Water coaster (roller coaster)

Not to be confused with Water slide.

A water coaster is a steel roller coaster that combines roller coaster elements, such as chain lift hills and steep drops, with boat-based attraction elements, such as splash-down landings.

De Vliegende Hollander in the Efteling

Water coaster
Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld Orlando
Status	In Production: Mack Rides, Golden Horse, and Intamin Discontinued: E&F Miler Industries, and Premier Rides
First manufactured	1985
No. of installations	40
Manufacturers	Mack Rides, Golden Horse, Intamin, E&F Miler Industries, and Premier Rides
Restraint Style	Lap-bar
Water Coaster at RCDB

The station of Poseidon at Europa Park

The boat is pulled up on the tracks and then start a trip. The finale of the water coaster consists of a steep drop that ends in a wave. This roller coaster is characterised by a gentle layout with drops and splash. Some water coasters turn into log flume style trains once they hit the water, with the traditional coaster rails ending leaving the train floating in a trough. Other types of water coasters have fixed rails all the way around the coaster.

The highest water coaster in the world is Divertical, at Mirabilandia in Italy.^[1]

List of water coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Ref
Unknown	Unknown	Enjoy Land	China	2020	Operating	[2]
Unknown	Golden Horse	Aquatic Paradise Victory Kingdom Guillin	China	2022 2015 to 2018	Operating	[3]
Across Amazon	Golden Horse	Victory Kingdom Tianjin	China	2012	Closed	[4]
Adventure Coaster	TOGO	Odakyu Mukogaoka Yuen	Japan	1985	Removed	[5]
Aktium	Mack Rides	Cinecittà World	Italy	2014	Operating	[6][7]
Armada Invencible formerly Caribbean Splash	Mack Rides	Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village	Taiwan	2008	Operating	[8]
Atlantica SuperSplash	Mack Rides	Europa-Park	Germany	2005	Operating	[9]
Big Timber Log Ride	E&F Miler Industries	Enchanted Forest	United States	1996	Operating	[10]
Black Anaconda	ProSlide Technology	Noah’s Ark Water Park	United States	2005	Operating
Blue Water	Golden Horse	Happy Magic Mountain	China	2009	Removed	[11]
Crazy Waves	Golden Horse	Guangzhou Sunac Land	China	2019	Operating	[12]
Buzz Saw Falls	Premier Rides	Silver Dollar City	United States	1999	Converted Now known as Powder Keg: A Blast into the Wilderness	[13]
Dive to Atlantis	E&F Miler Industries	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	United States	2004	Removed	[14]
Divertical	Intamin	Mirabilandia	Italy	2012	Operating	[15]
Eagle Hunt	ProSlide Technology	Silverwood Theme Park	United States	2024	Operating
Escape From Amazon	Golden Horse	Dream Land	China	2002	Operating	[16]
Flume Ride	ABC Rides	E-DA Theme Park	Taiwan	2010	Operating	[17]
Hydro Racer	Intamin	Xishuangbanna Theme Park	China	2015	Operating	[18]
Journey to Atlantis	Mack Rides	SeaWorld Orlando	United States	1998	Operating	[19]
Journey to Atlantis	Mack Rides	SeaWorld San Diego	United States	2004	Operating	[20]
Journey to Atlantis	Mack Rides	SeaWorld San Antonio	United States	2007	Operating	[21]
Journey to the Falls	Unknown	Splendid World Fantasy Land	China	2014	Removed	[22]
Jurassic River	Technical Park	Cavallino Matto	Italy	2018	Operating	[23]
Kersplash	E&F Miler Industries	Edaville Family Theme Park Washington State Fair	United States	Cancelled 1995 to 2012	Removed	[24] [25]
Kraken's Revenge	Mack Rides	Desaru Coast Adventure Waterpark	Malaysia	2018	Operating	[26]
Krampus Expédition	Mack Rides	Nigloland	France	2021	Operating	[27]
Master Blaster	Wave Loch	Kalahari Indoor Waterpark	United States	2000	Operating
Montanha Russa	Mack Rides	Aquashow Family Park	Portugal	2006	Operating	[28]
Overwater Roller Coaster	Golden Horse	Floraland Continent Park	China	2013	Operating	[29]
Polar Explorer	Mack Rides	Chimelong Ocean Kingdom	China	2014	Operating	[30]
Poseidon	Mack Rides	Europa-Park	Germany	2000	Operating	[31]
Power Splash	Mack Rides	Happy Valley Shenzhen	China	2019	Operating	[32]
Pulsar	Mack Rides	Walibi Belgium	Belgium	2016	Operating	[33]
Skatteøen	Mack Rides	Djurs Sommerland	Denmark	2011	Operating	[34]
Speed	Intamin	Energylandia	Poland	2018	Operating	[35]
Storm Coaster	Mack Rides	Sea World	Australia	2013	Operating	[36]
SuperSplash	Mack Rides	Plopsaland	Belgium	2006	Operating	[37]
SuperSplash	Mack Rides	TusenFryd	Norway	2003	Operating	[38]
Surf's Up! Duck Duck Goose	Golden Horse	Wuxi Sunac Land	China	2019	Operating	[39]
Surfing Boat	Golden Horse	Jinling Happy World	China	2012	Removed	[40]
Tiger Leaping Gorge	Mack Rides	Colourful Yunnan Paradise	China	2018	Operating	[41]
Typhoon Coaster	Intamin	The Land of Legends	Turkey	2016	Operating	[42]
De Vliegende Hollander	Kumbak	Efteling	Netherlands	2007	Operating	[43]
Vonkaputous	Premier Rides	Linnanmäki	Finland	2001	Removed	[44]
Walrus Splash	Mack Rides	Chimelong Ocean Kingdom	China	2014	Operating	[45]
Water Dragon King	Golden Horse	Sun Tribe	China	2015	Operating	[46]
Wild Chase Coaster	Interlink	Sunway Lagoon	Malaysia	2016	Closed	[47]

