOO-HOO! WHOO! WHOA!
WHOO-HOO-HOO!
I HAD TO CLOSE MY EYES, BECAUSE THERE'S WATER COMING EVERYWHERE.
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT WAS TREMENDOUS. (laughs)
HERE WE GO.
WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!
WHOO-HOO!
YEAH!
WHOO!
YOU'RE SITTING THERE JUST LOOKING AT THE BEAUTIFUL ALPS,
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN-- GONE.
AND ALL YOU SEE IS BRIGHT RED AROUND YOU.
BEST WATERSLIDE I'VE EVER BEEN ON.
(woman screaming)
THERE'S A LESSON IN SCIENCE
BEHIND EVERY EXTREME WATER RIDE.
GRAVITY PULLS YOU DOWN.
FRICTION SLOWS YOU DOWN.
MASS--HOW BIG YOU ARE-- DETERMINES YOUR SPEED.
AND INERTIA MAKES YOUR STOMACH DO BACKFLIPS.
CLASS DISMISSED.
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