Beech Bend Splash Lagoon

When planning the largest expansion in its nearly 30-year history, Splash Lagoon (part of the Beech Bend Amusement Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky) knew that they needed a colossal, high-impact structure that would be as impressive to look at as it was to ride.

In addition, they wanted something:

• innovative: with features that their guests – and the industry as a whole – hadn’t seen before;
• unique: with slides that you can’t find at any of the three other water parks located just two hours away;
• high capacity: with growing attendance and demand for new attractions, they needed something that could entertain a large number of guests; and compact: with a limited amount of available space in which to install new attractions, they were looking for something that delivered a lot of “bang for the buck”.

• World-first gravity FlyingSAUCER® : Cyclone Saucers is also North America’s first ever installation of the FlyingSAUCER®  feature. Riders fly around the edge of three saucers at high speeds, glued to the wall by centrifugal force. The steep angle of the saucers create a drop-and-dive sensation as riders carve along its edge. The feeling is like a World Cup giant slalom ski race – in perfect control.
• Catch the wave: Tidal Wave positions riders face-to-face as they surge up a thrilling wall (a ProSlide® TornadoWAVE® 45), climbing higher and hanging in zero gravity longer than any other wall on the market. From high up on the wall, the narrow out-run looks like the eye of a needle. Not to worry; our ride path is designed to be predictable, even if rider weight varies.
• Revolutionary joy ride: Polynesian Plunge drops riders down a steep in-run then shoots them into the wide-open bowl (a ProSlide® CannonBOWL™ 40), which is engineered to create the smoothest, safest rotations. As tubes slow, water jets send tubes effortlessly to the center, then into the patented CorkScrew™ exit.
• Back-to-back, open-topped funnels: Riptide begins with an intense dark ride section, building anticipation as riders move between smooth, back-to-back turns and stomach-dropping thrills in the funnel slides (ProSlide® TORNADO® 24 / TORNADO® 24), not knowing what to expect next.