Some people in life are very lacking in extreme sports. Therefore, they are trying in every possible way to find for themselves such activities that would not just be breathtaking, but also tickle their nerves well.
Of course, when there is demand, that is, supply, therefore, in the world more and more often come up with such extreme things, only when mentioned, many feel uneasy. So, a variety of very high attractions in amusement parks have long become a familiar phenomenon.
For example, one of the water parks in the United States has the highest water attraction - Verruckt. The outstanding size of this slide led it to the world famous Guinness Book of Records, but it did not work long.
Water Park in Kansas City
Residents and guests of Kansas City in the US state of Kansas can experience the most amazing sensations at any time. This opportunity is available thanks to the water park built here called Schlitterbahn.
This world of water entertainment belongs to the company Schlitterbahn Waterparks, which originated in the distant 1966 in Texas. Then a simple American family, consisting of parents and three children, began to create a park with water activities based on their own ideas and fantasies. Over time, their brainchild became one of the most famous and popular water parks in the United States. And today, Schlitterbahn Waterparks has as many as five magnificent water parks: four of them are located in Texas, and one in Kansas.
In an amusement park located in Kansas City, both adults and children will find for themselves a wide variety of entertainment. Here you can ride the waves and all kinds of slides, swim in the pool and just relax on the beach under the rays of the hot sun.
Kansas water park, like other parks of this network, is completely open. Therefore, it functions only in the warm season, namely from the beginning of May to the end of September. At the same time, the mode of its operation does not depend on the weather: you can enjoy all the attractions both on a sunny day and on a rainy day.
Guinness World Record Hill
One of the most striking entertainments in this water park is the Verruckt water attraction, the photo of which the faint-hearted is definitely better not to watch. Its size and length really amaze the imagination of even the most sophisticated person. This entertainment is the largest water slide in the world, which in 2014 even managed to get into the Guinness Book of Records.
This achievement of an attraction located in Kansas City is not surprising. To make sure of this, you just need to find out about the technical characteristics that the Verruckt water attraction has.
The description of this slide says that the height of the entire structure reaches almost 51.5 meters. The Statue of Liberty and even Niagara Falls are inferior in size to it . The gutter descent is carried out on special boats designed for three or four passengers. In order for the daredevils to be at the beginning of their unforgettable journey, they need to overcome the climb of 264 steps. Not everyone can master such a height!
The boat going down reaches a speed of 110 km / h! In this case, one slide, the angle of which is about 60 degrees, the attraction is not limited. After the first descent, there is a new rise to the height of a seven-story building, and from there the boat slides to the end of the entire route. And so that passengers do not suddenly jump out of the gutter, a special net is stretched around the entire slide.
How to check the attraction before opening
Before officially opening the water attraction Verruckt, the water park employees carefully checked it. As an object that descended this hill, a sand bag was chosen whose weight corresponded to the average weight of a person. Unfortunately, the first test failed. The climb to the second hill turned out to be very dangerous, and the bag easily flew out of the gutter.
As a matter of urgency, the structure in this place was redone, and a special safety net was added along the entire length of the attraction.
Impressions of people riding a ride
Many adult visitors to the Kansas City Schlitterbahn Waterpark will definitely go for the Verruckt water attraction. Reviews of this slide are very emotional. It is immediately clear that the descent from such a high attraction remains in the memory of the park guests for a long time. People have never experienced such sensations as on it.
Many noted that it is better to go to the Verruckt slide right in the morning, because then you can not get on it because of the large number of people who want to.
Despite the unforgettable sensations of the descent on the ride, some visitors noted that the seat belts in the boat do not hold people very tightly. Others did not really like how the boat behaved around the second rise.
Water tragedy
It is possible that some visitors to the water park in Kansas City have not in vain complained about the Verruckt water attraction. After all, if everything was in order with this huge slide, then the sensational tragedy would probably not have happened.
The terrible incident happened on August 7, 2016, when a boy at the age of 10 decided to experience a lot of new sensations, descending from the main attractions of the water park. When the special boat, on which the visitors descend from the hill, arrived at the end of the journey, the child was already dead.
After clarifying all the circumstances of the case, it turned out that the boy died due to a neck injury. At the same time, two women unfamiliar to him were traveling with the child in the boat. They escaped with minor facial injuries and were taken to the hospital.
It remains unclear how such a small child could climb a Verruckt water attraction. After all, according to the rules, people under 14 are not allowed on it. Immediately after the tragedy, it was even reported that the child was not 10, but 12 years old. However, a Kansas congressman named Scott Schwab and his wife made an official statement about the death of their 10-year-old son Caleb Thomas on this extreme hill.
Verruckt Slide Closure
Immediately after the tragedy, the management of the Schlitterbahn park decided to temporarily suspend the operation of the water attraction called Verruckt.
In November 2016, it became known that the administration of the water park decided to permanently close the world's highest water attraction. According to representatives of the park, this is the only thing they can do after such a tragic event. It was also announced that the Verruckt slide will be completely demolished and something else will be built in its place in the future.
At the moment, on the official website of the Schlitterbahn water park, among all water activities, there is no even any mention of this extreme attraction.