Xtreme WaterparksSeries celebrates over-the top and fabulous water slides from the world's tallest slide in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to a high-speed gravity-defying water ride in Orlando, Florida.
Getting Wet in Brazil
Jul 8, 2012
This series, which spotlights the world's best waterslides, opens with a look at the Insano in Fortaleza, Brazil, which stands at 135 feet tall. Also: an indoor, near-vertical looping slide in Vermont; an indoor bungee jump into water at the Center of Gravity in Edmonton.
Getting Wet in Phoenix
Jul 8, 2012
Area 47, an outdoor playground located at the base of the Australian Alps, is visited. Also: a look at the Constrictor at Wet 'n Wild in Phoenix and the Bomb Bay at Wet 'n Wild in Orlando.
Getting Wet In Germany
Jul 15, 2012
Some of the world's tallest and fastest waterslides are spotlighted in Brazil, Texas and Germany.
Getting Wet In Italy
Jul 22, 2012
The world's tallest raft ride in Venice, Italy; The Master Blaster in Texas; the only slide in the world that runs through a rain forest.
Getting Wet In Denver
Jul 29, 2012
Germany's Tropical Islands, a giant indoor water park housed in an old blimp hanger, is visited. Also: waterslides in Denver and San Antonio are spotlighted.
Getting Wet in Jersey
Aug 5, 2012
Ride the tallest halfpipe in the world at Aquatica in Texas. Then slide, dive and swing into New Jersey's Mountain Creek Waterpark. Finally, brave the world's only double looping water slide at Wave Water World in Austria.
World's Best Rides
Aug 12, 2012
We're trotting the globe and riding the world's most extreme water rides. From the world's tallest slide in Brazil to the world's largest indoor waterpark in Germany - we're getting wet and counting down the world's best rides.
