schlitterbahn aquatica water park
You're at Schlitterbahn Aquatica Water park in Orlando, Florida. When summer hits and the heat is high, one of the best ways to cool off is at a waterpark. Find out which American water parks made the top of our list. The water park, open in June, lets you traverse the park via a waterway that Schlitterbahn calls “transportainment:” Guests float in tubes from one attraction to the next through interconnected sides, chutes, and rivers. According to Themed Entertainment Association, the 15 most-visited water parks in the country in 2008 attracted 12.5 million people. Although it only opened in March, Aquatica in Orlando, Fla., made the list at No. 4 with 950000 visitors. Travel from your room to shopping, dining, and entertainment without setting foot on terra firma. No you're not on a cruise, and this isn't Venice. You're at Schlitterbahn Vacation Village Water park in Kansas City, Kan. Five of the 10 most well-attended water parks in the United States reside in Florida (the top four in Orlando: Aquatica, Disney World Typhoon Lagoon, Disney World Blizzard Beach, and the country's first water park, Wet 'n Wild).