Water Slide

A water slide is a slide or tube with water flowing down it. The water reduces friction so people on it move quickly. Water slides typically run into a Swimming Pool at the end.

Water slides are popular at Water Parks , such as the Wet 'n Wild parks located throughout the United States and are great alternatives to those who don't like such intense rides at other amusement parks.

In some countries, they are more commonly referred to as water chutes or '''hydroslides'''

RIDING A WATER SLIDE

Good examples about waterslides are at the World Waterpark, located in West Edmonton Mall; Edmonton, Alberta. Large slides, such as the Twister and Howler, are acessed by climbing a set of stairs and landings to the entry area at the beginning of the slide. Next to the slide chute is a traffic light with red and green lights, triggered by sensors in the slide's chute. For safety reasons, riders must wait in the chute entry and watch the red light for it to change to green. When the light turns green, the rider may proceed down the chute. He goes through several twists, turns, drops, and dives until the end of the slide, where he flies off the chute. Average waterslides send the rider into 4' deep water, to prevent injury. But today, for small children who can't swim or are afraid of dropping underwater, some waterslides are being built with shallow troughs of water at the end of the slide rather than deep pools.

On smaller slides (like the Cruise of the Carribean), there is no need for a traffic light system as mentioned above. The chute's small size allows riders to see when the person ahead of them comes off the slide. The traffic light system is only needed on slides where a person's view of the exit is obscured by the chutes and tubes.

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