Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe

Infobox Amusement park
name = Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe


caption = Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe's official park map
location = Greensboro, NC
opening_date =
previous_names = Emerald Pointe
season = Memorial Day - Labor Day
area = 40 acres
rides = 36
coasters =
water_rides =
owner = Palace Entertainment
fslogan = Millions of Gallons of Fun!
homepage = [http://www.emeraldpointe.com/ Official website]

Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe (often simply referred to as Emerald Pointe, the original name of the park) is a water park located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Wet 'n Wild chain of water parks. There are 36 rides including Daredevil Drop, one of the nation's tallest water slides, and family rides such as Tropical Drop. The park also features two heavily themed family sections known as Splash Island, and Happy Harbor. Emerald Pointe is also the largest water park in both of the Carolinas. According to "Amusement Business" magazine, Emerald Pointe boasts the tenth highest annual attendance among American water parks at nearly 500,000 visitors [http://www.waterparks.org/otherArticles/Generalfacts.pdf Waterparks.org - General Facts] ] The park is located on Holden Road just off Interstate 85 Business (North Carolina) in southern Greensboro.

Trivia

*The working name for the water park before it opened was Aqua Gardens.
*Wet 'n Wild Greensboro opened in 1984 as Water Country USA.
*Wet 'n Wild Greensboro is the 12th largest water park in the United States.
*The park uses over 5 million gallons of water. [http://www.emeraldpointe.com/parkinfo/ Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe: Park Info] ]
*The park features a 2 million gallon wave pool. [http://www.emeraldpointe.com/attractions/ Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe: Attractions] ]
*The park features the largest water slide in both the Carolinas, Daredevil Drop which tops out at 76 feet.

Rides & attractions

External links

* [http://www.emeraldpointe.com/ Official Site]

References