The Beach (water park)
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| Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States |
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| Coordinates | 35°07′56″N 106°36′47″W / 35.13233°N 106.613087°W |
| Status | Defunct |
| Opened | 1987 |
| Closed | 2005 |
| Attractions | |
| Water rides | 10 |
The Beach was a 14-acre water park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1][2][3] The park was started in 1987, its final open season was 2004, and it was closed in 2005.[4] The park's land was put up for sale in 2014.[5] When the park was active, the three 75-foot slides used to tower over Interstate 25.[6]
Attractions
[edit]- Wave Pool – the main feature of the park was a 700,000 gallon pool that generated ocean-like waves.
- Kiddie Pool – a miniature version of the park for kids, it had slides, a kiddie lazy river, a waterfall, a water umbrella, and a big purple dinosaur
- Lazy River – a tube-ride river like oval that circled the vast majority of the park, it had multiple stops, at the kiddie pool, wave pool, slides, bathhouse and an ice cream shop.
- 4 and 8 Foot Tube-Slides – these were both slides that ran downhill. The four foot slide was a narrower slide with a faster current, the eight foot slide was a wider slide with a slower current.
- The Silver Bullet - a body-slide that accommodated smaller children than their tower slides.
- The Black Hole - a body-slide that was encompassed by a darkened tunnel, it led to a 3-foot deep catch pool.
- The Plunge - a 75-foot "free-fall style" body-slide that led to a 3-foot deep catch pool.
- The Scream – a 75-foot open slide with less-intense drop than The Plunge.
- The Rolling Thunder - a 75-foot fully enclosed body slide with twists and turns.
References
[edit]- ^ "Build New Mexico History". buildnewmexico.org/. Build New Mexico. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
- ^ Debora L. Carr (April 2010). Home on the Strange: More Tales from My Albu-Quirky Journals. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-1-60844-458-8.
- ^ Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce; Max Evans (1 March 2000). Albuquerque: Spirit of the New West. Starlight Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9639731-1-5.
- ^ Lane, Charlotte Balcomb (June 3, 2005). "All Dried Up: Beach Waterpark shuttered and for sale". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
- ^ Scott, Damon (Apr 29, 2014). "Former Beach Waterpark land listed for sale". Albuquerque Business Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
- ^ Goldsmith, Alex (February 9, 2015). "Beach water park site could get new life soon". KRQE News 13. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
External links
[edit]- "The Beach homepage". Archived from the original on 2004-07-26.
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