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One Verr????(R)?ckt Ride08-05-14 | News

One Verrückt Ride

In April 2014, Guinness World Records certified the Verr????(R)?ckt ("crazy" in German) water slide at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kansas as the world's tallest (168 feet, 7 inches). Joy riders (at least 14 years old and 54 inches tall) mount 264 steps to reach the top of Verr????(R)?ckt (pronounced fair rookt), where they are harnessed into three-person rafts. This tallest, steepest, fastest water slide opened July 10, 2014.

Schlitterbahn is a family-owned and operated company (Bob and Billye Henry) based in New Braunfels,
Texas. Their first waterpark was Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort in 1979. The company has four other
waterparks in Texas.

To view a ride, click here.