The Top 10 Largest Indoor Water Parks In The World – A waterpark is simply a type of amusement park where people can go to have strictly water-based fun. The attractions in waterparks include swimming pools, splash pads, water slides, lazy rivers as well as water playgrounds.

An Indoor waterpark on the other hand, as the name implies is a water park that has been built indoors. This type of Water Park, as opposed to the outdoor water park, has the ability to stay open irrespective of what time of year it is because it is not affected by the prevailing weather conditions.

Top 10 Largest Indoor Water Parks in the World 2020

  • 1. Tropical Island Resort

This amazing indoor water park stands at about 710,000 square feet and is situated in Krausnick all the way in Germany. This park holds the title of the largest indoor water park in the world and seems unwilling to let go of the title any time soon. The hanger in which this water park is situated stands at a height of 351 feet and holds the title of the world’s largest single hall that has no supporting pillars on the inside.

This structure is known as Aerium and was initially erected to serve as a Zeppelin hangar, but as fate would have it, the airship this large hangar was built to contain ended up not being built and it was later bought by a Malaysian company and made into the Waterpark it is today. This magnificent amusement park has within a rainforest, a beach, palm trees, birdsong, and most intriguingly, an artificial sun.

  • 2. World Water Park 

This indoor water park is the largest one on the continent of North America and is a part of one of the Largest malls located worldwide, the West Edmonton Mall. This indoor water park is situated in Edmonton, Canada, and has the capacity to hold up to 40,000 guests easily.

One of the largest indoor wave pool in the world resides in this water park and boasts waves reaching up to 6 feet. Two water slides in this park, Twister, and Cyclone, compete for the highest slides at the water park and stand at 83 ft. It covers about 225,000 square feet.

  • 3. Kalahari Resorts Sandusky 

This water park which covers an amazing 173,000 square feet can be found in Sandusky, holds the record of being the largest indoor water park in the United States. Most of the natural light outside is allowed to filter in thanks to this resort’s special roof system, and as a result of this, visitors can get a suntan all year round. A wave pool, basketball pool as well as 2 surfing simulators are some of the features one can hope to enjoy here.

  • 4. Beijing National Aquatics Center 

This water park also goes by the name “Water Cube” and was actually built to be the site of swimming competitions for the summer Olympics held in the year 2008. Once the Olympics were over, half of the inner part of the center was revamped and repurposed to be used as a water park. There are many slides, water rides, spa areas, and a wave pool located in this water park. It covers 129.000 square feet.

  • 5. Kalahari Resorts, Wisconsin Dells 

This is situated in the self-acclaimed “Waterpark Capital of the World”. It covers 125,000 square feet and used to be the largest indoor water park in the United States until Sandusky came along. There is an indoor theme park as well as a golf course, bowling alley as well as go-kart tracks as well.

  • 6. Fallsview Indoor Water Park 

Coming sixth on the list of the largest water parks in the world, Fallsview IWP can be found in Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. There are several fast water slides as well as a huge wave pool. One might also be enthralled by the amazing beach has done jungle-style as well as a beach restaurant done in a club-style. It covers 90,000 square feet indoors.

  • 7. Boyne Mountain Resort 

This mountain resort which covers about 88,000 square feet indoors is definitely one of the largest indoor water parks in the world. It is located at Boyne Mountain Resort which is in Boyne Falls located in Michigan, Avalanche Bay. Some of the attractions one can hope to meet here include a lazy river, a children’s pool, hot tubs, and a total of 6 water slides.

  • 8. Epic Waters Indoor Water Park 

There are about 11 water slides in this epic indoor water park and they all contribute to its 80,000 square feet. This water park is located in Grand Prairie, in the state of Texas and has the tallest indoor Aqua loop ride in the United States. One can also hope to enjoy a lazy river, a water playground which is complete with geysers, sprinklers and also, a tipping bucket that holds about 300 gallons of watery fun. There are also mat racer slides and the list, as they say, truly goes on and on.

  • 9. Coco Key Water Resort 

Ninth on our list of the largest water parks in the world, Coco Key Water Resort, this water park is located in CoCo Key water Resort which can be found in Mount Laurel in the state of New Jersey and covers an impressive 55,000 square feet. An attraction is known as “Parrot’s perch” is a particularly amazing lure for children where they can splash about in this watery oasis which features small pint-sized slides, a tipping bucket that can hold 300 gallons of water as well as a water cannon.

  • 10. Massanutten

This amazing resort can be found in Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. This water park is part of the larger Massanutten resort and contains about a total of 8 water slides as well as a giant tipping bucket located at an attraction known as Massanutten Meltdown. The Flowrider at this park causes the movement of about 50,000 gallons of water per minute in order to create waves that the Ocean itself would envy. It also features a Frog Pond in which toddlers and babies alike can have some fun.

Common Features of Indoor Waterparks

In most quality indoor waterparks located all over the world, one can be sure to be treated to some of the various attractions listed below:

  1. Tube Slides
  2. Speed Slides
  3. Body Slides
  4. Family rides are known to carry more than 3 guests usually.
  5. Wave pool.
  6. The ‘lazy river’ which is also known as the ‘Torrent pool’.
  7. Water coaster
  8. Children’s play area is equipped with tipping buckets, sprayers, geysers, and lots more.

The last few years have seen an increase in the popularity of these indoor waterparks and new water parks keep coming up while older ones keep expanding.

There are many water parks in the world that claim to be the biggest water parks in the world, but usually, this is just done as a means of drawing people to the water park.

This article aims to examine those water parks from all over the world that dominates others in terms of sheer size.

The First Indoor Waterpark In The World

1985 was the year when the first indoor waterpark was built and it was situated in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada at a place known as the West Edmonton Mall. This water park is known as the “World Waterpark” and covers an amazing 200,000 square feet. The continent of Europe however, did not get its own indoor water park until about a year after in the year 1986. This waterpark was built in a place known as Blackpool and is known as the Sandcastle Water Park. About 8 years later, in the year 19994, the United States got its first indoor waterpark which was situated in the city of Wisconsin Dells in South-Central Wisconsin. It was built at the Polynesian Hotel as a means of making Dells, a tourist attraction at every time of the year and not just in the summertime.

The indoor waterpark was an instant hit and as soon as the first one came into existence; the business of indoor waterparks quickly grew in popularity. The Dells in Wisconsin and the Edmonton area located in Canada are two areas in the world where the indoor waterpark craze really ran wild. The Dells is known to have about 5 waterparks including, Chula Vista Resort, Wilderness Territory, Hotel Rome at Mount Olympus, and Great Wolf Lodge which is the state’s largest indoor waterpark. In order to become an all-year-round tourist destination, more and more areas in the United States are building these amazing water parks to draw in the crowd. Water parks are also being built in other parts of the world such as in Canada, Asia, and Europe as well.

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CONCLUSION ON LIST OF THE 10 LARGEST INDOOR WATER PARKS IN THE WORLD 2020

An indoor water park is a place where one can go alone or in the company of friends and family to just have a whole load of mindless fun. Water parks are in no short supply these days and due to their indoor nature, one need not worry about what time of year it is before shuffling on to one of these amazing places to let loose and really let go. The water washes away your worries, almost literally.

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