References

1. "Divertical".
2. Marden, Duane. "Unknown  (Enjoy Land)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
3. Marden, Duane. "Unknown  (Victory Kingdom Guillin)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
4. Marden, Duane. "Across Amazon  (Victory Kingdom Tianjin)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
5. Marden, Duane. "Adventure Coaster  (Odakyu Mukogaoka Yuen)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
6. Rides, Mack. "The SuperSplash". Mack Rides. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
7. Rasquin, Dirk. "Aktium (Cinecittà World)". European Water Ride DataBase. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
8. Marden, Duane. "Armada Invencible  (Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
9. Marden, Duane. "Atlantica SuperSplash  (Europa Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
10. Marden, Duane. "Big Timber Log Ride  (Enchanted Forest)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
11. Marden, Duane. "Blue Water  (Happy Magic Mountain)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
12. Marden, Duane. "Crazy Waves  (Guangzhou Sunac Land)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
13. Marden, Duane. "Buzz Saw Falls  (Silver Dollar City)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
14. Marden, Duane. "Dive to Atlantis  (Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
15. Marden, Duane. "Divertical  (Mirabilandia)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
16. Marden, Duane. "Escape From Amazon  (Dream Land)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
17. Marden, Duane. "Flume Ride  (E-DA Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
18. Marden, Duane. "Hydro Racer  (Xishuangbanna Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
19. Marden, Duane. "Journey to Atlantis  (SeaWorld Orlando)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
20. Marden, Duane. "Journey to Atlantis  (SeaWorld San Diego)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
21. Marden, Duane. "Journey to Atlantis  (SeaWorld San Antonio)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
22. Marden, Duane. "Journey to the Falls  (Splendid World Fantasy Land)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
23. Marden, Duane. "Jurassic River  (Cavallino Matto)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
24. Marden, Duane. "Kersplash  (Edaville Family Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
25. Marden, Duane. "Kersplash  (Washington State Fair)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
26. Marden, Duane. "Kraken's Revenge  (Desaru Coast Adventure Waterpark)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
27. Marden, Duane. "Kraken's Revenge  (Nigloland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
28. Marden, Duane. "Montanha Russa  (Aquashow Family Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
29. Marden, Duane. "Overwater Roller Coaster  (Floraland Continent Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
30. Marden, Duane. "Polar Explorer  (Chimelong Ocean Kingdom)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
31. Marden, Duane. "Poseidon  (Europa Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
32. Marden, Duane. "Power Splash  (Happy Valley)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
33. Marden, Duane. "Polar Explorer  (Chimelong Ocean Kingdom)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
34. Marden, Duane. "Skatteøen  (Djurs sommerland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
35. Marden, Duane. "Speed  (Energylandia)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
36. Marden, Duane. "Storm Coaster  (Sea World)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
37. Marden, Duane. "SuperSplash (Plopsaland De Panne)". Archived from the original on 2010-02-05.Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
38. Marden, Duane. "SuperSplash  (TusenFryd)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
39. Marden, Duane. "Surf's Up! Duck Duck Goose  (Wuxi Sunac Land)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
40. Marden, Duane. "Surfing Boat  (Jinling Happy World)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
41. Marden, Duane. "Tiger Leaping Gorge  (Colourful Yunnan Paradise)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
42. Marden, Duane. "Typhoon Coaster  (Land of Legends Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
43. Marden, Duane. "Vliegende Hollander  (Efteling)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
44. Marden, Duane. "Vonkaputous  (Linnanmäki)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
45. Marden, Duane. "Walrus Splash  (Chimelong Ocean Kingdom)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
46. Marden, Duane. "Water Dragon King  (Sun Tribe)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
47. Marden, Duane. "Wild Chase Coaster  (Sunway Lagoon)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 12, 2012.

External links

• Media related to Water coasters at Wikimedia Commons