Aquatica Orlando is located in Orlando, Florida. It is a sister park of SeaWorld Orlando and Discovery Cove. The park is themed to the southern Pacific, and features Australian and New Zealand based mascots including Roa (a kiwi), Kata (a kookaburra), Wai (a Commerson's dolphin), Ihu (a gecko), Papa (a Royal Spoonbill), Wae Wae (a takahē), and Motu (a turtle). The park features a wide array of attractions for all ages and swimming abilities, some of which pass by or through animal habitats. The park has two wave pools which share an extensive, 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m2) man made white-sand beach area equipped deck chairs, Sun beds and umbrellas.
- Body/mat slides
- Dolphin Plunge – the park's signature attraction, these two enclosed tube slides pass through a pool containing a pod of Commerson's dolphins.
- Taumata Racer – an eight-lane racing slide with guests sliding down on mats through enclosed and open sections.
- Raft slides
- Whanau Way – a tower with four double-raft slides.
- Tassie's Twisters – a pair of funnel-like slides that can be ridden in single or double rafts.
- Omaka Rocka – Aquatica's newest ride, clover shaped carrying each one rider rafts descend into one of two slides that look like a tornado funnel layer on its side.
- Multi-person raft slides
- Walhalla Wave – a twisty slide with enclosed, pitch-dark segments.
- HooRoo Run – sharing a tower with Walhalla Wave, this triple-dip slide is short, but fast.
- Lazy rivers
- Roa's Rapids – a faster, aggressive version of the lazy river with geysers, speed zones and center islands.
- Loggerhead Lane – a traditional lazy river that passes through a grotto of cichlids and the Commerson's dolphin exhibit.
- Wave pools
- Cutback Cove – featuring stronger, taller waves.
- Big Surf Shores – featuring gentler, rolling waves.
- Children's areas
- Kata's Kookaburra Cove – designed for younger children, with smaller slides and play features.
- Walkabout Waters – a play fortress with slides, ladders and dumping water buckets.
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