Camelbeach Waterpark
Encyclopedia
Camelbeach Waterpark is a water park
located in the Pocono Mountains, in Tannersville, Pennsylvania
at Big Pocono State Park
. Opened in 1998, it is the summer operation for Camelback Mountain Resort home of Camelback
Ski and Snowboard Area.
Water park
A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments...
located in the Pocono Mountains, in Tannersville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
at Big Pocono State Park
Big Pocono State Park
Big Pocono State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Jackson and Pocono townships in Monroe County, Pennsylvania in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States...
. Opened in 1998, it is the summer operation for Camelback Mountain Resort home of Camelback
Camelback
Camelback may refer to:* CamelBackCapitalization, a type of capitalization, usually known as CamelCase* A camelback locomotive, a type of steam locomotive with the cab mounted in the middle, astride the boiler...
Ski and Snowboard Area.
Attractions
Camelbeach contains over 35 waterslides (the most in Pennsylvania) as well as many other attractions.- The Titan is an eight-story tall tube slide that allows up to five people per raft to ride down it. It debuted 2000. The Titan has nine curves with extra banks to keep the raft from going over the slide.
- The Kahuna Lagoon is a wave poolWave poolA wave pool is a swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, reasonably large waves, similar to the ocean's. Wave pools are often a major feature of water parks...
which can produce up to six-foot waves, the highest man-made waves in the Northeast. It opened in 2001.
- The Vortex and Spin Cycle are two bowl slides. Spin Cycle is ridden with a tube, and ends in a chute, while Vortex is ridden without a tube and ends in a 6+1/2 ft pool. They both opened in 2002.
- Triple Venom are three separate speed water slides, called Serpent, Viper, and Cobra, all over six stories tall. Serpent is not enclosed and allows you to experience weightlessness three times as you descend. There are three drops to it. Viper is an enclosed translucent slide. Cobra is also enclosed, but is total darkness. The Triple Venom complex opened in 2003. These rides are somewhat notorious for hurting people's backs.
- Checkered Flag Challenge is an eight-lane slide where the participants race each other down the slide on mats try to get the best time. It includes a timing system which reveals the winner. It opened in 2004.
- Flowrider is a ride that offers riders to ride waves lying down or standing up on a surfboard. It opened in 2006.
- Pharaoh's Phortress is a family water play structure that features 8 watersides, a four-story-high tipping bucket, fountains, spray guns, and more. It opened in 2008.
- Dune Runner and Sandstorm are two new family raft slides featured at Camelbeach. Both opened together in 2011.
- Camelbeach also is home to a competition sized swimming poolSwimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
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