Top 25 Water Slides in the World

I have visited over 50 different water parks and ridden nearly 500 different water slides across the globe. In this video, I rank the top 25 best water slides I have personally ridden. This list includes a lot of water coasters and speed slides plus a few select tube slides.
Video Credits
Aqua Loop Off-Ride (WhiteWater)- • AquaLoop
Aqua Loop POV (Agustin Ritacco)- • The Wild Coast Sun - W...
Black Anaconda POV (Go Pro Gabe)- • Noah's Ark Waterpark |...
Crush 'n Gusher POV (Disney Parks)- • Crush 'n' Gusher - Typ...
Deluge POV (Kentucky Kingdom)- • Official Deluge POV | ...
Falcon's Falaj POV (Kia Goes Where?)- • Day at Yas Waterworld ...
Flood River Flyer POV (Coaster Toaster)- • Flood River Flyer - Wi...
Leap of Faith POV (Coaster Toaster)- • Leap of Faith - Aquave...
Mammoth Off-Ride (Holiday World)- • Holiday World's Mammot...
RiverRush POV (Dollywood)- • RiverRush - Tennessee'...
Shark Attack POV (Ната otdyhoved)- • Аквапарк Aquaventure
Storm POV (Coaster Toaster)- • The Storm - Aquaventur...
Summit Plummet POV (DIsney Parks)- • Summit Plummet - Blizz...
Twin Twisters Off-Ride (DelGrosso's Amusement Park)- • Welcome to DelGrosso's...
Wildebeest Off-Ride 1 (Holiday World)- • World's Longest Water ...
Wild Water Wadi POV (Ната otdyhoved)- • White Water Wadi и Flo...
Background Music
Infraction - Tropical House / Royalty Free Music (No Copyright music) / Shining- • Tropical House Pop by ...

[@oldchannel611]

You should do a Non-Slide Water Park attraction list! Those tend to be my favorites at water parks. I love me a lazy river with theming and good waves.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I typically skip lazy rivers and wave pools, so I couldn't make a good list for that.

[@AirtimeProductions]

Aqualoops are easily my favorite slides! Some of the other ones are great too but I just love how intense they are

[@CanobieCoaster]

They are intense.

[@Coaster-Toaster]

These water coasters and lim slides are just awesome! Love the ones at Wild Wadi and Aquaventure, but my favorite is still Mammoth. I would recommend Schlitterbahn New Braunfels for you. Still my favorite visited water park with a lot of beautiful and crazy lazy river-slide-things. :)

[@CanobieCoaster]

That park is on my bucket list.

[@zacg_]

My favorite water slides are speed slides. I just love the steep drop. My personal favorites are Summit Plummet and Deep Water Dive. I think the stairs up to Deep Water Dive (especially when they go outside the structure) are scarier than most rides I've ridden. As for water coasters, I've only ridden a handful but my personal favorite is the Master Blaster at Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I need to get to Schlitterbahn.

[@yohanZ95]

Sick video man I love your takes they’re always nuanced and I really like that you focus on the positives and setting while you rarely nitpick because you go after What’s most fun and thrilling for you. Much appreciation!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks! I prefer to view every higher item was being more positive than the last.

[@ceaserri]

It’s really cool that there’s another coaster enthusiast who also loves water slides

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like any ride done well.

[@EdenlovesGod13]

I love that you put Holiday world in there that place in my favorite but personally my favorite is cheetah chase!!❤❤😊😊

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like the other 2 water coasters more myself.

[@stijnjanssens571]

for me the best slides i've done are the ones at siam park on the island of tenerife.. they have some amazing stuff there

[@CanobieCoaster]

I need to visit that park someday.

