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Kraken's Conquest was a 4-lane mat racer water slide built by Canadian manufacturer ProSlide formerly located at Daytona Lagoon in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.[1]
History
Kraken's Conquest opened on June 20, 2007, as the first slide added to the park since its opening.[2]
The slide was repainted by Baynum Solutions in 2016.[3]
Hurricane Irma
On September 7, 2017, Daytona Lagoon annouced the park would be temporarily closed due to Hurricane Irma.[4] The last day the park operated before this time was September 4, 2017.[5]
The park was hit by the hurricane on September 11, 2017, during the storm, the slide's runout was pulled from its supports by winds, broke through a fence, and was tossed off of the slide's elevated platform onto Ora Street, a road on the park's perimeter, this heavily damaged the slide sections.[6][7]
Shortly after the storm, Daytona Lagoon annouced that Kraken's Conquest would not reopen during the 2017 season, but that work was being done to return an attraction to that location.[8] The water park reopened on September 23, 2017, without Kraken's Conquest.[9]
Closure, removal, and replacement
As of October 2017, the park still intended to repair the slide, but by April 2018, it was decided to remove and replace the slide.[10][11]
In May 2018, two slides were annouced to reuse Kraken's Conquest's tower, a half pipe slide, and similar 4-lane mat racer, both manufactured by Arihant Water Park Equipment.[12] The mat slide's name would later be announced as Kraken's Revenge.[13]
Kraken's Conquest was dismantled in June 2018, with construction on Kraken's Revenge starting shortly after.[13][7] Kraken's Revenge opened on April 29, 2019.[14]
Design
The slide was a fully open 4-lane mat racer slide with 3 straight drops.
It was built on an elevated platform on the north edge of the park, and the slide's footers are still present beneath Kraken's Revenge.
References
- ↑ "Lagoon Waterpark". Daytona Lagoon. Archived from the original on August 29, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Press Releases". Daytona Lagoon. Archived from the original on August 22, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Kraken's Conquest – Baynum Solutions". baynum.com. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ↑ "Today September 7th Due to Hurricane Irma, Daytona Lagoon will not be opening this weekend (9/8/17-9/10/17) as planned". Facebook. September 7, 2017. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ↑ "Today September 4 the Water Park will be open from 11am-8pm". Facebook. September 4, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ Richardson, Matthew (September 14, 2017). "Hurricane aftermath in Daytona Beach: 'This is why we have insurance'". Orlando Business Journal. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Seifert, Jeffrey (October 2018). "Daytona Lagoon recovers from 2017 hurricane, adds new slides" (PDF). Amusement Today. p. 42. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ "A Note from Daytona Lagoon's General Manager:". Facebook. September 21, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Today our Goonies of the day are....Briana, Caryn, Trace, Tatum & Teagan they were the first Goonies through the Water Park gate this morning!!!". Daytona Lagoon. September 23, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Sorry David, that is a much bigger fix. We are working on plans for getting it back next season". Facebook. October 15, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ↑ "Tommy, the Kraken slide that was damaged in the Hurricane will be getting replaced as well as a new slide will be getting installed". Facebook. April 10, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ Storey, Ken (May 29, 2018). "Daytona Lagoon adds two new water slides as the park continues to recover from Hurricane Irma". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Kraken's Revenge - Progress". Facebook. June 19, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Daytona Lagoon Water Park Opening 2 New Slides in April". Spectrum News 13. April 2, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2024.