L’Oxygénarium

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The chances are you'll have come across at least one rubber dingy water slide at some point. They're very popular rides, they offer a fun and thrilling water ride, which a park can install at a reasonable cost. The only problem is the low capacity of them, it's not too much of a problem in quieter parks, but it leads to disproportionately long queues at larger parks. Well now there's a solution on offer, now the fun family water slide has evolved in to a major attraction.

The ride works like a giant slide, with much larger water channels, the real innovation here though is the new rafts. Instead of the normal two person dingy, here you have a large circular one, where up to 8 people can sit around the circumference of it. From the station you head up a giant conveyer belt to the top of the ride. From the top the raft slides down, in a fashion that feels manic and out of control as the raft goes round the corners, and sliding up the banking on the side of the tube. When you accompany this with the fact there are no restraints, just some handles to hold on to at the edge of the raft, this is a ride which creates a thrilling sense of danger. It's a great thrilling water ride which ranks as one of the parks must dos.