Soak City expands to add two new water slides

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES

Knott’s Soak City in Buena Park announced last week the addition of two new water-slide attractions, including a thrill ride that drops guests through a trapdoor from a tower more than seven stories tall.

The two new water slides – dubbed Shore Break and The Wedge – will replace a raft ride called Pacific Spin and an adjoining section of parking lot. The new attractions are part of a 1.8-acre expansion set to open next summer.

The announcement came a couple of weeks after a 10-year-old boy was killed riding the world’s tallest water-slide, Verruckt, at Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas. An investigation of the accident is ongoing.

A park representative declined to comment on the Schlitterbahn accident but added, “At Knott’s Berry Farm and Knott’s Soak City, the safety of our guests and employees is always the highest priority.”