Wild Waters was amazing........... Thank you for the memories...... Of course now it looks like a Rob Zombie movie set, but back in the day this place was the best. I remember a season pass only cost $49........ Also the slide with the cover was called the Cruiser....... People went so fast they finally covered it to keep em inside........... I don't know how you got in, if you're a sneaky lil guy or if someone gave you permission but I wish I could have gone with you. I'd love to bring her back to life! Thank you again!
I am from hayden idaho, just a few minutes north of here. I went to wild waters when i was a kid. And the last time i was there was in 2009. Now the hill is gone and they are building a hotel or something there. Glad you got to document it when you did. Our little town is now ruined and over ran with out of staters driving all the locals out.
Not really a "great job". The dude didn't know the simplest of things about this park. Honestly y'all should leave the exploring of places like this for the people who experienced it. I went to wild water almost every week when I was younger and know what everything in that park is. This dude thought that the rope swing area (the super deep part by the lazy river) was a swimming area... He failed to look up and see the large red pulls with the cut off rope at the top.
+sonikku1011 I'm considering it. He did an alright job at showing the park (although he did miss a few things). My video would dive deeper (get it? it's a water park...) into what everything was and the memories of the park, y'know? I've also considered getting other people who experienced it in on the video so that it's not just my experiences.
Net_Chix_AnKill? That'd be cool if you did explore it, since I've read some of your other comments on the video. It'd be really awesome to see someone who's familiar with the water park give us a tour of the place. :) Looks like it would have been an awesome place to hang out at, wish we had a water park like that around here where I live.
+neko goul exactly. I went there often and I see it every time I drive downtown. I'm thinking about going there an remaking this video simply because the guy who made this didn't do a very good job at describing things.
There is a new waterpark called Roaring Springs, nobody is at a loss for water parks...and they built a kayaking park off the side of the Boise River as well.
i used to lifeguard at wild waters, it was a blast. That random corridor by the sunnyside river was actually a tarzan rope swing back in the day. I'd love to see it reopen. Silverwood was not responsible for wild waters closing... they recided not to reopen one summer all on their own, the interest is definitely still alive in town!
I find it amazing that they just leave everything there. when I was younger I thought that the owners always disassembled these places. I didn't have reason to think this but I thought that there was no way that they would just be left to rot.
that strange nook at the start of the lazy river is where you put your tubes when done - they stack up there so you can peel one off when you get in. But I laughed when you said "this confuses me"
Incorrect. I went here several times as a kid. It was actually a rope swing area! Super fun. Sad to see this place at this stage. It’s been completely demolished and the hill is gone. It’s a flat piece of land by a freeway now
This video really should have been done by someone who experienced the place. I grew up in coeur D'Alene and frequently went there. That deep pool connected to the lazy river that you didn't know what it was for is for the rope swing. The frog wasn't the mascot, a dragon was. And the place you said sold the tubes was actually where the food was sold. You didn't have to buy tubes you just picked one up and carried it to the big slide. That weird elongated pool under the roof was the hot tube, and that thing never saw a moment when less than 5 people were in it. It was always packed full of people to the point where you practically had to sit on each others laps. The slide with the cover had no theme and no lights. It was just a dark slide, but there was holes in the cover. And a lot of the rocks on the second lazy river (the oldest one with the bridges over it) were missing even when I was a kid. This place was the shit! Everyone loved it. They had slides (obviously), an arcade, etc...
Thanks for this comment. While i watched the video I was wishing I could see a before and after and your comment did a pretty good job of helping me picture the before :) Must be a little sad though to see somewhere you enjoyed often so run down and forgotten
+sara d you're very welcome. I just wish others could see it in its glory days. Literally everyone who has lived here (Coeur D'Alene) before 2010 knows of wild waters and has some fond memories of it. It was one of the places to be. I've been thinking about making a video response to this video to share more in depth of how this park was, maybe even get other people in on the video to share their memories as most schools took field trips here so there's definitely good memories.
