12.9 mps→ Sliders’ top speed in meters-per-second—nearly 29 mph. The minimum speed is 10.2 meters per second, or roughly 23 mph. So the experience is more or less like sliding down I-75 during rush hour.
65 feet→ Height of Tropical Plunge’s highest point—hope you’re ready to climb some stairs! The ride is just slightly shorter than the White House, which rises to 70 feet tall.
2,246 feet→ Total length of the ride’s tubes. Feeling particularly slippery? Challenge a friend to race in the dueling 337-foot slides. Whoever loses buys the slushies.
20,000 hours→ On-site man-hours spent on construction. Kings Island is keeping mum on the total cost of Tropical Plunge, however, which was built by Canadian company WhiteWater.
74,000 gallons→ Water capacity used to “power” the attraction. (The water is recycled.) By comparison, an Olympic-size swimming pool holds 660,430 gallons of water.
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