Key West Rapids

Key West Rapids
Adventure Island (water park)
Status Operating
Opening date March 1995
General statistics
Type Water slide
Lift system No
Length 700 ft (210 m)

Key West Rapids is a one-or-two person water slide at Adventure Island in Tampa, Florida, operated by SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment. The 700 ft.-long slide takes its riders, seated on tubes, down a course that includes gushers, pools, water mines, and 3 terraces of water, that slow the tubes to a near halt so that staffers can redirect the tubes down the remainder of the course.[1][2]

On 10 September 2011, a lifeguard working the attraction was struck by lightning whilst wading in a pool, and later died.[3]

References

  1. Entertainment, SeaWorld Parks &. "Key West Rapids". adventureisland.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  2. "Key West Rapids Review | Adventure Island". Total Orlando. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  3. "Adventure Island sued in staffer's death". TBO.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
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