+suswecawin from what I understand they went under because they tried to add on to the park. It was great before but I guess they thought it needed more, so they added the second lazy river, rope swing, and in water bar at 3:08 which ultimately was to expensive. If they hadn't of done that they would for sure still be thriving today and probably much larger. When Wild Waters was up and running there wasn't any competition in the area, and it's situated on a perfect lot (on the corner of a highway, and a freeway, in between downtown (which is always super busy) and Hayden (a kind of sub-town of Coeur D'Alene)) so plenty of traffic went by and stopped for a swim. The park was pretty great; I remember learning to swim there and running around with friends.
I live near Boise, Idaho. We had a Wild Waters here also. It closed about 20 years ago to make way for a larger freeway entrance. It was completely torn down. Many of the rides in Boise resembled the rides in Coeur d'Alene . Interesting to see how much the two where a like.
I first moved to CDA in 2009, there in Coeur d’Alene, and this park was still in operation then, now several years later, it’s gone. Thanks for coming up to our area. There’s lots more you can explore here too! If I’d known you came, I would have tried to meet ya. I watch your channels all the time and a big fan.
Used to go there all the time in the summer. 80's and 90's. The covering was just used to keep people from flipping out of the slide. Nothing themed about it. Frog was not the mascot. Just decoration The cool kids used to go to the hang area where you would have the fake zip line and the monkey bars kinda area and the bigger drops from slide into water. They also had the really tall slide, for a kid, that would make you feel like your body was flying off the slide until you hit the bottom. We used to have one person get in, then steal the hand stamp and come out and stamp everyone's hands or we would get one season pass card, then pass it to one another through the fence and use it several times over.
That water park was the best place on earth me and my brothers talk about stories from that place on the daily I’m so glad I found this video lol. By the way the spot next to the lazy river that you were confused about it was a rope swing and that was the pit you would land in and the put the stairs there for you to be able to walk out
Oh my gosh, this brings me back. I remember coming here on a youth group retreat in 1990 when I was 11. I have fond memories of this place and it's sad to see that they closed down. I can see that the place expanded and feel that it deserved a better fate. When I was there 26 years ago, I remember it being much smaller and having six slides. There were five standard ones and an inner tube slide, which I didn't think was that good. It was divided into sections and they had staffers push people down each part. The other slides overall were better. There was one I couldn't remember the name of, but the others were called the Skidder, Drop Off, Twister and Cruiser, with my two favorites being the Drop Off and the first one. I remember the Twister being the worst, because multiple times, I stopped moving before reaching the bottom and on one occasions, tried standing up just to see what would happen before the water pushed me. The Cruiser was pretty good though. It had more water, which would submerge you a little as you were sliding down. Those slides were pretty much the whole park at the time, but although it paled in comparison to Wild Waves in Washington state back then, I would've liked to have come back here when it had expanded. I also remember that at the top of the slides, people had horizontal ropes to hole their hands on before being instructed to go, but I don't remember that faucet. I wonder if it was there at the time. I feel that it might have been.
This is great! When I was a kid my parents would drop us off here in the morning and pick us up at closing. I knew the park was defunct now, but it's neat to see inside the gates.
Wild Waters Commerical on youtube, looked it up out of curiosity and that is the rope swing at :17 seconds in. That's right where he was standing... kinda extra macabre after seeing the commercial all full of happy people.
Hey Adam do you like challenges? Cause I have one for you! There is a BIG abandoned location not far from where I am. Its called "The Pontiac Silverdome". This is the place where Wrestlemania 3 took place.
So many of us locals had great summertime fun at this park throughout the 80's, 90's and even into 2000! The slick corporate feel of Silverwood and even Silver Mountain just isn't the same... nor are the cheesy little slides at Triple Play worth comparing to the once awesome Wild Waters. Sigh... But thanks for the trip down Memory Lane - or rather, the slide down. :)
Revisiting this video five years later to say they completely demolished this whole park and it’s a flat piece of dirt field now. RIP Wild Waters I’ll never forget going for free like 6 times cause the desk lady never punched my friends 10-free-visits card
3:10- Intake sump for the pump. You have to have a deeper area for the pumps to take water from so that they have a constant flow regardless of overall water level.
