Incrediblecoasters - Top 10 Water Slides

Top 10 Water Slides List

Welcome to an Incrediblecoasters Top 10 List. When we list stuff, we actually explain why. Water Slides. They are the staple of the water park (duh.) and are extremely popular with guests. With Summer being here, and the heat getting hotter and hotter, people want a chance to both have fun and cool off. and nothing does that better than a good water slide. No wonder they're so popular. Have you ever seen the lines at water parks. They're huge!!!! In fact, I think water slides may actually be just as, if not more popular than rollercoasters. So yeah. That says a lot about water slides. And of course, with great popularity comes great variety (usually). And yeah. There's a big variety of water slides. And it's not just tube slide VS body slide nowadays. There are all sorts of water slide types nowadays. Drop Slides, Speed Slides, Racing Slides, Tornados, Toilet Bowls, the list goes on and on. But then you go and ask yourself "With so many water slides to choose from out there, which ones are the best ones?" What are the water slides that will most make you smile or scream "OH SH*T!!!!!!!" Well, we don't know for sure considering how we aren't anywhere close to riding all the water slides out there. Several of which look freaking amazing. However, we can show you 10 different water slides that are totally awesome and kick major ass. These is the Top 10 Water Slides.

#10.

Taboo Tower @ Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Valencia, California, U.S.A

Located right in Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, which is right next door to Six Flags Magic Mountain, Taboo Tower is actually three water slides in one water slide complex. And every single water slide located on Taboo Tower is awesome. Secret Passage is awesome and has some really crazy laterals and even has an unofficial Maverick Turn. Escape Chute has some nice airtime and Daredevils Plunge is a fun drop slide, plus the indoor part on top is also pretty fun. And to make things better for all of them, since it's a complex, everyones waiting in line, but since there's 3 slides, the line moves fast, that is unless you pick the slide everyone else picked, but then it's your damn fault. What more to say other than it's three awesome slides on 1 awesome slide complex. Taboo Tower. To not like it is one of the worst taboos of all.

#9.

Venom Drop @ Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Valencia, California, U.S.A

Also located at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Venom Drop is another drop slide, so it's very similar to Daredevil's Plunge of Taboo Tower. The only difference is that this is much better. Venom Drop is bigger, totally open, and doesn't have any pre drop stuff. It just drops. And this scares most people. While Taboo Tower is very popular and usually has a long line, Venom Drop usually does not, and you don't have to wait at all. Don't be fooled by the line. That's for Twisted Fang & Coiled Cobra. (Both peices of sh*t BTW.) Everyone else is too afraid to ride Venom Drop, so when you finally do ride Venom Drop, a crowd usually forms to cheer you on while usually saying to themselves "OMG!!! I can't believe someone is actually going to do this!!!!" Then everyone stares at you with wide open eyes as you slide down. And it's much bigger than any other drop slide in Southern California despite what many people say. *cough* Raging Waters *cough* So you really feel the speed on this one. Venom Drop. Seperating the men and women from the RCT Peeps since it opened.

#8.

Cobra & Wipeout @ Wild Rivers Irvine, California, U.S.A

Located at Wild Rivers (Be prepared to get used to this), Cobra & Wipeout are two very interesting water slides. While there are a few minor differences as Wipeout is a rubber slide and has the water tank start, while Cobra does not and is a body slide. But they both give you a similar ride, so I put them on the same list. Do you like laterals, if not then don't bother with either of these slides as both of these water slides are VERY lateral heavy slides. Hell, you actually feel like you're going to flip over in parts and actually go up 90 degrees for part of the slide. And these rides are FAST!!!! You simply fly down all of these turns. No time to take a break or anything. You're just going to be hauling down these slides and you won't stop until you slide into the exit pool. Cobra & Wipeout. I've got nothing else to say for either of these, so let's just say they kick ass and move on.

#7.

Surf Hill @ Wild Rivers Irvine, California, U.S.A

Located at Wild Rivers, Surf Hill may look like just an ordinary racing water slide on the outside, but it's not an ordinary racing slide at all. This is anything but an ordinary racing slide. While normal racing water slides consist of many small humps that you race down until you have a winner declared at the bottom, but here, it's just three big humps. And on Surf Hill, it's a lot of fun. At the bottom of the final hump, your mat stays right there at the bottom, but you don't. You just keep going till you stop quite a few feet from your mat. So that may not be crazy or intense, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun. And while some of you may get stuck on the straightaways leading to the giant humps, which sucks for you, but is really great for everyone watching so they can have fun laughing at you. So yeah. This may not be an intense slide, but it sure is fun and worth the #7 spot on our countdown. Surf Hill. Just don't grow too attached to your mat right there.

#6.

Speed Slides @ Raging Waters San Dimas, California, U.S.A

Located at Raging Waters, the Speed Slides are the real hidden gem at Raging Waters, and is the only Raging Waters slide to make it on the list. While most people think of something like Dr. Von Dark, Dropout, Dragons Den, or High Extreme to be the best water slide, they've got nothing on Speed Slides. I mean, all of those are fun and all, but none of them are worthy of being on this Top 10 List. Speed Slides however, while not getting much attention, is a truely insane water slide. Aside from getting a fast start, you drop a little cruise around, get some decent laterals, but then you head down another drop to go really fast, and then just after that, another drop comes, which then supplys you with a heapload of crazy airtime. And the best part is, that this slide never usually gets a long line. (Ok, it does simply because its at Raging Waters) But compared to everything else in the park, it's short. Speed Slides. If you don't like it, then I think this is a sign for you to stop taking speed.

#5.

