{"id":391,"date":"2014-07-10T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interplextransportation.com\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2014-12-08T18:27:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T18:27:34","slug":"verruckt-water-slide-finally-opened-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/verruckt-water-slide-finally-opened-to-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Verr\u00fcckt water slide finally opened to the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/water-slide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-392\" src=\"http:\/\/interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/water-slide-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"water slide\" width=\"241\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/water-slide-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/water-slide.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>Are you brave enough to take a ride on Verr\u00fcckt water slide at Kansas City Schlitterbahn? The world\u2019s tallest and fastest water slide is opening to the public today. The highly-anticipated attraction was originally set to open on May 23. However, the opening date was delayed three times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In April, the 17-story high scream machine was officially certified as the tallest water slide in the world by Guinness World Records. Standing at a record-breaking height of 168 feet, Verr\u00fcckt Meg-A-Blaster is taller than Niagara Falls. <!--more-->Keep in mind that Verr\u00fcckt in German means \u2018insane\u2019. Thrill-seekers who dare to try the brand new <a title=\"Transportation  for Business or Leisure Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">attraction<\/a> must be at least 54 inches tall and 14 years old. They climb 264 steps to reach the top and then they can take the heart-pounding drop plunge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A video, showing the complete experience of riding, test riders plunging down at a 60-degree angle, was released yesterday. The video was shot by the global leader in satellite navigation, Garmin International Inc. and Schlitterbahn Waterparks &amp; Resorts. The camera captures rider\u2019s speed and heart rate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Get ready to face your fear; it\u2019s going to be a wild ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you brave enough to take a ride on Verr\u00fcckt water slide at Kansas City Schlitterbahn? The world\u2019s tallest and fastest water slide is opening to the public today. The highly-anticipated attraction was originally set to open on May 23. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/verruckt-water-slide-finally-opened-to-the-public\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[71,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}