Aquaventure Waterpark expansion

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Tourist destination Aquaventure Waterpark at Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai will soon unveil its latest revolutionary rides that will enhance the water park experience for thrill-seeking guests. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Aquaventure Waterpark at Atlantis-la-Palm is undergoing a massive expansion that will

00:13feature a number of world's firsts, including the world's largest diameter slide, the world's

00:18first vertical banking family ride with a double hump at the end, and the first double

00:23slide within a slide experience, allowing tube riders on one ride to watch the other

00:27riders dramatically in action suspended above them.

00:30We're adding a series of new revolutionary rides that will enhance the waterpark experience

00:36for our guests.

00:37We've got four different ride experiences going on a brand new 40-meter pyramid, bigger

00:42than our first one.

00:43These new ride experiences are all a little bit different and add to an overall variety

00:48of ride experiences.

00:49We have two six-passenger ride experiences.

00:51We also have two sets of body slides, one that defies gravity and one that you can race

00:57your friends for time.

00:58The one that you can race your friends actually goes through one of the other slides, one

01:03of the six-passenger slides.

01:05The six-passenger slide that it flies through, this is the first time this has ever been

01:09done.

01:10It's the biggest fiberglass in the world, biggest fiberglass tube.

01:13It's 10 meters across.

01:15The other slides fly right through the center of them and are suspended.

01:18Again, this is another world's first, never been done.

01:21So while the first people are riding in their six-passenger boat, they'll be able to look

01:26up and see you riding through the body slides above them.

01:30And the fiberglass, the slides that they're riding through, that you're riding through

01:33is translucent.

01:34So they'll actually be able to see you riding through it.

01:38Once complete, the 17-hectare water park will feature two enormous water slides, including

01:43a soaring 40-meter tower, the Tower of Poseidon, packed with heart-pumping rides that will

01:48be unveiled in August 2013.

01:50It will also feature over 18 million liters of fresh water to power an array of water

01:55as well as a zipline circuit providing an exhilarating sky-high experience, the longest

02:00river ride in the Middle East at 2.3 kilometers long, with tidal waves and pools, water rapids

02:06and white water chargers.

02:07The reason that we decided that this was important was because we know that Dubai is growing

02:12again.

02:13We know that Dubai is on the upswing.

02:14We know that the Palm is starting to become much more of a tourist destination and that

02:19there will be more demand.

02:20We feel that if we build it, that people will come to it and enjoy it.

02:25We won't disappoint anyone with big crowds and long queues.

02:28This will help us to provide more ride time, which is really what everybody wants when

02:32they come to a water park.

02:33The development also includes two family rides, which will make it possible for groups of

02:37up to six people to share the adrenaline of the ride together.

02:41There will also be two rides that will allow racing and competition between their devil

02:44friends.

02:45I'm Rashiden Belyaza for Tabloid.

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