Tomorrow, Aquatica Orlando officially opens its newest water slide, Tassie's Underwater Twist.
This 129-foot long enclosed Super Bowl water slide from WhiteWater West features an orchestral score and synchronized video display that recreates the underwater world of Australia's Shark Bay for guests to explore as they slide through on two-person innertubes.
"Aquatica Orlando is proud to welcome the all-new Tassie's Underwater Twist to our park, with its one-of-a-kind immersive experience and adrenaline pumping twists and turns," Park President Brad Gilmour said. "We are so excited for guests to experience this incredible immersive attraction that only Aquatica could create, while making unforgettable memories with family and friends."
Let's take a video ride on Tassie's Underwater Twist, courtesy the official POV from the park.
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I'm kind of on the same page as you Chad H. This is a pretty clever concept to plus an otherwise boring experience of circling a "toilet bowl". I've never been a fan of these types of water slides because there's really nothing to going around the bowl before losing enough momentum to reach the exit chute in the center. The biggest thing with these slides is that they do have such a terrible capacity with dispatch times that are between every 45-60 seconds. I guess the kind of address that here by having 2 parallel slides, but it's still going to be a long, slow, climb in line to experience this.
I was kind of impressed with the quality of the graphics they've been able to achieve on the interior of a curved (and colored) waterslide, and it seemed like the soundtrack was pretty clear on the POV. This does seem like an improvement over a standard water slide, but I doubt it will usher in a wave of multimedia slides.
Unless I'm mistaken, this is just the park's old bowl slides with a plussed experience by enclosing the bowl and adding video and sound effects. That upgrade will probably make this among the best attractions of its type found anywhere, but it's still a standard bowl slide, which is something you can probably find in at least 3/4 of the sizable waterparks out there these days.
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i'm torn on this one. Being able to float around in that underwater cavern without a track seems cool, but ultimately isn't this just a VR style gimmick that can't make a mediocre experience good.
I mean I suppose this one at least doesn't impact dispatch times, but it does add a whole lot of minor failure points that would destroy the experience.