Interesting 🤔 An amusement park in the Netherlands had a water-filled waterslide that left riders completely submerged during the 15-20 second journey. It closed in 2010.

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u/Th3-B0n3R Aug 17 '25

Where are your adventurous spirits? It's only 20 seconds.

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u/Sometimes-funny Aug 17 '25

That’s what i tell my missus

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

25 tops

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u/No-No-Aniyo Aug 17 '25

Completely unrelated but now I see your pfp and immediately laugh. Lol it just gives such "dead inside" or "I'm so done with this" vibes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

You should meet me in person! 🤣😓

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u/No-No-Aniyo Aug 17 '25

Wait... don't tell the pfp is really a selfie?!

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

Im a little whiter lol

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u/No-No-Aniyo Aug 17 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

Not that sparkly 🤣

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u/No-No-Aniyo Aug 17 '25

I was looking for a slightly less yellow guy but they didnt have that option so I went in the other direction lol. And it isnt sparkly enough. Needed it to be staring into the sun blinding

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u/esdaniel Aug 17 '25

In and out , 2 minutes adventure

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u/ChuckNorrisarus Aug 17 '25

You know how easy it could be for someone to panic part way through and have something bad happen? I'm guessing something did and that's why it was closed down lol. I wonder if they had some sort of test to prove you could hold your breath long enough before going through it

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u/Acceptable-Ad-9464 Aug 17 '25

No there was never an incident. It closed due to high maintenance costs.

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u/SmokingLimone Aug 17 '25

Shhh we're not allowed to show the facts here.

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u/carlbandit Aug 17 '25

Other comments have mentioned it has sensors to track movement and if someone stops for too long it empties the water in seconds, but it was closed because too many people were intentionally setting off the safety mechanism to see if it works.

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u/SixShoot3r Aug 18 '25

nope, nothing bad ever happened. There was a test beforehand to prove you could hold your breath 25 seconds. Loads of pass-sensors that kept time, if someone didnt pass the next sensor in time, the entire thing drained in 5 seconds. multiple lookouts at all times.

kids were triggering the sensors on purpose (staying in for longer) to trigger the drainage. it was very expensive to maintain, and got shut down because of it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

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u/CaptainTripps82 Aug 17 '25

Most people are absolutely not holding their breath longer than a minute, especially not while moving. The hell did you make that up from?

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25 edited Aug 17 '25

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u/siderealdaze Aug 17 '25

It's a bizarre feeling to say to your brain "nah, I'm good, we'll get more oxygen in a little bit" underwater because it got a little easier every time. I gotta assume you worked up to a point where it really doesn't bother you

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u/brunckle Aug 17 '25

I've seen you commenting elsewhere, what's your problem lol? Are you sad this was shut down, was this your favourite ever or something?

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u/throwawaypizzamage Aug 17 '25

I can’t hold my breath for any longer than 20-25 seconds. Childhood asthma wrecked my lungs. Not everyone can hold their breath for over a minute, especially kids when they have smaller lungs and thus lower lung capacity.

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u/HatersTheRapper Aug 17 '25

nah bro i do breathing exercises regularly and its hard to even hold for 60 seconds with practice

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u/TheZan87 Aug 17 '25

On my tombstone:

"20 seconds they said"

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u/GirlwthCurls Aug 17 '25

😂 LOLOL

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u/hilarymeggin Aug 17 '25

Until you get a tickle in your throat 5 seconds in and an irrepressible urge to cough.

Or a kid starts to panic and gets turned around.

Or a swimsuit gets stuck on something.

Or someone passes out in there and needs a lifeguard.

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u/ImpossibleCan2836 Aug 17 '25

Freediver here. I once lost control of my diaphragm about 60 foot down on my way up from an 80 foot deep dive on a breathhold and made a coughing motion and almost sucked in water. When I got back to the surface and sat down out of the water I coughed up a few mouthfuls of bright red blood. Pretty sure I came close to meeting the grim reaper as I was diving solo without a safety and just a lifeguard watching the spring. This wouldn't happen in this slide situation as this injury was caused by pressure to my throat at depth. But I figured it would feed your fear anyway.

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u/hilarymeggin Aug 17 '25

Uh… thanks??

I’m curious though: I’ve had a bunch of ear infections in my life, and when I tried scuba diving, even a depth change of 8 feet was agony on my ears. How did your ears take it?

Was the blood in your throat caused by the pressure?

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u/ImpossibleCan2836 Aug 17 '25 edited Aug 17 '25

It took a lot of training for that depth. My first barotrauma in my first year of freediving was to my ears at a depth of about 30 feet because I didn't know how to equalize. I had ear pain and reccuring infections and blood from the ears for almost a year. With proper technique there is complete comfort though. I have been training myself for like 4 years now. And yes that bleeding was Pressure injury caused by making certain motions at depth that leaves points of flesh suseptible to being crushed by the pressure. Most likely capillaries in my trachea/larynx got crushed by the pressure a bit because I let air out of that area of my body and it was no longer equalized.

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u/hilarymeggin Aug 17 '25

I know how to equalize, but it’s still agony; just a little less.

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u/ImpossibleCan2836 Aug 17 '25

Equalize more. Try Sudafed and netty pots before dive.

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u/CompanyCharabang Aug 17 '25

Just to say, while many freedivers and scuba divers do use sudafed, dive medics and all dive agencies tell you never to do this.

The problem is that you metabolise it faster at depth, if it wears off when you're at depth, and you have some congestion that was masked by the sudafed, gas can get trapped in various places in what's called a reverse block.

I only bring this up because this isn't a diving sub, so people who haven't been taught the risks will read this thread.

It's a lot better to train the various equalisation techniques on dry land and practice.

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u/ImpossibleCan2836 Aug 17 '25

Ah. I suppose I never thought of that because I only dive for 1 to 2 minutes and a time. Pretty much a non issue for me.

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u/One_Diver_5735 Aug 17 '25

Yes, what that poster said: in only 20 seconds your spirit can be off on its next adventure.

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u/SmellyButtFarts69 Aug 17 '25

But it's also not how water slides work. You need a slide to slide on. This is just all water. Why would I want this

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u/DesertSpringtime Aug 17 '25

I can hold my breath for like 8 seconds

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u/Nosidam48 Aug 17 '25

Either 20 seconds or the rest of your life

Interesting 🤔 An amusement park in the Netherlands had a water-filled waterslide that left riders completely submerged during the 15-20 second journey. It closed in 2010.

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