Volume 2, No. 10.   June 14, 2002

New Arrivals

It’s a bowl slide!
Wet Zone Waterpark in Rowlett, Texas, announces the arrival of Krrplunk, May 25, 2002. Measurements: 45 feet high (14 meters), 72-foot long drop (22 meters). Delivered by ProSlide Technology.

Heath Olinger, Wet Zone Waterpark Manager, did not stage any special celebration for the municipal park’s second-year addition. “When I’m a one-man band, it’s hard to do all that stuff,” he said. But Krrplunk had a way of introducing itself. “It’s one of the highest structures in Rowlett,” Olinger said. “People in town have been talking about it, and the kids knew about it.”

So, on a mid-80s (about 30 Celsius) clear-sky Saturday when the park opened for the season, the ProBOWL slide drew the largest crowd. “For our slides from last year there’s hardly ever a line,” Olinger said. “Our line for Krrplunk is all the way down the tower,” a 25-minute wait. The new slide also has noticeably shifted the demographics at the park, which focused on families with young kids in its rookie season. “We are getting a lot more teen-agers,” Olinger said. And a lot more attendance, with each day’s gate surpassing last year’s dates.

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