Attractions Management Issue 1 2011 - TourismInsights

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Arihant showcases
its own park
Founded 25 years ago, Arihant Industrial
Corp is the largest Indian
manufacturer of playgrounds, specialising
in water slides and equipment for
waterparks, to the extent that it owns
and manages its own waterpark.
Located in Virar, in central-western
India, the Great Escape park covers
more than 10 hectares – half with
slides, pools and lagoons, all of which
have been developed by Arihant.
Specialising in themed attractions,
the most sought after are Egyptian,
jungle and pirates. These themes were
incorporated into projects completed
last year at JukuPark in Turku, Finland
and in Qatar’s first waterpark,
Aqua Park Doha. Arihant also supplied
equipment to the largest outdoor water
park in the UAE, Iceland Waterpark.
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Empex launches Aquacircus
Empex Watertoys has created a new
line of interactive Watertoys under
the trademark Aquanetics. Children
can produce sprays, water flows,
and kinetic effects such as turning
pelton wheels, spinners, gears and
pinwheels to create “a zany effect of
water motion”. Aquawizz, Aquanoodle,
Aquaswirl and Aquamill are four
new structures in the Aquanetics line.
Incorporating several Aquanetics
structures in a new expanded curvilinear
Aquadek, Empex has created
its latest concept, the Aquacircus, for
Beachpark Waterpark in Fortaleza,
Brazil. The 7,500 sq ft (700sq m)
climb and slide structure provides a
number of different slide experiences
and 45 creative activities. Aimed at
families with children up to the age of
12, Aquacircus includes Aquaclunes,
which are spray clowns, and Empex’s
signature Aquatons spray features.
Designed as a modular system, it
can be increased or decreased in
size depending on the area available.
Fabricated from composite and
specialty plastics, Aquacircus offers a
lifetime corrosion warranty.
The structure has two main water
feeds under the deck which are distributed
to the different events on the
play area. All features are controlled
and moved by redirecting water flow.
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Three new Body
Rides from Australian
Waterslides & Leisure
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australian waterslides
Australian Waterslides & Leisure Pty
Ltd has designed three Body Rides
for Tea Tree Gully Aquatic Centre
in Adelaide. Two of the rides are
800mm-diametre tube and open
Fast Straight Line Drop slides. The
other is a combination of 1,200mm
diameter tube and open Reversebanked
SupaJet slide.
On the straight line drop slides,
riders are plunged down a 9m (30ft)
drop at 45 degrees before landing
into runouts. The rides have a minimal
water delivery (20 to 30 litres
per second) to lubricate the rides,
making them faster as well as more
environmentally friendly. The company
wrote its own flume calculation
software programme integrated with
AutoCAD to enable safe and exciting
configurations to be designed accurately
and utilising 3D modelling.
All rides can give a different experience
for the riders – in the case of
body rides, the ride experience can
differ due to the type of swimmers
the ride is carrying (giving a varied
co-efficient between ride surface and
the rider) also due to water volumes,
and rider weight. All rides are designed
so that the rides fall within the
safety parameters of all variables.
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