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Water World opens May 24th

By Erica Boniface

Metromix
May 14, 2008

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Hot babes. Water slides. Hot babes. Funnel cakes. And yes, very hot babes. Who needs South Beach when we have our very own MTV Spring Break in our backyard? Fine, 88th and Pecos to be exact. Opening on May 24th, Water World is the best idea for Memorial Day weekend. We can’t deny the power of scorching weather and the Lazy River—1,000 feet of pure water laziness awaits us, and all we have to do is squeeze into our swimsuits despite our post-winter munch-athalons.

You and your buds can keep yourselves busy all day with Water World’s huge selection of rides and pools to dip your hot tootsies in. Take Thunder Bay as a prime example: A huge pool with people floating all calmly in their inner tubes (or the risk-takers going commando without a tube), until a massive wave erupts and disrupts all that was calm. Before you know it, body parts are flinging at you, people are trying hard to run away before they get slammed by the wave and everyone is screaming. It is awesome. Then once the insanity stops, they do it all over again as if it never happened.

Or try the Space Bowls on for size. You’ll feel like a big, giant turd getting flushed into a giant pool. You cruise down a slide and then get spit-out into a bowl and wham, you get flushed. If being a turd doesn’t sound like a blast, try the Ragin’ Colorado River ride on for size. With a giant tube, you and your friends can ride down a massive slide, getting tossed back and forth while you’re laughing at each other bouncing all over the place.

Last but not least, we can’t forget about the legendary attraction, “Voyage to the Center of the Earth,” the best ride they have. You feel like you’re in a watered-down version of Jurassic Park. We don’t want to spoil it for you, but the first 30 seconds of the ride is by far the best part. Okay, fine—you go down a huge spiral like a freaky version of the boat ride in Willy Wonka. So cool, you're gonna wish there wasn't a damn long line so you can do it again right away.

All in all, if you’re sick of doing the same old, same old this Memorial Day weekend, you can eat funnel cakes, look at hot babes and groove on awesome water rides instead. If you purchase a Splash Pass (Water World season pass), it’s only $90 up until June 15th. After that, they raise it by 10 buckeroos.

Hot babes and funnel cakes is all we really needed to say, huh?

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