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Wild ride: after 26 years in business, the nation's first waterpark is still tops.(Best Waterpark)(Wet 'n Wild )(Brief Article)
Sometimes when you're the first to do something, everyone is always playcatch up. That seems to be the case with Wet 'n Wild, the world's first complete waterpark and the Best Waterpark in this year's Best of Aquatics contest.
Though it's ballooned in size since opening in 1977, this year-round park has remained true to the innovative vision of SeaWorld founder George D. Millay. The park was the first to introduce the Lazy River concept and offers patented rides, such as The Bomb Bay.
This year, the park is offering The Blast, the first fully themed ride of its kind, featuring explosive pipe bursts and drenching waterspouts, along with colorful props and sound effects triggered by motion sensors.
"Wet 'n Wild has formed the very basis of what large and small waterpark operators aspire to," says judge Judith Leblein, operations and marketing analyst at Water Technology, an aquatics consulting firm based in Beaver Dam, Wis."Municipal facilities all over this country strive to emulate some of the customer service and theming ...
- Theme-park pioneer started SeaWorld and Wet 'n Wild.(Obituary)
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) February 8, 2006 700+ words
...t concerned about kids accepting Wet 'n Wild. I was concerned about middle...topped 1 million. Several more Wet 'n Wilds opened, from Brazil to Las Vegas...98, he and his partners sold the Wet 'n Wild parks to various groups, for...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire March 7, 2005 700+ words
...invited to create the wildest and wettest water fight in...the finish - to a wet and wacky SUPER...in a soaking-wet, fun-filled...don't just get wet . . . they get...participating in the wettest, wildest water fight in...
- Playboy to Host the Summer's Hottest Multimedia Event: 'Playboy's Wet & Wild...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 26, 2000 700+ words
...Playboy's Wet & Wild Live! Summer Fashion Show...the release of "Playboy's Wet & Wild: Slippery When Wet" home video which captures...beautiful women in the hottest, wettest and wildest scenarios. The video will be...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 3, 2000 700+ words
...Personalized Viewing Experience Of the Wet 'N Wild Fashion Show Through 360-Degree...Webcast of this summer's exclusive Wet & Wild swimsuit fashion show, with unparalleled...achieve." "BE HERE" AT THE WET & WILD BIKINI FASHION SHOW This personalized...
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- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) October 9, 1999 700+ words
...encanta aqu en Cancn , es un parque acutico llamado Wet & Wild, el cual tiene toboganes y un rea especial para los...tiburones, mantarrayas y delfines. En resumen el Wet & Wild es un lugar que prende hasta al ms aguado de la familia...
- Wet & wild. (Sports & Recreation).(Challenged America prepares for the 2003...
- Magazine article from: Paraplegia News June 1, 2003 700+ words
...March 14-16) and told tall tales about the nasty and wet weather, strong and gusty winds, rough seas (inside...catastrophes. But the Martin 16 sailors just grinned. "Wet and wild is what we like," said Greg Scott, third-place finishing...
- Sit down and hang on for a wet, wild ride. (water skiing equipment)
- Magazine article from: Sunset July 1, 1987 700+ words
Sit down and hang on for a wet, wild ride On a sizzling summer day when you'relooking for cool, wet, and wild fun, you might wish you had one of the new generation...
- Wet & Wild Florida: Vero Beach, Ft. Pierce & Lake Okeechobee.
- Orlando & Central Florida Adventure Guide Tunstall, Jim Tunstall, Cynthia January 1, 2000 700+ words
...when this neck of the woods rivaled the Wild West in two-fisted everything. This...the supporting cast. * Geography The "wet" part of the picture comes from the sprawling...stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway. The "wild" part comes from an interior that remains...
- Wet 'n Wild to be acquired by Six Flags. (Wet 'n Wild Inc.; Six Flags Theme...
- Magazine article from: Dallas Business Journal Scott, David March 24, 1995 700+ words
Wet 'n Wild Inc. is preparing to close its Garland...negotiations are underway to sell the Arlington Wet 'n Wild to Six Flags Theme Parks Inc., according...completion of that sale, sources said, Wet 'n Wild will announce it does not plan to open...
- Wet'n'Wild Goes wild.
- Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry MacDonald, Veronica March 1, 2001 700+ words
AM Cosmetics' Wet'n'Wild brand is set to launch an array of new products for every woman. WET'N'WILD is pulling a white rabbit out of its...said Valerie Wass, brand manager of Wet'n'Wild, Lord and Berry and Sweet Georgia...
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