[@me-myself-i787]

Yeah. The Tower of Power is like the Leap of Faith but bigger, and the Saifa is a terrain-based water coaster, and has intense positive Gs, but the launches are weaker than the ones on Master Blaster at Alton Towers. And the airtime is also weaker. But the queue moves really quickly when it's open, but it's often down. And the Tornado also has intense positive Gs. And the Kinnaree is like those WhiteWater Boomerango rides, but built by ProSlide so it's smoother. But the drop doesn't really have much airtime unless you're lucky. And the Dragon is a massive ProSlide Tornado. The Singha is a rather lame water coaster with an insanely slow-moving queue. And the Patong Rapids are not worth riding. They're rough and not intense. And the queue is really long. Overall, Siam Park is the best waterpark I've ever been to, and probably is the best one in Europe.

[@TheJookEd]

This was a very well put together video, thank you for this!

[@CanobieCoaster]

You're welcome.

[@itsseriousarc8429]

Bro, your vids are so high quality. They are the best in the community.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks!

[@amusementscape]

Love the idea! I’ve been on a few of these including number one! I like good quality waterparks but some of them, especially ones at SF parks kinda suck, but a good waterpark slaps

[@CanobieCoaster]

Several of the Six Flags parks have good water parks by bulk, but they don't usually have the best of the best water slides.

[@noahkessler5500]

I’m a huge waterpark guy so I was excited to see this video and I was most surprised to see twin twisters. I’m from pittsburgh so I’m familiar with delgrossos. It’s a hidden gem for sure. Also was surprised with the huge rise of black anaconda. But great video all around

[@CanobieCoaster]

I only got one ride on Black Anaconda in 2019 due to crowds. After multiple rerides this year I realized it was better than I remembered. And I rode it within days of the Holiday World ones, but it left a bigger impression.

[@Cheezbat]

Black Anaconda is definitely underrated. The more rides I’ve got on it, the more I’ve realized just how good it is. In my list, I’d still rate Mammoth and Krakatau over it though.

[@noahkessler5500]

@@Cheezbat I got wildebeest and river rush too…it may seem low cos of all the waterslides I have above but it’s still in my top 10 it’s an insane ride

[@FerreTrip]

Not gonna lie, after you snubbed Noah's Ark in the other video (come on, Flash Flood's splash is A-FREAKING-MAZING!), I was gonna be livid if you didn't include it on this one. Seeing Black Anaconda so high made me feel much better, as did the glimpse of Scorpion's Tail (which I'm too chicken to ride) and Kowabunga at the end. Sure, Kalahari Resort and Great Wolf Lodge were both a lot of fun, but Noah's Ark will always have a special place in my heart. As a 90s kid who spent many summers at America's Largest Waterpark, I thank you ^_^

[@CanobieCoaster]

Flash Flood is fine, but there are a lot of identical shoot-the-chute rides out there so that ride isn't as unique as the others on my list.

[@1rmanderson]

I have ridden both Wildebeast and Mammoth (Holiday World is my home park) and I have to say, they are pretty amazing! Great video!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks!

[@RedPandaStan]

i remember really enjoying crush n gusher the first time, but when i was there in 2018 it felt like there was no airtime anymore. probably not even the best ride in that park anymore.

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's a bummer if it's not as good now.

[@upsidedown_]

Great list I love a good waterslide👌🏻

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks!

[@ShadowSpheal]

If you haven't visited, I'd highly recommend Schiltterbahn, New Braunfels... one of the most unique, fun, and beautiful water parks I've even been to. If you like long rides... they got you covered and they've got a pair of two solid water coasters to boot. Also highly recommend Water World near Denver; they have some surprisingly highly themed slides for a water park... let alone a non-disney or universal park. Schlitterbahn in Galveston is solid too; they have a focus on more modern slides than the original in New Braunfels.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Schlitterbahn is on my bucket list.

[@rlynch1980]

Great list. You’ve been to way more parks than I so I can’t say how I feel about a lot of those slides, but there are a few I’d add. 1)Slush Gusher @ Blizzard Beach - I’ve always liked this one better than Summit Plummet. It’s a longer ride, less violent, and it has more airtime than any other body slide I’ve ever ridden. 2) Ihu’s Breakaway Falls @ Aquatica Orlando- I haven’t ridden an Aqualoop, so they may be better, but Ihu’s has a longer layout with several moments of sustained positive G’s and lots of surprising airtime even in addition to the 1st drop. 3) Punga Racers @ Volcano Bay (pre-nerf). This probably doesn’t count since they slowed them down and now you ride on your back, but when they first opened, before the weight limit, and you went on the mat head first this was the craziest slide ever. I’ve never felt like I was going to actually fall out of a water slide before. Completely insane. Great content as always!

