It is no secret that White Water in Branson, Missouri, is one of the most popular water theme parks in the Midwest. White Water is affiliated with the famous Silver Dollar City, and is one of Branson’s most popular attractions. The hot, humid Ozarks summers send both tourists and locals alike flocking to White Water in droves. This year, it’s not just the promise of cool water, wave pools, summery music and frozen lemonade that is drawing crowds to White Water – it’s the newest thrill slide on the radar, the KaPau Plummet! Hold onto your stomach – this wet and wild thrill slide will leave you breathless!
‘Biggest in history.’ That is how the brand spanking new, $1.7 million KaPau Plummet slide is described. This thrill ride is not for the faint of heart – the enclosed but transparent side by side slides are two hundred forty feet of sheer indescribable awesomeness! Riders begin by standing in a launch capsule. After the countdown, the see through bottom of the capsule drops out from underneath the brave riders, sending them plummeting in a seventy degree free fall and rushing down the slide at twenty-six feet per second to the bottom of the ride. The transparent slide allows onlookers to watch their brave friends splash down!
The bottoming out of the slide that leads to the plunge is brand new technology for White Water – it is called the ‘AquaLaunch’ trap door. The trap door builds up massive amounts of anticipation as the riders wait for their plummet. The term ‘kapau’ is also new – it is a slang U.S. surfer term to mean the next big wave or the next big thing, pronounced KA-POW. The slide tower is a dizzying forty feet in the air, which helps riders build up speed as they plunge, and a staggering one thousand gallons per minute makes up the water flow of the slide.
The KaPau Plummet is definitely the biggest thrill in White Water history. It combines anticipation, speed, technology, and engineering genius with a whole lot of water and fun – so don’t miss out on this amazing thrill slide! Get your season passes – and your spot on the KaPau Plummet – today!
