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|name = Evergreen Wings and Waves Waterpark |
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|image = [[File:Evergreen Air and Space Museum water slide - McMinnville, Oregon.JPG|thumb|Exterior of the waterpark]] |
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|established = June 6, 2011; 1 year ago |
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|location = [[McMinnville, Oregon]], [[United States]] |
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|operating season =Year Round |
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|type = Indoor Waterpark |
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|rides = 10 waterslides |
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|website = http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/waterpark/ |
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'''Evergreen Wings and Waves Waterpark''' ia an indoor [[water park]] at the [[Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum]] in [[McMinnville, Oregon]]. |
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The "Wings & Waves Waterpark" opened June 6, 2011. The {{convert|71,350|sqft|m2|adj=on}} waterpark, Oregon's largest, features 10 slides and a 91,703-gallon wave pool, and ties in to the educational focus of the Evergreen Aviation complex with its "Life Needs Water" interactive display. |
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The waterpark's learning activities place an emphasis on fun. The second-floor hands-on museum has exhibits about the importance of water in everyday life. One feature shows how water falls from the sky as snow on Mount Hood, melts and flows to the ocean, then returns to the mountain, demonstrating the three phases of water's physical state as found here on earth. Other features include Smokey Bear overseeing a helicopter fighting a wildfire, a wave tank that can be used to demonstrate tides and tsunamis, and a lunar capsule play structure with an astronaut training display. Replicas of fighter jets and the space shuttle are also part of the water play features. |
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The main attractions are the water slides and wave pool. Four big slides begin inside a retired Boeing [[747-100]] that sits atop the roof, {{convert|62|ft|m}} above the splash landing. The slides vary in pitch and rate of descent, with the most leisurely being the {{convert|550|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} translucent yellow slide, and the fastest being the {{convert|350|ft|m|adj=on}} long green slide, nicknamed "the nosedive" due to its steep descent. The wave pool water is heated to 84 degrees. Massive compressors can generate either a large wave or random smaller waves. The water park also has a leisure pool and spa. Non-water features include a concession area, family-style locker rooms, rooms for private parties and a Starcade gaming center. The water park's admission desk resembles a biplane with wing walkers. Most of the features are handicap accessible, excepting the big slides. |
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The waterpark operates daily, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., through summer. Hours during the school year are 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, Thursday and Friday; and 10 a.m to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. All waterpark attractions are indoors. The building has a capacity of 1,500 and is located on the west side of the complex, just west of the building that houses the [[Spruce Goose]]. The building is similar in exterior design to the air and space museums, with its outside walls made of the same stone-lined, green-tinted glass as the other buildings, though it does have a 747 parked on its roof. |
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Future plans for Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum include an upscale 84-room hotel with fine-dining restaurant, with plans to break ground next year.<ref>[[KGW]] [http://www.kgw.com/news/business/New-water-park-opens-at-Evergreen-92562359.html News 747 a highlight of new Evergreen Waterpark] April 30, 2010</ref> |
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==History== |
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The story of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, host for the Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon’s packet pickup and race expo, spans almost 20 years. Once best known for its famous airplane inside, it’s now the talk of the town for another plane on the roof. |
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The Evergreen Wings & Waves water park, with its signature Boeing 747 jet plane positioned on top, is the latest chapter in the daring history of the Evergreen museum. The story started decades earlier when Evergreen International Aviation founded the museum and took aim at one of the prize artifacts of aviation history — the HK-1 — the Hughes Flying Boat, best known as the famous “Spruce Goose.” |
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Museum founders Del and Michael King Smith bought the Spruce Goose, disassembled and moved it by ocean barge from Long Beach, Calif., to McMinnville, where it arrived in February 1993. The plane then remained in storage for several years at Evergreen headquarters while the museum was planned and constructed across the highway. |
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Finally, in June 2001, the Spruce Goose was moved into the new building, re-assembled and the Evergreen Aviation Museum was a reality. |
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Looking to expand services, a smaller IMAX theater opened in 2007 and a space museum building, a twin to the aviation building, opened in 2008. But more was needed, museum officials said, so a water park was constructed and opened this year. |
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==References== |
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{{coord missing|Oregon}} |
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[[Category:Water parks in the United States]] |
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[[Category:McMinnville, Oregon]] |
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[[Category:Visitor attractions in Yamhill County, Oregon]] |
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