[@CanobieCoaster]

I've never gotten the airtime on Slush Gusher that people mentioned. Ihu's Breakway Falls is spectacular.

[@Spiderific]

I agree, water coasters tend to be the most fun thing in a water park for me.

[@CanobieCoaster]

They are what draw me into most water parks.

[@alqxx]

This pic at 4:33: exists. Clickbait KZbinrs: “boy flies off slide..”

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yup

[@loabenbozz7430]

Your #12 Banzai Pipeline looks like a clone of Upsurge at Splash Adventure. That is one of my favorite water slides.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I haven't done their water park. I went just for Rampage.

[@NorCalCoasterMedia]

Have you never been to the Schlitterbahn waterparks? They have a cool highly themed water coaster there called Dragon's Revenge

[@CanobieCoaster]

Schlitterbahn is on my bucket list.

[@marzok9632]

Did you ever visited any of the german water parks on your european trips? For example the rare Double-Looping Slides (at Kristall Palm Beach | MIRAMAR), the Looping without(!) Trapdoor (Aquamagis Plettenberg) or one the many stainless steel slides...especially the ones at Galaxy Erding, like "Big Wave" Halfpipe Combination Steel Slide or one of the "Kamikaze" 60° steep Freefall Steel Waterslides.... Water Coasters are my favorite Type, too. But sadly there aren't many ones in middle europe, because they are extremly rare at Indoor areas.

[@CanobieCoaster]

The only German water park I have visited is Rulantica.

[@marzok9632]

@@CanobieCoaster Nice, at least one of the bigger ones 👍 --> So i think, you havn't been on any Water Slides from KLARER or Wiegand Waterrides, right? Because they are only common in Europe, while you where in one of the rare Waterparkes with primarly Slides from ProSlide😅 ?...

[@Random.enthusiast]

One of the best slides I have been on was the huge speed body slides at geagua lake’s wildwater kingdom. Very similar to #20, except I think the ones at WWK were a bit taller from the looks of it. I DID grey out on it back in 2016 a few weeks before it closed forever.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Those slides do look similar.

[@Rolla_Costa]

I got a few Good water parks I went to that I recommend: Crystal Palm Beach, Stein, Bavaria, Germany Schenkenseebad, Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Aquacolours, Porec, Istria, Croatia Aquapark Istralandia, Nova vas, Istria, Croatia. Note: Aquacolours and Istralandia are not far away from each other. All of the parks I recommended have a good slide collection.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I haven't visited those ones. The only one in Germany I've visited is Rulantica.

[@super_succubi]

My favorite waterslide is the Colorado River Rapids at Mountain Creek (Formerly the infamous Action Park). Think of it like a family tube slide on steroids. Back-to-back rapids and airtime pops make the slide feel like you'll fall out if you let go, ending with a long downhill slope into a splash pool. My only complaint is that the slide will beat you up as your raft constantly bumps and crashes into walls, not to mention the long walk back up. The ride used to have an alternate path, which I hope Mountain Creek decides to open back up in the future. The park also has a few other man-made tube slides that have carried over from its Action Park days, which are equally top waterslide contenders.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I want to get to that park in the coming years.

[@thefergyfilms]

I wish I enjoyed water roller coasters more. The only ones to ever give me air time are the ones at holiday world, toothless didn't do anything for me. By far my favorite slide I've ever ridden is the 144 foot tall thrillagascar

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's a bummer Toothless was weak for you.

[@Thethrillseeker_851]

I have personally been on the krakata ( at volcano bay ) and I love the airtime and great visuals this slide has to offer

[@CanobieCoaster]

Me too.

