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26 AMUSEMENT TODAY October 2010

Iowa's Lost Island marks

10th anniversary season

with ProSlide water coaster

Lost Island Waterpark in Waterloo, Iowa

celebrated its 10th anniversary season this sum-

mer with the introduction of a new ProSlide

HydroMagnetic Rocket water coaster. Dubbed

Wailua Kapua, which translates to purple Ha-

waiian river dragon, the new water coaster is

the longest and most expensive ride addition

in the tropical paradise-themed waterpark's

history.

The HydroMagnetic Rocket has nearly

all the attributes of a roller coaster. Utilizing

a combination of water lubrication, downhill

and uphill gravity and ProSlide's proprietary

HydroMagnetic technology, riders experience

the magnetic pull of the ascent followed by the

exhilarating speeds of the downhill drops as

well as airtime going over the hill crests at top

speed.

Seated in four-person rafts, Wailua Kapua

riders are then raised via conveyor 40 feet up

to the top of the rst hill before they experience

a drop and are then propelled up and down

three more hills and around three closed-tunnel

turns at speeds reaching up to 35 feet per sec-

ond. Along with Holiday World's Wilde Beast,

the Lost Island's 900-foot-long Wailua Kapua

is the only ProSlide water coaster with a ride-

up conveyor, which makes the ride more acces-

sible to guests who may have problems with

traditional stairs.

"The Wailua Kupua has brought the nor-

mal hiccups that come with trying to bend

the laws of physics," said Lost Island General

Manager Eric Bertch, "but overall it has been a

huge success and great addition to Lost Island

Waterpark."

Bertch declined to say how much Wailua

Kapua cost but he did conrm that it is the most

expensive addition that they've ever installed.

Lost Island's ticket prices increased by $2.00

this season to accommodate the new attraction,

but he's already seen a denite increase in at-

tendance. "Having this major, major addition to

the park, and the fact that we do try to keep ev-

erything new, is important to the guests." said

Bertch. "We really hit it this spring with a heavy

marketing plan touting the 10-year anniversary

to try to reach out further than we have in the

past.

The passenger boats used on Wailua Ka-

pua were specially made by Z-Pro Watersports

while the unique ride-up conveyor was sup-

plied by California-based Van Stone Conveyor,

Inc.

The ProSlide HydroMagnetic Rocket won

the 2007 IAAPA Award for Best New Water

Ride Product. Lost Island also features the

award-winning ProSlide Tornado, Dark Mam-

moth, OctopusRacer, CannonBowl, Plummet,

two Twisters, three Pipelines along with a Kidz

ProRacer.

PHOTOS COURTESY LOST ISLAND

Lost Island's new Wailua Kapua water coaster features a

conveyor that carries two-person rafts 40 feet up to the

ride's starting point.

PHOTOS COURTESY LOST ISLAND

Iowa's Lost Island

Waterpark marked its 10th

anniversary season this

summer with the introduc-

tion of Wailua Kapua, a

new ProSlide HydroMag-

netic Rocket water coaster.

The 900-foot-long ride

oers coaster-like

thrills at speeds of

35 feet per second.

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