During the s and s, Wild Rivers water park was the place to go in Orange County to cool off during the summer. A decade after the theme park was closed, construction began on a new acre Wild Rivers on Wednesday.
The park has been in the works for several years, but the Irvine City Council approved the location and lease in April Wild Rivers is one of the highest employment opportunities for our teens. Look for project updates soon. The original water park was a favorite among locals, with wave pools, lazy rivers, and a variety of slides to offer a place to cool off during the warm summers. In , Great Park officials voted against setting aside land for the water park, but Wild Rivers advocates never gave up.
After a series of talks and negotiations, an agreement between the water park and city officials set the stage for a newer, bigger Wild Rivers to come back to Irvine. The lease with the Irvine Co. After the closure the park was demolished. The last of an unprecedented string of four six-person raft rides is the Anaconda. This ride is a family favorite, featuring loads of wall time, speeds of up to One of two iconic rides brought back from Former Wild Rivers, Bombay Blasters guests will slide down dueling enclosed tubes that start high, fall steeply and shoot each fast-moving rider into the air to drop four feet into a waiting receiving pool.
Sure to have the longest wait times in the park, the Boomerango is a timeless guest favorite with a mix of sensations that will leave a huge impression on riders. The ride quickly builds speed as the raft makes a sharp right turn towards the open drop, building suspense. Since this attraction was introduced to the waterpark industry, it has rapidly become one of its most popular and family friendly attractions. Rafts, each accommodating up to six guests, shoot through a foot-wide flume at the inception, drop 25 feet and then speed up a rapid, near-vertical incline.
At the top of the incline, gravity forces the riders to change direction, building momentum as they speed down the incline through more twists and turn as they gradually decelerate into a receiving pool.
The city and Wild Rivers have been negotiating the lease agreement since Originally, the water park was set to be built in the southeast of the park, in one of the few portions still managed by the US Navy. As the former site of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, the Navy cannot turn over the land until it has cleaned up all potentially hazardous materials from the area, a process that is still ongoing over 20 years after the base closed. After the council was informed that the proposed location was still unable to be transferred in November , city staff suggested they move the water park to a 20 acre site right in the heart of the Great Park, at the intersection of Skyhawk and Great Park Blvd.
The entire council unanimously endorsed the new site and lease agreement, stating their excitement that the water park would finally begin construction. Wild Rivers will pay for the construction of the water park, while the city will pay for and maintain a parking lot with over 1, spaces for Wild Rivers use during the summer, but it will be managed by the city the remainder of the year.
The only addition to the lease from the council came from Shea, who asked that a traffic report be completed and requested that similar requirements be included on all future Great Park lease agreements going forward.
Cousins Joe Castellon, at left, and Adrian Castellon, are the last to riders to enjoy the Patriot at Wild Rivers just before the water park closed its doors for good. A Wild Rivers employee walks down a vacant area during the water park's last day Sunday. Children soak in the view from atop the Patriot at Wild Rivers Sunday, the final day. The thrill ends Sunday as Wild Rivers shuts its doors, most likely for good, after a year run.
The company is hoping to relocate to the Great Park in a few years.
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