[@maxhagenauer24]

No coasters but still a fun thing to do on a hot day. My favorites are Matt racers and water coasters as those might give some airtime unlike most water slides. I loved dollywoods water park and as I usually don't go to water parks, I think I would still definitely hit up Splash n Safari when I go to HW.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like the mat slides that build up speed before the drops.

[@certifiednucci6315]

I wanted to ride Deep Water Dive and Deluge but both were closed when I was at Kentucky Kingdom. But my favorites Ive ridden are Wildebeest at Holiday World, Turbo Twister at Myrtle, Devils Peak at CocoCay, and Night Slider at KD Soak City

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's a bummer about the Kentucky Kingdom rides.

[@camikelly2356]

My favorite water slide is Mammoth at Holiday World. I got stuck on the conveyor belt for a few minutes, but it didn't take away from the ride. It was such a long, ride, I thought it wasn't going to end.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love the length on water coasters.

[@mitchellries256]

In your ranking of your 15 favorite water coasters, you had Falcons Falaj at Yas Waterworld ranked behind River Rush at Dollywood's Splash Country and Wildebeest at Splashin' Safari. How did you rank that ahead of those two now? And maybe I missed it but what made you put Black Anaconda at Noah's Ark from 11th in your original ranking to 2nd?

[@CanobieCoaster]

After reriding Mammoth this year and realizing Falcon's Falaj was similar, it moved up. When I went to Noah's Ark in 2019, I only got one ride on Black Anaconda. I got several this past year and realized it was a lot better. I rode it on the same trip as the Holiday World ones and preferred it.

[@boilercoasters8442]

Not a huge body slide fan, but I really like the tube slides, and I'd say my favorite is Wildebeest with Krakatau a close 2nd

[@CanobieCoaster]

I much prefer Krakatau to the Holiday World ones.

[@Harrys.Truman-fanpage]

I recommend that next time you visit Kennywood, you check out Sandcastle water park, it’s run by Palace entertainment and while the operations at the food stands isn’t the best the lightning express and the drop slides are some of the best, as good if not better than twin twisters at DelGrosso’s. It’s pretty cool.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I've skipped that park since the lineup seemed to be on the older side, but maybe!

[@VillasByrne]

Very nice list! When you go to Fårup Sommerland to ride Fønix at some point, i highly suggest giving their water park a go as well. Wild River is my favourite ride in the entire park, even over Falken (My favourite in the dry park)

[@CanobieCoaster]

I'll check it out if I have time.

[@VillasByrne]

@@CanobieCoaster If you take a full day, you will have the time!

[@bigc1280]

I think you should have mentioned 2 more slides. One defunct slide is Geronimo at Water Country. The airtime when you slid over the side is insane, and that still is one of the scariest slides i have ever been on. The other mention is Tornado at Splashtown in Saco. The drop into the bowl when you are almost at the max weight is insane and if I was not holding on I would have been flung out of that raft! Even better when you do it backwards and have no clue it is coming!

[@CanobieCoaster]

I never rode Double Geronimo, just Patriot that replaced it. Tornado is fun, but these 25 are better.

[@andrewiscool719]

I prefer coasters to water slides, but water slides are very fun. Also, my favorite is breakers edge at Hershey

[@CanobieCoaster]

I too usually prefer coasters, but I still like water slides.

[@uglymouse1915]

If you ever get the chance, i highly reccomend raging waves in yorkville, il. Nothing crazy but they have most of the major types of slides, and the Tasmanian twisters are by far the fastest body slides ive ridden, it reminded me of #18

[@CanobieCoaster]

Maybe one day!

[@zacharybabcock7809]

Crush n.gusher was fun I loved it

[@CanobieCoaster]

Me too.

[@zacharybabcock7809]

@@CanobieCoaster my favorite slide is proslide tornado.

[@hazza7285]

You’ve been on leap of faith

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes, the Dubai one.

[@hazza7285]

@@CanobieCoaster is it scary

[@skyrushyesminderaserno1150]

I always shoot for the free fall speed slides!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Those are awesome.

