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Golfland Sunsplash

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Location
  
Mesa, Arizona, USA

Website
  
Official website

Phone
  
+1 480-834-8319

Water rides
  
29

Total
  
34

Opened
  
1983

Owner
  
Golfland

Golfland Sunsplash

Slogan
  
Arizona's Number One Destination for Family Fun!

Address
  
155 W Hampton Ave, Mesa, AZ 85210, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–10PMThursday10AM–10PMFriday10AM–12AMSaturday10AM–12AMSunday11AM–9PMMonday10AM–10PMTuesday10AM–10PMWednesday10AM–10PM

Operating season
  
March-Sept for Waterpark, All year for Golfland

Similar
  
Arizona Museum of Natural H, Riverview Park, Commemorative Air Force Airbase A, Hohokam Stadium, Castles N' Coasters

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Golfland-Sunsplash is a series of water parks and family amusement centers, with its original location in Mesa, AZ. The park is separated into two separate parks. Golfland operates year-round and features three miniature golf courses, an arcade, a pizza restaurant, a go-cart track, and bumper boats. Sunsplash operates in the summer and features 29 water-based attractions.

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The park opened in 1983 and the water park opened in 1986.

Golfland-Sunsplash is operated by Golfland Entertainment Centers. Golfland Entertainment Centers was founded in 1953 and currently operates 7 properties in Arizona and California.

Notable Events

  • In the movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill, Ted, and Napoleon visit a fictional waterpark called Waterloops in San Dimas, CA. The scenes at Waterloops are a cross between establishing shots at San Dimas Raging Waters and shots with the actors at Golfland Sunsplash.

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    Notable rides and attractions

  • Thunder Bay is a 450,000 gallon wave pool
  • Splashwater Harbor Slides are the original four tube slides. There are two dark slides and two regular slides.
  • Master Blaster (2002) is a water slide that uses jets to propel riders uphill, similar to a roller coaster.
  • Sidewinder (2005) is a half-pipe style water slide
  • The Cauldron (2008) is a single rider body slide that drops into an open bowl. The first ever bowl slide was built at Golfland in Roseville, CA in 1999
  • Thunder Falls (2010) is a seven-story family raft ride with three high speed drops.
  • The Stormrider (2011) is a four-person behemoth-bowl slide. At nearly 8 stories tall, it is one of the tallest slides in the southwest. The first ever Behemoth Bowl slide was built at Golfland in Roseville, CA in 2004.
  • The Revolution (2012) is a two-person bowl slide with a high speed drop.
  • Double Dare (2014) consists of two parallel racing body slides that start with ProSlide Technology's SkyBox trap door launch system.

    • References

    Golfland Sunsplash Wikipedia
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