What happened to the tallest water slide?

Based in the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, the Verrückt was the tallest waterslide in the world standing at nearly a staggering 169 feet tall, with parkgoers travelling at a whopping 70 miles per hour. However, the record-breaking ride ended in tragedy when 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was horrifically killed.



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Those injuries include concussions, slipped spinal discs, neck pain, whiplash, bruising, broken toes, herniated spinal discs, jaw bone fractures, orbital bone fractures, lacerations, and others. In one case, a 15-year-old girl went temporarily blind after being on the slide, according to the indictment.

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The tallest waterslide in the world is Kilimanjaro at the Aldeia das Aguas Park Resort in Brazil. There are 234 steps to the top and the view is so scary it's estimated at least one in twenty riders back out when they get up there! At an incline of 60°, riders hit the staggering speeds of up to 100 km/h.

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Kilimanjaro — Aldeia das Aguas, Brazil After climbing 234 steps up, it's estimated that one in 20 riders chicken out from the slide at the top. It's the tallest body slide in the world (over 160 feet), clocking in even higher than the Statue of Liberty (not including its pedestal).

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On May 1, 2018, IBC Bank took over ownership of the park at foreclosure auction. Schlitterbahn continued to operate it while a new owner was sought. The property was rebranded as Waves Resort Corpus Christi. After not operating during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the park was closed.

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Cedar Fair signed a definitive agreement to acquire Schlitterbahn Waterpark and Resort New Braunfels and Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston in 2019, agreeing to pay more than $260 million for the two properties.

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The rate of injury recorded by the slide operators was 8.1 per 10,000 rides sold, and the rate of medically treated injuries was 3.0/10,000. The 65 medically treated sliders ranged in age from 8 years to 45 years.

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