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World's Fastest Water Slide at Aldeia das Águas Park (100 Km/h) - YouTube.

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Riders reach speeds of up to 60 miles (90 kilometers) per hour as they plummet down a free-fall slide with fake snowbanks on each side.

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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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About 90 minutes after its debut opening, a 10-year-old boy zoomed down one of the park's slides, a three-story water slide dubbed the Emerald Plunge. The boy flew off the edge of the slide and became airborne. He landed on the concrete below the structure.

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Gravity pulls the rider toward the Earth, helping to speed up their trip down the waterslide. Of course, friction also plays a part. Whether a person rides down the slide on their backs, a mat, or an intertube, the contact causes friction. This can slow the rider down.

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As for the world's tallest waterslide, it sits a continent away in Barra Do Pirai, Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro at the Aldeia das Aguas Park Resort. Named Kilimanjaro, after the world's largest free-standing mountain, the waterslide is 164 feet tall, according to the Water Slide Database.

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This particular water slide is on the cruise ship called Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas and more than 800 feet long. Ojeda posted a point-of-view video of the slide and showed how long it is. It is called the Blaster, Navigator of the Seas.

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These slides are actually more dangerous than roller coasters. Research conducted by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs found that revelers are twice as likely to get injured on a water slide than a roller coaster.

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4 November 1993: China Airlines Flight 605, a Boeing 747-409, ended up in water after it overran runway 13 at Kai Tak International Airport on landing during a typhoon with wind gusting to gale force. All of the 396 occupants donned life-vests, boarded the eight slide/rafts and no fatalities resulted.

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The top 17 water parks in the world
  • 1 Chimelong Water Park, Guangzhou, China. ...
  • 2 Typhoon Lagoon, Disney World, Florida, US. ...
  • 3 Blizzard Beach, Disney World, Florida, US. ...
  • 4 Therme Erding, Erding, Germany. ...
  • 5 Thermas dos Laranjais, Olimpia, Brazil. ...
  • 6 Atlantis Aquaventure, Paradise Island, Bahamas.


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