Giant water park has 50 terrifying slides including one in shark-infested waters

12 January 2024 , 13:53

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Giant water park has 50 terrifying slides including one in shark-infested waters

The world's largest waterpark has more than 50 slides that are primed to plunge, douse and soak thrill seekers.

Dubai is known for going big when it goes. It is home to the tallest building in the world, the staggeringly tall Burj Khalifa which holds quite a few world records including the tallest residential and office building, the highest restaurant from ground and the highest base jump from a building .

Also in its armoury of records is the world's deepest swimming pool for diving, at 60.02 metres deep - the equivalent of 11 giraffes - which has a whole sunken city to explore with graffitied alleyways, an apartment, library, board games, and arcade zone.

The city also has the world's tallest running track, which is located on the 43rd floor of 1 Residences – a luxury residential tower within the Wasl1 master development. It is no real surprise that Dubai is also home to the waterpark with the most slides in the world. In September 2022 Atlantis Aquaventure broke the Guinness World Record for the most waterslides in a waterpark, clocking in at 50 at that point.

Among them is the impressive Odyssey of Terror, the world's tallest waterslide which swirls the stout of heart around a vortex of flume before dunking them down the spine-tingling 'BIG DROP'. The curved wall allows riders to experience a moment of weightlessness before they come back into contact with the slippery orange plastic.

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Shockwave is described by a "triple threat of speed, power and rafting" and holds the title of the "longest family water coaster" in the world. The track runs for 449 metres and plunges through a series of dark, waterlogged tunnels.

Zoomerango is another high speed, high thrill flume that incorporates vertical drops 14 metres high down a track lasting for 156 metres.

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Arguably the scariest of them all is the Leap of Faith, which forces down a slide nine-storeys tall at a near vertical angle. Even if you're brave enough to tackle the absurdly high drop, the prospect of whizzing under water through a Perspex tube that is surrounded by marine life such as stingrays and sharks may prove too much for some.

Another riveting but slightly less scary ride is the Vortex Racer, which pits four speed-demons against one another across four tracks to see who will be the first to the bottom.

If you are taking your kids along or fancy something that is a little slower paced, then the kids water park is the largest in the Middle East and includes plenty of gentler rides for all ages.

Entry to the park is not cheap however. The lowest cost ticket is about £60 and rises to around £300 for VIP entry. You can find out more on atlantis.com.

Milo Boyd