Water Country USA

Water Country USA

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Location	Williamsburg, VA
Opened	1984
Slogan	"The Wetter the Better!"
Operating season	May - September
Attractions
Total	17

Water Country USA is a water theme park in York County, Virginia, about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. It is the Mid-Atlantic's largest water park, and it offers live entertainment, shops and restaurants, water rides, and other attractions, all of which have a 1950s or 1960s surf theme. It is owned by Busch Entertainment Corporation (BEC), the family entertainment division of Anheuser-Busch. The park is just a few miles away from Busch Gardens Europe, with which it shares clientele. Multi-park passes are available, and a parking pass at Water Country USA is valid for same-day entry to Busch Gardens Europe.

Rides

Existing

• Aquazoid: Family ride. About 80% enclosed in the dark, special effects, and four water curtains.
• Big Daddy Falls: Family ride with a tunnel, water curtain, "cannon blasters," and two splash pools.
• Hubba-Hubba Highway: Fast-moving lazy river with interactive water features.
• Jet Scream: Four inner-tube slides.
• Lemon Drop: Yellow slides that makes riders airborne before plunging them into the pool.
• Malibu Pipeline: Two mirror image slides with covered sections and two water curtains.
• Meltdown: Fastest and steepest ride in the park, with a three person tube.
• Nitro Racer: This ride uses six lanes to allow guests to race face first on plastic mats.
• Rampage: A tobaggon slide which drops riders 75 feet at a 60 degree angle.
• Surfer's Bay: Virginia's largest wave-pool, offering four foot waves.
• Wild Thang: Two person inner tube ride through open/covered sections and three water curtains.
• Little Twister: A little wild slide thats outdoor slide toob.It's the son to Pepperment Twist. (In Adventure Isle) Will be renamed Little Bopper starting with the 2008 season.

Defunct

• Atomic Breakers: A series of slides and splash pools. Closed and removed 2007.
• Lemon Drop: 2 short Yellow body flumes which dropped into a deep (10 foot) section of the Adventure Isle pool. Closed and removed in 2008.
• Peppermint Twist: Two steep purple-colored body slides take riders through a 180 degree curve. Closed and the slides removed in 2008. The tower, however, remains intact and will be used as the tower for the new Jammin' Jukebox body slide.
• Volleyball Courts: Several beach volleyball courts that took up the space where Hubba Hubba Highway is now.

Shows

• Island Quest: a 20 minute performance by high divers, acrobats and trampoline artists.

Attractions

• Adventure Isle: A water obstacle course surrounded by Water Country's Rambling River, around which guests may float on one- or two-person inner-tubes. Will be renamed Rock & Roll Island starting with the 2008 season.
• Cow-A-Bunga: A heated water playland for children under 54", offering water slides, fountains and waterfalls.
• H20-UFO: Slides and fountains in an area set aside for patrons under 56".
• Kritter Korral: Play equipment and miniature slides for the park's smallest guest. Reserved for children under 50".
• Surfer's Bay: Virginia's largest wave-pool, offering four foot waves.

External links

• Water Country USA