Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe (often simply referred to as Emerald Pointe) is a water park

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 located in Greensboro, North Carolina

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, United States

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. It is part of the Wet 'n Wild chain of water parks. It is the 12th largest water park in the United States using over 3 million USgals (11,356.2 m³) of water. There are 36 rides including Daredevil Drop, one of the nation's tallest water slides, and family rides such as Tropical Drop. The park also features two heavily themed family sections known as Splash Island, and Happy Harbor. Emerald Pointe is also the largest water park in both of the Carolinas. According to Amusement Business magazine, Emerald Pointe boasts the tenth highest annual attendance among American water parks at nearly 500,000 visitors The park is located on Holden Road just off Interstate 85 Business (North Carolina)

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 in southern Greensboro. The water park opened in 1984, briefly named Aqua Gardens. Through much of the 1980s it was called Water Country USA until it eventually was renamed Emerald Pointe and now Wet'n Wild Emerald Pointe. Major competitors are Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina

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 and Dollywood's

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Lifeguards

The lifeguards at Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe are among some of the highest trained professionals. The guards are licensed by Jeff Ellis & Associates, an aquatics consultant company and the guards go through four hours of in service training each month to maintain their skills. Other safety procedures include in house audits performed by Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe as well as unannounced, random audits performed by E&A themselves. An audit can consist of OMD's (Operational Mannequin Drop's) where a lifelike mannequin is dropped into a guard's zone of protection and the lifeguard has 10 seconds to respond, or the audit is failed. VAT (Vigilance Awareness Training) Drops, are similar to an OMD, but consist of using a silhouette or other foreign object that is placed into a guard's zone of protection. Guards are also subject to hidden camera audits both by Wet 'n Wild and Ellis & Associates. The lifeguards are audited and responsible to be test-ready daily, and guests may encounter this highly effective means of training while visiting. This training has been so effective, that Wet 'n Wild has maintained zero drownings while it has been in operation.

Rides and attractions

Name	Status	Description
Dr. Von Dark's Tunnel of Terror	Operating	Emerald Pointe's newest attraction. It is a water slide where you drop down 40 ft., go through back to back vertical banks and complete a pair of hi-spin 360 degree spins. All in TOTAL darkness.
Dragon's Den	Operating	A water slide where riders drop down a dark hole and then circle around a "bowl" until dropping once again to the unloading area
Tropical Drop	Operating	A small water slide featuring a short drop into a pool of 8 feet (2.4 m) deep water.Its small.
The Edge	Operating	A large, half-pipe shaped water slide
Double Barrel Blast	Operating	Two side-by-side water slides featuring a significant drop, then shooting riders out, in the air, into a pool of water.
Shipwreck Cove	Operating	A large pool which features a "sunken" pirate ship that guests can jump off.
Lazee River	Operating	An extensive lazy river featuring rafts.
Leisure Lagoon	Operating	A kiddie play area with 3 foot (0.9144 m) water
Raging Rapids	Operating	A 450 feet (137.2 m) long man-made river
Runaway Raft Ride	Operating	600 feet (182.9 m) water slide featuring two or three seat rafts
Bonzai Speed Slides	Operating	A side-by-side water slide achieving speeds of 40mph.
Splash Island	Operating	A heavily themed kiddie area
Happy Harbor	Operating	A 6400 square feet (594.6 m²) extensively themed kiddie area
Blue Streak	Operating	A medium sized, completely enclosed, water slide
The 360	Operating	A short water slide completing one 360 degree turn during its course
Slidewinder	Operating	A short water slide twisting down a fairly steep slope
Cyclone Zone	Operating	A small, toroid Toroid Toroid may refer to*Toroid , a doughnut-like solid whose surface is a torus.*Toroidal inductors and transformers which have wire windings on circular ring shaped magnetic cores.*Vortex ring, a toroidal flow in fluid mechanics.... -shaped pool, with features water jets to swirl the water in circles
Daredevil Drop	Operating	A water slide featuring a 76 feet (23.2 m) drop. It is the largest water slide in both the Carolinas.
Thunder Bay Wave Pool	Operating	A 2 million USgals (7,570.8 m³) wave pool with 6 feet (1.8 m) waves
Twin Twisters	Operating	Two identical enclosed black water slides that measure 350 feet (106.7 m) in length.
White Water Run	Demolished	A trio of water slides, Dragon's Tail, Twister, and Easy Rider. All the slides are unique. Removed after the 2008 season. Dr. Von Dark's Tunnel of Terror occupies the area now.
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Pirate's Plunge	Demolished	Once a pulley ride where riders held on to a grapple and then dropped into a pool. Tropical Drop occupies the area now.
Hydro Fighter II	Demolished	The park's first, and only, water roller coaster. The ride was closed in late 2003 because of technical difficulties with the attraction such as the ride stopping. Th only thing currently left of the attraction is the giant bucket dump, currently in an area known as "Hydra Zone". A portion of it was demolished for Dragon's Den. Most of the ride was moved to Hard Rock Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and...  Park (now Freestyle Music Park) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence... reconstructed as a new attraction called "Slippery When Wet."