[@RobertoBollijr]

When I was at Kentucky Kingdom this summer, I asked a ride op about Deluge (it has been closed for the past two years) and she said that it was getting removed. I hope that's not the case, as the park yet has to make an official announcement, but it seems highly likely given that it hasn't been running since 2019.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I suspected that may be the case.

[@sfotnews8633]

YES!!!!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Enjoy!

[@nathanparker4796]

Theres a huge drop one at sian park in tenerife its amazing

[@CanobieCoaster]

I need to visit that park.

[@mateoalvira3514]

So what would you rate Turbo Twisters at Myrtle Waves?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Probably a 9ish.

[@sipsteaanditsunsweet5618]

The “inversion” on Aqualoops is a inclined loop, instead of an over banked turn.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It feels like an overbank, but I agree it's inclined.

[@Charlie_Bartels]

Trapdoor slides are the only rides that still scare me

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love them.

[@RedPandaStan]

i think an unthemed waterpark and an unthemed amusement park are really the same level of fun. its the greater possibility for theming that brings dry parks ahead for me. such a shame waterslides are so overlooked.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Themed water parks are a nice surprise.

[@SnowghostFilms]

Ultimate Water Slide: The ride Start off slow with some dark turns. You see flashes of color, then without warning take a seemingly straight drop down, but it has a turn midway though swinging you out to side. You ride through a massive funnel that sends you up to the 90 degree point. The exit has a sharp dip down into a sudden water jet boost to bring you up to the height of the top of the bowl. This serves as a massive camelback hill, giving gigantic amounts of weightlessness before a spike that curves up to beyond vertical. You get airborne again over a small bunny hill before the darkness resumes. You roar uphill as flashing lights go off. It’s all slow again, but you faintly see the slide curve down. This is a slanted 180 degree drop that sends you into an incline loop at high speeds and high G’s. A helix in the opposite direction a some rapid fire S turns lead into one final curved drop. You rise up, and the slide is gone. You are airborne as you fly into the pool and splash spectacularly. You have just ridden the greatest water slide in the world.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Sounds amazing.

[@timkost7127]

I’ve been on stealth and it was sooooo fun

[@CanobieCoaster]

Love that slide!

[@mitchellries256]

Some of my favorite waterslides include ProSlide Bowl Slides because of how fast you go down the big drops and how quickly you enter the bowl as a result, ProSlide Funnel and Wave slides because of the speed from the big drops and the weightlessness one can feel when you go up and down the walls, and mat racing slides because of the adrenaline one experiences when going down the big drops on your stomach at a fast pace. F.Y.I. My favorite bowl slide is Black Hole at Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, my favorite funnel slide is Hurricane also at Wilderness, my favorite wave slide is Walhalla Wave at Aquatica San Antonio and I don't have a favorite mat Racer as they're all too similar. Disco H2O and Brain Wash at the former Wet n' Wild Orlando used to be my favorite bowl and funnel slides respectively but then the park closed sadly.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Do you prefer the tube bowl slides? I like the body ones considerably more.

[@mitchellries256]

@@CanobieCoaster It mostly depends on how smooth the body bowl slides are. Thankfully I haven't experienced any painful ones as of now. Disco H2O was a former raft bowl slide with a bunch of strobe lights, disco balls and a 1970s soundtrack and Black Hole is a single rider tube slide with flashing lights and UFO sounds.

[@calvinwalsh3925]

My favourite watersides are the dueling demons and daredevils peak at perfect day at cococay

[@CanobieCoaster]

I hope to go there someday.

[@NorCalCoasterMedia]

My #1 slide is the mat racer at Holiday World, I got insane airtime on it. Yes, it has better airtime than Wildebeest

[@noahkessler5500]

For no reason that slide gives insane airtime’s on the third drop

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's a hot take.

There used to be one like 16/15 at Cedar Point

[@CanobieCoaster]

Their best slide now is the drop pod slide.

[@your.local.bumblebee]

I like a decent drop off to into the water

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes

[@roelandoosterom6310]

In Bulgaria you have a amazing waterpark in a place called Nessabar..The most iconic is the King Cobra..

