The tallest waterslide in the United States, the Rise of Icarus, opened at Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells on May 25. It features five slides, including The Fall, which descends from a 145-foot high platform near the top of a tower and wraps around it.
The Rise of Icarus, which opened Saturday, is a 145-foot-tall water slide attraction that features five separate slides. One of the slides, The Fall, winds around a tower on its way down from the top.
The Fall is a reddish-orange slide that begins with a short, sharp decline before gradually descending and rotating around the Icarus tower. It lasts roughly 30 seconds before finishing at the longest ending of the five slides to adjust for riders’ speed coming out.Icarus’ three other 60-foot high slides — The Voyage, The Flight and The Journey — all wind around the tower and each other and end with a large splash.
The Flight is a teal-colored tube that winds around the right side of the Icarus tower. It features four turns before finishing and lasts roughly 20-25 seconds. Verruckt, a former slide in Kansas City, Kansas, that stood more than 168 feet tall, was shut down in November 2017 after a 10-year-old rider died on it, according to TripSavvy.
“We have to build one-of-a kind attractions to bring people not just to Mt. Olympus, but to the area called Wisconsin Dells,” Laskaris said.
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