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New Mexico Gets Its First Indoor Water Park

The Radisson Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico has given New Mexico its only indoor water park. The 30,000 square-foot indoor water park has five pool features including a 63,895-gallon lazy river and double slide plunge pool with a raft slide and tube slide, a 32,235-gallon kids' activity pool, a 12,577-gallon wading pool with play structure for younger children a 8,690-gallon indoor/outdoor adult whirlpool spa and a 57,230 gallon dual FlowRider™ Wave Rider. The 26 water play features include a super splash bucket, basketball hoops, waterfalls, spray features and inner tubes.

The water park uses the MIOX State-of-the-Art "green" water disinfection system. The facility also offers Arcadia, a family entertainment center with a video arcade, retail shops and a place to paint your own pottery. The water park opens on March 12. It's a pretty small water park by most standards but the new park is designed to attract both locals and guests from all around the southwest and may help the hotel stand out from other options in the city.

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Cocqui Water Park Opens at the El Conquistador

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

I never used to think of water parks as particularly luxurious but that's been changing lately with parks springing up everywhere from Bahrain to Slovakia. Check out the Coqui Water Park in the Marina Village of the El Conquistador Resort in Las Croabas, Puerto Rico. The new park is part of the property's $120 million renovation and is the first water park ever to sit along the Caribbean Sea and overlook the Atlantic Ocean. It includes an 8,000-square-foot lazy river, 253-foot double inner tube slide, high-speed, 40-foot vertical drop, and 26-foot serpentine flume body slide. There is also a 25,554-square-foot sunbathing deck, 9,000-square-foot infinity edge pool,kids' pool area with a Coqui kids slide. The resort also includes a 26,000-square-foot Golden Door Spa. Packages at the lavish El Conquistador Resort include a full Caribbean buffet breakfast daily, water park passes and airport transportation and prices vary greatly depending on the season with rooms in the summer starting in the $240 range and zooming up to over $1000 per night for the larger suites.

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The Lost Paradise of Dilmun, Bahrain's Lavish New Waterpark

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Visitors to Bahrain have a new place for fun in the sun. The Lost Paradise of Dilmun waterpark has opened as part of the Al Areen Resort. The $50 million water parki part of the over $1.3 billion plus Al Areen development located near the Banyan Tree Desert Spa & Resort. The park is the first fully-themed water park in the Middle East, it celebrates the Kingdom of Bahrain's cultural history, from a time 4,000 years ago when Bahrain was the center of the Dilmun civilization. Rides include the Falcons' Dive, the giant Superbowl, Boomerango and the Family Raft Ride, the park's tallest water slide seating four people. The park is also home to the largest wave pool in the Middle East and the only one with a sandy beach. The park will soon use a cashless system. Visitors will be given a wristband that carries credit and can be topped off at reload stations. As you go through the park, credit is deducted for items such as food, drink, merchandise and electronic lockers.

[via AME Info]

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