+The Magic Geekdom Unfortunately scrappers ripped out copper, destroyed pool pumps, etc. The tipping bucket was bought by Raptor Reef (Triple Play) about 7 miles up the road. Right now this property is up for sale, with plans for the entire thing to be leveled and build on flat land (the entire hill where the slides are is a man made hill, not a 'natural' one. With 4 other surrounding water parks within 50 miles of this place, it will never be again.
I only went to Wild Waters once or twice, but it was fun and memorable. From what I remember, your guessing was a little off from some things in the park. 0:51 that slide was called Black Out and had strobe lights inside it. 1:08 That's some of the path coverings to help keep people from slipping, like you guessed at 1:58, and from getting burned feet. 1:30 I believe that it was just called the "Lazy River". 2:58 I'm sure that was where the water for the lazy river was pumped into the slide and the extra rafts were held when not in use. 5:46 That was the lifeguard & first aid station. 6:40 & 7:50 That is a cougar, not a leopard.
at 3:01 ... that area was a storage area for all the inner tubes. This place opened in 1982 when I was a senior in HS in Spokane. Man, what a great place. Still remember falling in love with the ticket girl in her booth. lol. Thanks for the great video! ( I would have taken the bear home!)
that looks way too small for a rope swing pit. you'd hit the side and break your leg. unless the rope swing was about 2 feet long. I think it's where the current came from too. You got your inner tube from dry stockpiles at the entrance.
ever since i was five, i'd always catch a glimpse of the waterpark on my occasional trips to montana, but i never got to go inside and i was left wondering what it was like there. cool video adam!
+adamthewoo The long tunnel slide was always just pitch black. I have heard talk about it having lights in it at one time, but it was never like that when I went there. The "water bumper-car area" you noticed was actually the play area for younger kids, I believe. It had some smaller slides, that went off the white platform. And had various other water features around the area. That area was filled with a couple inches of water, and thats why the sides are lined with that tubing. Like a "splash pad".
+Tommy TwoGun I'm not too sure. As I "grew up" and stopped going there then moved away. But I did find an article that explains what happened here: m.inlander.com/spokane/running-dry/Content?oid=2494055
FYI....Wild Waters has been torn down. The photos of its demise has been making the rounds on Facebook the past couple of days. Ah, not the first to mention this...supposedly they are going to flatten it to make it more sellable.
This is amazing! Facebook recommends a video. Turns out it's Adam the woo! *goes back and watches The Fisherman and the Fridge, and the DNA energy drink videos* Hahahaha These adventure videos are awesome man! Keep it up!
It did back when it was in good condition around 2003 or so it was my childhood water park, I had a season pass ever summer I was alive and it was operating
It did indeed have water running. You could never see the pole in the middle unless you stayed late and saw them shutting down. When I was younger I went to Wild Waters every summer and I could never figure out how it floated until I had the guts to break the rules and climb in the tub and touch the pole.
Watching this video slightly saddens me. I spent many hours of my childhood here. it's was beautiful and colorful and always packed! Breaks my heart to see it like this. From what I understan, the reason it was abandoned was because that lazy river he showed was a expansion, and wild waters took out a loan that they couldn't pay, and the bank took the water park. it shut down with no warning. it would always close in the winter and then open back up in the late spring. one year it closed, and just never opened ever again. last thing, that "swimming area" near the lazy river, was actually a rope swing. it was awesome xD As a local here in cda, it was interesting to see what it looks like now, I might have to check it out myself someday. thank you for sharing!
You're killing me! You obviously have never been there and u basically desecrated my memory of this place. If you want to know what everything really was and what you were wrong on, I would be happy to let you know. However, thank you for going back into that place so I could see what is there now...
C'mon dude... That was on the slide top for safety so they don't fall out in quick turns. Probably the fastest slide. As for the lazy river part you are confused about. Again, dude, think... That's probably where the lifeguards and some tubes were held for people coming in and out.
