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10 new attractions for Canadian waterpark
The Calypso Theme Waterpark in Limoges, Ontario, is to introduce a new aquatic complex featuring 10 waterslides for the 2011 summer season.
The CA$5m (£3.1m) project will comprise North America's tallest free-standing waterslide tower, with a total height of 90ft (27.5m) and offering three new types of slide. At the top of the tower will be four distinct high-speed slides. Two of these will be accessible using toboggan boats, each seating four people in a line, while the other two will feature double inner tubes.
Around half-way up the tower - at 55ft (17m) - will be access to two next generation, WhiteWater West-built AquaLoop slides. Guests will start off in a closed-off section featuring a drop floor, before being launched into a vertical drop and continuing on a trajectory that includes a 2.5G loop. Finally, four coiled slides - featuring both translucent and closed off sections - will be accessible at 30ft (9m).
The 100-acre (40.5 ha) waterpark, situated around 20 minutes south east of Ottawa, already hosts what is claimed to be Canada's biggest wave pool, in addition to 15 other water-based attractions. Image: Calypso Theme Waterpark Limoges Canada(c) Copyright 2010 www.calypsopark.com