Sandcastle Water Park (Blackpool)
Sandcastle Waterpark is an indoor waterpark with 18 Slides and Attractions, in an 84-degree tropical climate located at South Beach in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It opened in 1986 on the site of the former South Shore Open Air Baths as a joint public/private partnership. Sandcastle Waterpark is also home to slides like the world's longest indoor roller-coaster water slide, the Master Blaster, and the first vertical indoor drop slide Sidewinder. Family attractions include the Ushi Gushi Action River, the Shimmering Shallows and the Typhoon Lagoon Wavepool. For younger visitors there is a  Caribbean Storm Treehouse which is an interactive adventure play area with a large tipping coconut that empties 600 gallons of water over guests. There are also a range of water cannons, mini slides and jets within the HMS Thundersplash and Fort Riptide areas. Operation of the centre was taken back into Blackpool Council ownership in 2003. Reductions in costs and increases in visitor numbers and spending have since followed. A significant investment in new attractions costing £5.5M was also agreed, which was delivered in two phases, with the second opening in 2006 on time and on budget. In  2012, the water park opened two new Aztec theme slides, one with a chamber called 'Aztec Falls', and a toboggan like slide called 'Montazooma.' In 2016, Sandcastle Waterpark celebrated its 30th birthday with a monthlong series of events involving a variety of local charities and community groups. On 26 June 2016 as part of these celebrations, Sandcastle Waterpark regained the world record for most riders down a waterslide in one hour. The previous record had stood to a Dutch Waterpark at 396 riders. Sandcastle Waterpark broke this record with a new official world record of 529 riders. Sandcastle Water Park