I swam here all the time as a kid! I know how to answer every question you're asking! That pocket of water by the lazy river was where they would keep the inner tubes so when you got in you just grabbed one and you were on your way. This is the first time I've seen the inside of it since it closed. I pass it on the freeway and always look up remembering all of the kids on top of the slides and getting excited that we were almost there! Cool video man
+Garrett Grimm There's actually no such thing as a Panther. The Florida Panther is actually a puma, which isn't even in the Panthera genus, so who knows how that happened. Pumas are also know as Cougars and Mountain Lions. Those poor cats have such an identity crisis. The Black Panther is actually a spotted leopard with a little more melanin. You are right with the Mtn. Lion statue. :)
some panthers are black but so are tan and look like the one in the video I know because there is a school next mine and there mascot I'd the panthers and it's tan
So sad. I worked at Wild Waters way back in the late 1970's early 1980's cannot remember exactly when. Just watching this video, the park grew a lot after I left Florida. The Silver Bullet was fairly new when I worked there. There was the large wave pool, the kiddie pool area, the Sliver bullet and a couple of other water slides. It grew so much that most of the property did not even look like I remember it. It was a fun place to work.
Nah, the place is a mess. It was fun while it was open but even then it wasn't in super great condition. The slides often ripped bathing suits and such.
Abandoned water parks are my favorite thing! Enjoyed this video. What a great find. Always intriguing to see what's left after people. Speaking of, I know you visited the six flags at New Orleans and they are STILL debating over what to do with it but should have a resolution on it in the fall they are saying. Do you plan on going back there? What would you say has been your favorite abandoned spot that you've ever visited? Love the videos Woo!
Wow, this is a trip down memory lane. I used to go there all the time as a kid. This and Splash Down in Spokane. I didn't even know this was closed down, then again I don't live in the NW anymore. Cool Video!
THANK YOU ADAM FOR SHARING WILD WATERS IN CDA, IDAHO. WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THIS WATER PARK. WAS SAD WATCHING YOU WALK THRU KNOWING EACH AND EVERY PART OF THE PARK, LIKE "THE BLACK HOLE", THE KIDDIE PART THAT YOU WERENT SURE WHAT IT WAS, THE TUBES WAS OUR FAVORITE, THAT WAS THE BIG DIP YOU SAID YOU WERENT GOING DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF WATER!! THIS IS REALLY SAD. WISHING SOMEONE HAD THE MONEY TO GET IT BACK GOING!!!! THANKS AGAIN!!!! GREAT TO SEE IT , BUT WOW, WHAT A MESS.
Very sad! This was my slide park growing up. The covered slide was to give a dark "don't know where you are going" sense and the 'standing water' slide you mention at 7:40 was for the inner tubes! Good times! Reminds me how sad the day was that the drive in shut down after wind knocked over the screen and a fire in the movie house in 1986. :(
How depressing. My friends and I grew up going to this park and talk about it all the time. And yes that water slide with the covering had lights and music in it at one point. I am glad you posted this though! Is it hard to get in there?
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+adamthewoo Thinking someone needs to take a bike down those slides! lmao
I think that strange area was meant as a place to store floaties.
Wild Waters was amazing........... Thank you for the memories...... Of course now it looks like a Rob Zombie movie set, but back in the day this place was the best. I remember a season pass only cost $49........ Also the slide with the cover was called the Cruiser....... People went so fast they finally covered it to keep em inside........... I don't know how you got in, if you're a sneaky lil guy or if someone gave you permission but I wish I could have gone with you. I'd love to bring her back to life! Thank you again!
Tyeson Bennett not true. In the video the sign clearly states “Season Pass Rates $119.99 of for a family of 3 $269.99”
Hi Adam, they started demolishing this yesterday. It was so sad and depressing for us locals with fond memories.
Damn, really? :(
@@Werten25 what did they put there after demolishing?
I’m not sure.
@@nearlyace Since then they flattened it out and now its just a empty field and the hotel right next to it owns the land.
@@nearlyace a la Quinta inn hotel
I am from hayden idaho, just a few minutes north of here. I went to wild waters when i was a kid. And the last time i was there was in 2009. Now the hill is gone and they are building a hotel or something there. Glad you got to document it when you did. Our little town is now ruined and over ran with out of staters driving all the locals out.
nice job , this is a great spot!
Not really a "great job". The dude didn't know the simplest of things about this park. Honestly y'all should leave the exploring of places like this for the people who experienced it. I went to wild water almost every week when I was younger and know what everything in that park is. This dude thought that the rope swing area (the super deep part by the lazy river) was a swimming area... He failed to look up and see the large red pulls with the cut off rope at the top.
