Wild Waterdome Opens at Wilderness

Wild WaterDome Opens at Wilderness at the Smokies
Published on: December 22, 2008
--Travel Pulse


A new indoor water park, Wild WaterDome, has opened at Wilderness at the Smokies in East Tennessee. The waterpark spans more than 60,000 square feet with a see-through, energy-efficient Foil Tec roof that lets guests tan indoors year-round. The facility features the Smokies SurfRider, Tennessee’s only surfing simulator. The Surf Rider uses 50,000 gallons of water a minute to create a continuously moving sheet of water on which people can surf or boogie board. The Wild WaterDome also includes the Storm Chaser, a four-person tube slide that begins with a 58-foot drop into a giant orange-and-white funnel where riders swoosh back and forth up the sides of the funnel. Other activities at the waterpark, which is reserved exclusively for resort guests, include a 10,000-square-foot wave pool, two tube slides, an indoor/outdoor hot spa, a multi-level play structure with a gigantic dumping bucket and 50-plus play-and-spray features. Plus, there is a special toddler area with mini-slides and a swing tree.
Wilderness at the Smokies, the region’s first full-service waterpark resort, also unveiled the property’s 472 multi-room suites conveniently connected to the Wild WaterDome. The units include three different floor plans ranging from one to three bedrooms designed to accommodate up to 16 guests. Phase I of Wilderness at the Smolies opened in June 2008 with a 234-room hotel and outdoor waterpark adjacent to the 240,000-square-foot Sevierville Events Center. The resort will be unveiling a second outdoor waterpark next to the Wild WaterDome in the summer of 2009. The developers are the owners of Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort, America’s Largest Waterpark Resort in Wisconsin Dells. For more information on the resort or for reservations, call 800-867-WILD or visit www.wildernessatthesmokies.com.

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