Plans remain in the works for the building of a new water park in northern Colorado.
The project, called Glacier Beach, has been in the talking stage since around early 2022, and may include what has been billed as the “longest water slide in the world.”
Last month a website for the project announced that a new ride concept called “Soarin’ Over the Rockies,” would be a part of the larger park, an immersive ride that will provide breathtaking views of the nearby Rocky Mountains.
In a press release, the new attraction is said to combine “cutting edge technology, stunning visuals, and thrilling special effects.” The news site What Now Denver has earlier reported that the project might also have a “360-degree circular wave pool,” with rapid, deep. and lazy rivers.
Exactly where the park will be built has still not been announced. It was previously thought that the project would go up near the city of Golden, with construction beginning sometime this coming summer.
Now the site glacierbeachcolorado.com says simply that a development team is “hard at work” doing the preliminary work on a new location.
If the Glacier Beach project becomes reality, it will join a growing marketplace nationally for waterparks. According to the Statista.com, such parks regularly attract up to 8 million visitors annually, representing a $3.5 billion industry in 2023.
New water park projects have been announced in recent months for Massanutten, Virginia; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Bellevue, Nebraska; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
By Garry Boulard
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