If you grew up in the Treasure Valley, was it truly summer until you experienced the worst sunburn of your life while plunging down slides like Bonzai, Corkscrew and Roundhouse?
While those names instantly bring back a flood of unforgettable summer memories for 80s and 90s kids, there are very few images of Boise s first real waterpark floating around the internet. Located at 1850 Century Way, Wild Waters was a summer staple until the mid 90s. It was demolished when construction for the Flying Y started and was replaced by the Cole/Overland exit ramp.
Wild Waters took advantage of Boise s natural topography to create some of its most exciting slides like Bonzai. That ride is the twin racing slides you see in the upper left hand corner of this photo that Facebook user Dane Mullen shared. Some remember the vertical drop on it being so steep that it felt like you were falling instead of sliding. In Dane s comments, a former employee identified the slide on the far right as Sidew
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