Wet 'n Wild (United States)
- Wet 'n Wild (United States)
:"For the Australian waterpark in Gold Coast, Queensland, see Wet'n'Wild Water World."
Wet 'n Wild is a chain of United States water parks founded by SeaWorld creator George Millay in Orlando, Florida in 1977. It is considered the first major water park in the United States, and Millay was given the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Waterpark Association who named him the official "Father of the Waterpark."
Millay sold the Orlando park to Universal Orlando in 1998. He retired and moved to San Diego, California where he died on February 7, 2006.
Current Locations
Wet 'n Wild - Orlando
Wet 'n Wild - Greensboro
Previous Locations
*Arlington, Texas (now Six Flags Hurricane Harbor)
*Las Vegas Strip
*Garland, Texas (formerly an HFE "White Water" park) The site is now occupied by a Carmax dealership (closed in 1993)
Appearances in popular culture
*The music video for the Pet Shop Boys 1996 hit single "Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)" was filmed in a Wet 'n Wild park located in Orlando, Florida.
*Honey, I Blew Up the Kid had scenes recorded at Wet 'N Wild Las Vegas
External links
* [http://www.wetnwild.com/ Wet 'n Wild website]
* [http://www.proslide.com/ Proslide News]
* [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Aug-12-Thu-2004/news/24516137.html Las Vegas Review Journal article on Wet n' Wild's Las Vegas closing in 2004]
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