THRILLSEEKERS better set their alarms, as the UK’s biggest waterpark is set to reopen next week, just in time for the Easter holidays.
Splashdown, Quaywest will be opening to punters in just days, with the website stating that the reopening date is Good Friday (April 18).
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The park will be open for the entire Easter bank holiday weekend (Friday to Monday) and then will shut again until the early May bank holiday (May 3-5).
Adrenaline junkies will then be able to enjoy the park every weekend in May and June, before it opens every day during July and August.
Adult day tickets (age nine and up) are priced at £30, whilst tickets for children aged five to eight are priced at £25.
You can also purchase four-hour tickets for the cheaper price of £17.
Tickets are already on sale via the waterpark’s website, so you better snap them up quick to avoid disappointment.
The park, located in the English Riviera, boasts eight adrenaline-pumping slights, as well as attractions suitable for the more risk-averse.
One of the most daredevil attractions at the site is the Devil’s Drop, where visitors are plunged down a 65ft almost vertical drop into a black hole, in the highest, fastest flume in the UK.
And if that’s not enough to satiate your thrill seeking, the Screamer shoots punters down a 60-degree slide.
Another popular slide is the Wild Kamikaze, where punters descend three steep drops.
One of the park’s newer rides, 3Fall, requires park-goers to race down the slide head first on a mat.
For younger adventurers, a huge water playground called Shipwreck Island opened in 2024.
The youngster’s paradise includes a tipping bucket, a number of small slides, and sprays.
And for those looking for a more relaxing experience, the park also has a 20m swimming pool, perfect for getting in some lengths.
After you’ve worked up an appetite on the attractions, you can tuck into a tasty meal at the on-site restaurant, or even treat yourself to a cheeky ice cream.
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- Therme Manchester will have 25 swimming pools, 25 water slides and an indoor beach.
- Modern Surf Manchester will be a surfing lagoon offering lessons to both beginners and experts.
- Chessington World of Adventures Waterpark is set to have wave, infinity and spa pools as well as waterslides and cabanas.
- The Cove Resort, Southport is likely to have a water lagoon and a thermal spa with steam rooms and saunas.
- The Seahive, Deal plans to be the “surfing wellness resort” in the UK.
Another person added: “The slides were very fun and the queues were very short.”
The huge water park overlooks Goodrington Sands Beach.
Other beaches in the area include Paignton Beach, which is known for its pink sand.
There are plenty of other things to do in the area like Elberry Cove.
Elsewhere in the UK, a huge new ‘beach’ with a giant wave machine and surf lagoon is poised to open at a £50 million water attraction.
Wave Park in Coleshill, Warwickshire is set to be the largest in the UK and boasts a giant wave machine and a 5.4-acre man-made surf lagoon
Meanwhile, Therme Manchester’s long-awaited opening has been delayed even further.