^ "Wet n Wild, Americas First Water Park closing".The park was featured for Puerto Rican band Menudo for their video Nao Se Reprima in Portuguese. The park was featured on Travel Channel's Extreme Waterparks and was also the setting for the music video for " Se a vida é", by the Pet Shop Boys. Replaced the original one of the same name, closed and replaced by Blastaway Beach. Replaced by the new one of the same name (now Blastaway Beach). Replaced the Hydra Fighter and Hydra-Maniac/Blue Niagara. It only operated for two years when the park closed in 2016. At the time, it was averaging around 1.3 million visitors for several years. The park was the most-attended water park in the United States until 1999, when Walt Disney World Resort's Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach surpassed it. The former site of Wet N' Wild became a resort known as Universal's Endless Summer Resort which opened in June 2019. Volcano Bay opened across the site on May 25, 2017. The park permanently closed on Decemand was demolished from February 2017 to June 2017. On June 17, 2015, it was confirmed that the park would close on December 31, 2016, to be replaced by a new water park, Universal's Volcano Bay. In 2014, the Bubba Tub was removed and replaced with the Aqua Drag Racer, a four-lane race slide. In 2012, it was replaced by Blastaway Beach, a larger children's water play area, also themed around sandcastles. It added The Storm, a pair of ProBowls, in 2001 The Blast, an inline tube slide, in 2003 Disco H2O, an enclosed Behemoth Bowl, in 2005 and Brain Wash, an enclosed Tornado, in 2008. In 2001, the park began a multi-year expansion plan with Canadian manufacturer ProSlide Technology. With the exception of the three slides, it was manufactured entirely by Integrity Attractions. The renovation saw three ProSlide Technology "Kidz" slides added as well as a castle with a tipping bucket which dumped 250 US gallons (950 l 210 imp gal) of water every three-and-a-half minutes. The original aviation theme was converted into a sandcastle theme. In 2000, the park renovated their Kids Park children's area. Riders were able to control their suspended gondola through the use of high-powered water guns.
In 1998, the Hydra Fighter was added to the park. In mid-2013, Universal purchased the 50 acres (20 ha) of land for $30.9 million. The Orlando location was purchased by Universal Studios Recreation Group, who continued to lease the land on which it is located. In 1998, Millay sold off his interests in his parks. The success of the park spawned several other Wet 'n Wild-branded parks across the Americas. He later claimed it "started making money the second year and never looked back". Although it opened to rain and suffered a $600,000 loss in its first year of operation, Millay kept it open.
The park opened in Orlando, Florida on March 13, 1977. Due to his prior success with SeaWorld, he was able to form a team of investors to fund the project. His desire was to combine these two elements and build upon it in order to achieve a good return on investment. The idea stemmed from the splash pad at Ontario Place in Canada and the wave pool at Point Mallard Park in Alabama. In the mid-1970s, he directed his time and money towards the project. While developing SeaWorld, George Millay realized the need for a water park, later recalling "being in Florida, with all its heat and hot sun, you naturally think about cooling off in water". Open all year long (water heated in winter) "The Recognized Name in Family Water Fun!"
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