[@CanobieCoaster]

I've ridden a clone at Noah's Ark and those slides are really fun.

[@roelandoosterom6310]

@@CanobieCoaster But do you now the aquapark in Bulgaria?. I think personally that the aquapark in Nessabar is a funpark for thrill waterslides and the fastest in Europe...

[@StamfordBridge]

If the Turbo Twisters slides are in total darkness, how do you know you came close to graying out? I ask as someone who has never grayed out on any ride, even multiple rides on i305, so maybe I’d understand if I’d experienced it .

[@CanobieCoaster]

I could tell I had started to greyout since my vision was still fuzzy when light came in towards the end of the slide.

[@StamfordBridge]

@@CanobieCoaster Oh, OK.

[@waltersweeten4584]

do you count water coasters as a credit?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Not the ones in this video.

[@snowface4582]

You neeed to go on the hurricane at Klondike kavern indoor water park Wisconsin dells

[@CanobieCoaster]

That slide looks fun.

[@guitarboy1234]

You should look into slush gusher and downhill double dipper at blizzard beach. You get literal airtime on them. To the point where it becomes dangerous. Lol

[@CanobieCoaster]

I've never gotten airtime on either of those slides when I've done them.

[@guitarboy1234]

@@CanobieCoaster hmm. I’m not sure why. The last time I was there I was probably maybe 13 or so and didn’t weigh much. That’s the only thing I could think of.

[@guitarboy1234]

@@CanobieCoaster you can literally see it in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXiYkpSel5egntk

[@Kittyhat]

No idea what it's called and it's not even that long, but the river rapids style at Valleyfair Soak City is my all time favorite waterside. The extremely wide and varied path makes every ride feel truly different, more than any other user input based ride, and the single person tubes allow for a lot of shenanigans. you ever ridden? update: it's called Raging Rapids kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5useYtrh7uNpNU

[@CanobieCoaster]

I haven't been to Valleyfair's water park, just the dry park.

[@Kittyhat]

@@CanobieCoaster Don't sleep on it homie, that one's amazing and it's got several great supporting speed slides and a good 4 person raft ride too

[@mateoalvira3514]

Would you like to go again to Krakatau?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes

[@carterboone2064]

Dragons revenge at shlitterbahn new braunfels is sooo good suprised I didn’t see it on here

[@CanobieCoaster]

I still need to visit Schlitterbahn.

[@AnotherSwissYoutubeUser]

How is Cobra from Alpamare not on this list? :/

[@CanobieCoaster]

I haven't been there. This list only includes slides I have personally ridden.

[@liamhead2962]

You need to go to siam park tenerife, if you like water coasters Singha is a lot better than krakatau. I've been on both lots of times

[@CanobieCoaster]

I hope to someday.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I hated feeling those things on my back on body slides it actually hurts

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's why I was impressed Splashtown had back boards on their's.

[@Jackp499]

I’ve personally never cared for water slides. They just aren’t individually unique enough for me, although I do enjoy many water slides

[@CanobieCoaster]

The water coasters and some old tube slides can get unique.

[@Jackp499]

@@CanobieCoaster those are the only ones I really enjoy or the ones with good theming

[@jtwoolley]

i love krakatau

[@CanobieCoaster]

Me too.

[@RyanDaRizzle]

What no Cannonball Loop?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Didn't ride it.

[@djsvarietychannel9664]

Where's ko'okiri body plunge

[@CanobieCoaster]

I think the drop on that one isn't as good as some other drop pod slides.

[@djsvarietychannel9664]

@@CanobieCoaster that's fair, it was the first major waterslide for me so maybe I'm a bit biased

[@jaygaming2866]

Zoomerango Atlantis aquaventure

[@CanobieCoaster]

Fun slide, but I preferred several others to it at the same park.

[@zachboothe6405]

Six Flags America doesn't give a f and punts you down their half pipe slide backwards or any way you wanted. Their waterpark is old school and odd

[@CanobieCoaster]

Awesome!

[@feedmesomeseeds6172]

I am not really a fan of water attractions. I nearly broke my ass on a triple down.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Ouch!