About this season
Series celebrates over-the top and fabulous water slides from the world's tallest slide in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to a high-speed gravity-defying water ride in Orlando, Florida.
Episodes (8)
1. Getting Wet in Vail
Aired 9 June 2013 • 30 min
Explore some of the most extreme waterparks in the world, from Stukas, a terrifying 60-mph waterside in Italy, to the Destroyer, a monstrous 300-foot-long homemade waterside in Vail, CO.
2. Getting Wet in the Canary Islands
Aired 16 June 2013 • 30 min
The Tower of Power in the Canary Islands drops riders 250 feet into a shark tank; and in Costa Rica, a slide with a speed of about 45 mph is highlighted. Also: a chance to experience the wild rapids in North Carolina.
3. Getting Wet in the Bahamas
Aired 23 June 2013 • 30 min
Prepare to scream your face off as we plunge 7 stories into a cave in the Bahamas. Then, brace yourself for the world’s fastest (and tallest) headfirst slide in Canada and a 260-foot, free-fall slide in Texas.
5. Getting Wet In China
Aired 7 July 2013 • 30 min
Hold on as we take you to China's only water slide that shoots riders upside down. Next, a 300-foot slide drops riders into a Bahamian shark tank. Then, it's off to Wisconsin for the world's longest, fastest indoor water coaster.
6. Getting Wet In Maui
Aired 14 July 2013 • 30 min
First stop, "The Beast of the Middle East," a 9-and-a-half-story water slide in Dubai. Next, it's off to Virginia Beach for 4 monster slides with more than 1,200 feet of drops and loops. Finally, we venture to homemade island slides atop mountains in Maui.
7. Getting Wet In Abu Dhabi
Aired 21 July 2013 • 30 min
Riders in Brazil are sent speeding into a tank of piranhas; and in Utah, a 100-foot homemade slide ends in a kiddie pool.
8. Getting Wet In San Diego
Aired 28 July 2013 • 30 min
At Canada’s largest waterpark, we visit a terrifying 6-story, near-vertical slide. Next, we travel to San Diego for the only wave machine in the US that lets you surf a monster curl standing up. Finally, plunge 9 stories into a shark tank in the Canary Islands.
9. Getting Wet In Honolulu
Aired 4 August 2013 • 30 min