July, 2015
Warp Speed is a first generation interactive water slide gaming challenge framed in an
intergalactic cosmic setting at Hyland Hills Water World, in Colorado. Some equate it as
if playing Guitar Hero - using your whole body to navigate through 3D space.
It is the area’s first dual flume experience using a Slideboard, a totally new water slide
vehicle product being debuted in the United States this year.
Consistent with Water World’s cosmic theme, “starcraft” riders will be treated to a
personalized journey through a worm-hole, with a storyline that puts them in a space
outpost training simulator traveling at warp speed while shielding themselves from cosmic
hazards. Using hand held light seeker buttons, riders try to eliminate those threats.
Automated scoring will track each rider’s individual success and allow them to go to the
next higher gaming level in their next journey.
Space riders can actually sign into the game’s App at home (slideboarding.com) to play the
game virtually, then come to Water World to experience the game physically on a real
Slideboard. Afterwards, riders can continue gaming on the App at home to increase their
score until their next visit to the park.
Facts:
Area:
1.5 acres
Flumes:
Two 54” diameter side-by-side tubes
Speed:
Height:
Length:
20 feet per second (13 mph)
3 stories high
400 foot tubes
Capacity:
Distributer:
1300 riders per day
WhiteWater Industries Ltd. (Vancouver, Canada)
Sound:
Game Designer:
WhiteWater Industries Ltd. (Vancouver, Canada)
Aaron Mendelson (Denver, Colorado)
Engineering:
Entry Sign Construction:
Structual Components, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado)
Eye Candy (Denver, Colorado)
Signage Design:
Rassman Design (Denver, Colorado)
Architectural & Structural:
Harlan Bryant, Hyland Hills Engineer
Construction :
Concrete Testing:
Concrete:
Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District Staff
Kumar & Associates
P& R Concrete
FYI -Riders can choose to personalize their gamer name, choice of music, and light show at
entry kiosks.
-Warp Speed replaces a previous ride, Tandemonium, built in 1990. Warp Speed uses the
same amount of water and was designed to be energy efficient.
-Water World is the second park in the world to feature an attraction with Slideboarding.
-Each flume has unique characteristics with a different slide path – making the targets
different in each case.
-Digital monitors at the splashdown arena report rider’s scores, achievements, badges
earned, and more.
-Level 1 to Level 60 (Yes, at level 60, you are some sort of a Jedi Master)
-42” rider height requirement/250lb weight limit
-Not a gamer, not a problem….everyone can play – and you might surprise yourself!
Media Contact: Joann Cortéz
(303) 650-7644, cell: (303) 358-3838
www.waterworldcolorado.com