WhiteWater | bulletins at IAAPA Expo Europe 22

WhiteWater, a leading waterpark manufacturer, has been exhibiting at IAAPA Expo Europe in London this week, the place the agency made a lot of key bulletins.

Firstly, WhiteWater revealed extra about its sustainability commitments, displaying how it’s responding to the local weather disaster with new improvements. For instance, it really works with 3D simulations within the design part to forestall water loss, and can also be engaged on methods parks can cut back water consumption and prolong the lifetime of sights throughout its total portfolio.

Within the Czech Republic, WhiteWater is creating and putting in an AquaForms 300 and AquaSplash toys for Aqualand Moravia. The aquatic play construction is designed to stability each type and substance, offering extra out there play house in a small footprint. The patented water supply structural system was engineered to simply regulate to variations in pool flooring and require much less water, in addition to being constructed with longer-lasting, corrosive-resistant supplies.

As well as, AquaForms options a number of foot and hand activators so sure options will solely activate when a toddler presses one of many 9 buttons, saving water and including extra participating interactivity.

Sustainability at WhiteWater

The corporate’s Water Rides Crew can also be engaged on extending gear life for “dry” sights, serving to to maximise their operations. A technique the workforce has achieved that is by way of boat refurbishment, which refreshes older water rides. Upgrading each the look and performance, the boats have new options like hydraulic lap bars for added consolation and detachable floorboards for straightforward upkeep.

“Water rides are a basic staple at theme parks, with almost each park all over the world working a minimum of one,” says Domingo Vergoossen, vice chairman of world enterprise growth – water rides. “In addition to supplying new rides, it’s our objective at WhiteWater to assist theme parks make these rides final for many years to come back and improve them with the most recent expertise or improve them with new thrilling options.” 

An instance is Eire’s Tayto Park, the place visitors will be capable to get pleasure from upgraded boats on the favored Viking Voyage trip from 2023. It will enhance the trip’s capability by 30%. The Tayto Park instance highlights WhiteWater’s potential to evaluate present water rides and purpose-fit their trip autos to assist theme parks clear up points, attain their efficiency objectives, and enhance general visitor satisfaction.

With the intention to cut back air journey, WhiteWater additionally has a full-service workplace in every area, and this yr its Munich and Dubai workplaces expanded and relocated into bigger areas.

Key new hires

WhiteWater additionally introduced some new key hires, together with Jeremy Grey who joined the Center East workforce in Dubai as VP of enterprise growth, and business veteran Michael Jungen who has taken on the function of president at Vantage.

“I’ve a imaginative and prescient of success for our business: we should try for the purest, easiest, and strongest emotional connection for visitors with the park expertise – JOY!” says Jungen. “The reason being easy: if we do, all the pieces else takes care of itself. Be part of me on this journey, and collectively we’ll take the time period ‘expertise’ to a different degree, the place your entire chain of stakeholders and shareholders wins.”

Mission updates

In the course of the agency’s press convention, it celebrated progress on the SURFTOWN MUC project, which formally broke floor this summer time. Europe’s First Countless Surf Pool is situated near Munich Airport and is predicted to open within the spring of 2024.

Rainer Maelzer, president of WhiteWater ERA GmbH, says: “The imaginative and prescient for SURFTOWN MUC is revolutionary. That is undoubtedly a world-class surf park within the making, and we’re thrilled to convey it to life and add to Munich’s rising repute of being a European powerhouse for motion sports activities.”

One other Countless Surf facility is coming to Wisemans Surf Lodge in Australia. The 45-acre growth in Wisemans Ferry shall be constructed alongside the Hawkesbury River, simply 60 minutes from Sydney’s Harbour Bridge.

In the meantime, WhiteWater has virtually accomplished work on the tallest water slide tower on this planet, situated at Meryal in Qatar. Standing at 85 metres/260 ft excessive, this can even break the report for many water slides on a single tower at 12. The water park will characteristic a complete of 36 water slides and can open in late 2023.

The corporate additionally introduced a collaboration with LD-Architecten on Belgium’s most bold public-private sustainability mission up to now. With the objective of operating on renewable power, the brand new swimming pool advanced of Sportoase in Sint-Niklaas is ready to open in the summertime of 2024 and can triple the present capability of the swimming pool. It should embody 4 of WhiteWater’s in style water slides, together with the primary Slideboarding water slide in Europe.

WhiteWater is continuous its relationship with MSC Cruises, having offered aquatic gear for ten of the corporate’s cruise ships. The newest of those is MSC Seascape, which encompasses a custom-themed Journey Path, AquaPlay 150, AquaSplash spray toys, and three water slides.

New WhiteWater merchandise

New WhiteWater merchandise introduced at IAAPA Expo Europe embody FlowCurl, FlowSurf and Blasterango Battle. FlowCurl fills the hole between the FlowRider stationary surf line and FlowBarrel, interesting to a large demographic. It has a straight move part the place newbies can be taught, in addition to a more difficult curling part for superior riders.

FlowSurf affords a river browsing expertise on full-sized surfboards and is modelled after the Eisbach River Wave in Munich. It maximizes power effectivity by making a clean move of water for riders’ enjoyment whereas minimising energy prices for operators.

The corporate’s new Blasterango Battle, which fuses the drops and blasts of Grasp Blaster with the zero-gravity thrills of Boomerango, debuted at Soaky Mountain Waterpark in Tennessee. With two side-by-side racing lanes, guests can compete towards their family and friends for interactive enjoyable that encourages repeat ridership.

Elsewhere, WhiteWater opened North America’s first SlideWheel at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park and the world’s first Boomerango Squeeze + Constrictor fusion at Ocean Park Hong Kong.

“With a workforce spanning throughout design, engineering, manufacturing, and set up, WhiteWater is famend for its experience in creating icons that no different firm can,” says Paul Chutter, WhiteWater president. “As our firm heads into 2023, we look ahead to persevering with work with our companions to construct sights that won’t solely assist to generate a better gate and ROI, but additionally put their parks on the map as world vacationer locations.”

WhiteWater has not too long ago introduced a brand new search for one other of its browsing manufacturers, FlowRider, which has undergone a fresh rebrand in time for the summer time season.