Nairombi Express @ Wild Rivers Irvine, California, U.S.A

Located once again at Wild Rivers, this is a water slide that not many people have the oppertunity to get on. For you see, Nairombi Express has a lot of valve problems, which translates into it almost never runs. And when it does run, it only stays open for like 20 minutes. So yeah, it's a miracle that I was able to get on this slide at all. And to dissapoint you even more, this slide kicks some serious ass. It first starts off with a small but steep drop that gives you quite a bit of speed before having you fly downhill before you just haul down a giant drop. That actually manages to give you some airtime before splashing down into the pool. It was an awesome slide. Such a shame about Nairombi Express being closed all the time. Well, I'm going to Wild Rivers next week, so who knows. Maybe it'll be open again. I HIGHLY doubt it. But you never know. Nairombi Express. A Top 10 Water Slide that you'll most likely never get to ride.

#4.

Congo River Rapids @ Wild Rivers Irvine, California, U.S.A

Yep. This is another one of those insane Wild Rivers Slides. And trust me when I say, this one is insane. Technically there are two sides of the slide. The good slide and the not nearly as good slide. Both are fun and all, but definetly do the one with the drop as that's where the insanity is. After getting your tube, you simply head down the slide. Oh, and did I mention that you can ride the slide backwards? Yeah. That really helps since you can never see where you are going. You're just twisting through all this white water going through turns and bumps when all of a sudden, you head down the drop. And when you go down backwards, its INSANE!!!! One one of our rides, I fell out, scratched my back and kicked Cody in the head and on another one of our rides, we simply flipped over and rode down the rest of the way like a body slide. So yeah. This ride is insane. Congo River Rapids. It's so good, you'll kick your friends in the head.

#3.

Bazooka Bowls @ Wild Rivers Irvine, California, U.S.A

While this is another one of Wild River's insane slides, it is different in the fact that A: It's not made of rubber. And B: There are tons of clones of it at many other parks in the world. But it still fits in Wild Rivers as it's an insane slide. And if you thought Venom Drop or any other drop slide is a back scratcher, ride this or a clone and then come talk to me. This thing is not forgiving on your back, but it's so good that it doesn't matter. While the drop into the bowls may not look very big, it sure is FAST!!! And I mean FAST!!!!!!! And then of course there's the THUMP!!!! That's where the ride gets your back, but you're so busy going through the helix of death, that it doesn't matter. Oh, and did I mention that this ride has the TRUE helix of death? The key word here is TRUE. This isn't just another fake helix of death. This is the real deal. So yeah. Fast Drop, Insane Spinning, and a head first landing. You get the idea of how this slide is insane? Bazooka Bowls. Home of the true helix of death.

#2.

Bombay Blasters @ Wild Rivers Irvine, California, U.S.A

Located at the same water park as almost every other slide on this list, the objective of Bombay Blasters is fairly simple. LAUNCH YOU INTO THE F*CKING POOL!!!!!!!!! And trust me, it does this goal and it does it well. After getting on the slide it starts off slow, which is kind of dissapointing. People on this slide tend to say "Hey!!! This slide isn't FAAAAASSSSSSTTTT!!!!!! *splash* Right when you least expect it, it just goes LAUNCH!!!!!!! Right into the freaking pool!!!! And there are two Bombay Blasters, though they rarely run both at the same time, it is awesome as then you can duel. And of course, watching is awesome as you can then see two splashes and have two oppertunities. It's just a few seconds of amazing epicness before splashing into a pool. It's sort of like jumping the Cascade Ponds, except instead of falling vertically, you're being launched horizontally. Bombay Blasters. The ride itself is less than a third of what it took you to read this description of the ride.

#1.

Wildebeest @ Holiday World Santa Clause, Indiana, U.S.A

Located at Splashing Safari, within Holiday World, Wildebeest is not like any of the other water slides on this list. It's in fact being ranked as one of the best water slides in the country by other people, and for obvious reasons. This water slide has airtime, fun drops, and even a few laterals. And best of all, there's no work at all required for this ride. You just hop and ride. First off, the slide has a freaking lifthill, which not only means that you don't have to carry your tube up all those stairs, but you don't even need to climb up all those stairs to begin with. You just hop on like a rollercoaster and come along for the ride. You just sit back and enjoy all the drops, hills, laterals, and pops of airtime that Wildebeest has to offer you. And of course, it gets you soaking wet in the process. But yeah. Wildebeest is just so much fun. Worthy of the lines it gets, Worthy of being in Holiday World, and worthy of the title of #1 Water Slide ridden by Incrediblecoasters.

So now I'm sure you know what you're thinking. "Wow. That was the list. That is so wrong." Well no. This is just the current list. I haven't been on every water slide in the world, so until I do, this list is innacurate for a world wide description. There are still many many great water slides out there for me to ride. I know I still haven't been to Schlitterbahn, Wet'N'Wild, or the Disney World Water Parks. So visiting any of these parks would significantly modify the list. And even when I do ride all of them, some water slides will go bad, and new ones will be built, so no list will ever last forever. But still, this list does pay tribute to 10 fantastic water slides that everyone should try if they ever have the chance. And if you could tell, most of the rides on this list had similar qualities which appealed to my taste in water slides. However, water slides can come in many different styles and tastes for all sorts of people. For instance, I still haven't had the chance to try out a Looping Waterslide. That's something I'm really looking foreword to. There are still many other great water slides out there not on this list. Ones that I have ridden and know about and simply didn't make the cut, and ones that I haven't ridden yet and are just waiting to get into the Incrediblecoasters System. Either way, go out and ride a water slide today. They really are awesome.