Wet'n'Wild Water World is a large water park situated in Oxenford, Gold Coast, owned by Warner Village Theme Parks. In 2009, the park received 1,095,000 visitors ranking it first in Australia and eighth in the world. Wet'n'Wild Water World is located adjacent to Warner Bros. Movie World, a movie-related park also owned by Warner Village Theme Parks. The park remains open all year with all of the pools and slides heated during the winter months.HistoryWet'n'Wild Water World opened on 30 September 1984 as Cade's County Waterpark. The Herringe group of companies developed the park at a cost of A$18 million. The name was later changed to Cade's County Wet'n'Wild, then simply Wet'n'Wild in 1987 after a licensing agreement was reached with chain of Wet 'n Wild water parks overseas.Attraction history 1986: Giant Wave Pool opened. 1997: Super 8 Aqua Racer opened. 1999: Calypso Beach opened. 2000: Mammoth Falls opened featuring Mammoth Plunge and Mammoth River 2002: Whirlpool opened 2005: Double Screamer closed. Mammoth Plunge was closed and moved to Sea World with a replacement Mammoth River opening. The revamped Buccaneer Bay opened in September. 2006: Extreme H2O Zone opened in stages. Mach 5 opened first featuring the Jet Streams and Sidewinders. This was followed shortly by Blackhole and then finally Tornado in September. 2007: Whitewater Flumes closed. Surfrider and River Rapids opened. 2008: Kamikaze opened. 2010: Speedcoaster and Twister closed. AquaLoop and Flowrider opened in September. 2011: The SkyCoaster opened in early March with the Zip Lines opening in April. 2012: Constrictor opened on 28 September.
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