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9-531: The hotel occupies a location on the beach. Visitors to the hotel have a total of 33,800 square metres (364,000 sq ft) of beach for their use. Beside the hotel is the Wild Wadi Water Park . All guests in the hotel have unlimited access to the waterpark . The beachfront area where the Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel are located was previously called Chicago Beach. The hotel

18-617: Is an outdoor water park in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . Situated in the area of Jumeirah , next to the Burj Al Arab and the Jumeirah Beach Hotel , the water park is operated by Jumeirah International , a Dubai-based hotelier. Wild Wadi has a heated/cooled wave pool, multiple water slides and two artificial surfing machines. The park once had the largest water slide outside of North America , but it has since been removed to make space for two other rides. Another feature of

27-478: Is located on an island of reclaimed land offshore of the beach of the former Chicago Beach Hotel. The locale's name had its origins in the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company which had floating oil storage tankers on the site long before Dubai started its current modernisation. The old name persisted after the old hotel was demolished in 1997 since Dubai Chicago Beach Hotel was the public project name for

36-484: Is the largest wave pool in the Middle East. It produces parallel and crossing 1.5 m (4.9 ft) waves in five different configurations. Juha's Journey is a 360 m (1,180 ft) long river which allows guest to relax and slowly float around the park. Juha’s Dhow and Lagoon is Wild Wadi's play area for children and has over 100 water games/rides. Wipeout AND Riptide have only four of their kind in

45-464: Is the tallest and fastest free-fall water slide outside of North and South America. Rising to 33 m (108 ft) with riders reaching speeds up to 80 km/h (50 mph). FlowRider rides, Wipeout and Riptide, are surfing simulators that shoot out more than seven tons of water per second in a thin sheet across moulded foam structures. These rides produce a realistic wave effect which allows riders to body-board, knee-board or surf. Breakers Bay

54-513: The Surf Machine and use boogie boards to surf their way to the end where they got their next clue. Ring Rides are the traditional downhill slides. Riders can choose to sit in either a single or double ring. Tantrum Alley & Burj Surj are two new slides that replaced the family rides. Both are the first of their kind in the region. Tantrum Alley is a slide with a combination of 3 tornados & Burj Surj has 2 bowls. Jumeirah Sceirah

63-679: The construction phase of the Burj Al Arab Hotel until Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the new name. When completed in 1997, the Jumeirah Beach Hotel was 93 metres high making it the 9th tallest building in Dubai. Today, it is ranked lower than the 100th tallest building. Despite its lower rankings, the hotel remains a Dubai landmark. Wild Wadi Water Park The Wild Wadi Water Park

72-545: The park is an 18 m (59 ft) waterfall that goes off every ten minutes. The water park also has two gift shops, three restaurants and two snack stands. [1] It was featured in The Amazing Race 5 and The Amazing Race Asia 1 , in which teams had to slide down a 21 m (69 ft) drop. It was later featured in The Amazing Race Australia 2 , but instead, the teams had to ride

81-517: The world. It is devised by the maverick American lawyer/surf fanatic Thomas Lochtefeld, the Wipeout working by releasing seven tons of water per second in a thin sheet, which is molded by a foam structure. In this way it produce a fantastic wave effect which is ideal for body-boarding and knee-boarding (or surfing during private parties). The price of tickets in the Wild Wadi water park is based on

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