+Net_Chix_AnKill? Then perhaps you should go and give us a tour of the abandoned park instead of saying adamthewoo didn't do a good job. :V
+sonikku1011 I'm considering it. He did an alright job at showing the park (although he did miss a few things). My video would dive deeper (get it? it's a water park...) into what everything was and the memories of the park, y'know? I've also considered getting other people who experienced it in on the video so that it's not just my experiences.
Net_Chix_AnKill? That'd be cool if you did explore it, since I've read some of your other comments on the video. It'd be really awesome to see someone who's familiar with the water park give us a tour of the place. :) Looks like it would have been an awesome place to hang out at, wish we had a water park like that around here where I live.
+Net_Chix_AnKill? Nothing better than a conceited TH-camr to give us a rundown on how much better his video is. :)
So sad to see a place like that abandoned.
ikr its specially when its your favourite theme park as a kid
+neko goul exactly. I went there often and I see it every time I drive downtown. I'm thinking about going there an remaking this video simply because the guy who made this didn't do a very good job at describing things.
Net_Chix_AnKill? well if your going there plz be carefull ^^
There is a new waterpark called Roaring Springs, nobody is at a loss for water parks...and they built a kayaking park off the side of the Boise River as well.
steadfastcoward ya but this is in north Idaho not down in Boise it's in coeur d alene
i used to lifeguard at wild waters, it was a blast. That random corridor by the sunnyside river was actually a tarzan rope swing back in the day. I'd love to see it reopen. Silverwood was not responsible for wild waters closing... they recided not to reopen one summer all on their own, the interest is definitely still alive in town!
Sad to see the place in such a state, many fond childhood memories.
😳😳😳😳 Omgosh!!! I worked there two summers and saw it when it used to be beautiful. This is sad!
+Crystal H wow you must have tons of memories
I went there before it was so cool and nice but now it looks so.... Ugly ....
when did it shut down? any idea?
I find it amazing that they just leave everything there. when I was younger I thought that the owners always disassembled these places. I didn't have reason to think this but I thought that there was no way that they would just be left to rot.
They should really Disassemble that stuff b/c that standing water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Great thing about Coeur d' Alene Idaho is... No mosquitoes. I've lived there for 15 years and haven't seen one mosquito.
The corridor you mentioned was probably where the inner tubes for the lazy river were collected/stored.
I figured it was where the water would be pushed by the vent on the wall. Just to keep the river flowing
Nope! It was a rope swing spot!
that strange nook at the start of the lazy river is where you put your tubes when done - they stack up there so you can peel one off when you get in. But I laughed when you said "this confuses me"
Incorrect. I went here several times as a kid. It was actually a rope swing area! Super fun. Sad to see this place at this stage. It’s been completely demolished and the hill is gone. It’s a flat piece of land by a freeway now
From what I've found, It appears to have opened in 1982 and closed in 2010.
Nothing feels as good as going back and rewatching old Woo's. Such good times
Going back to old adamthewoo really is a good time.
This video really should have been done by someone who experienced the place. I grew up in coeur D'Alene and frequently went there. That deep pool connected to the lazy river that you didn't know what it was for is for the rope swing. The frog wasn't the mascot, a dragon was. And the place you said sold the tubes was actually where the food was sold. You didn't have to buy tubes you just picked one up and carried it to the big slide. That weird elongated pool under the roof was the hot tube, and that thing never saw a moment when less than 5 people were in it. It was always packed full of people to the point where you practically had to sit on each others laps. The slide with the cover had no theme and no lights. It was just a dark slide, but there was holes in the cover. And a lot of the rocks on the second lazy river (the oldest one with the bridges over it) were missing even when I was a kid. This place was the shit! Everyone loved it. They had slides (obviously), an arcade, etc...
Thanks for this comment. While i watched the video I was wishing I could see a before and after and your comment did a pretty good job of helping me picture the before :)
Must be a little sad though to see somewhere you enjoyed often so run down and forgotten
+Net_Chix_AnKill? What happened? Obviously it didn't suck like a lot of stand alone water parks... Especially in non-touristy areas...
+sara d you're very welcome. I just wish others could see it in its glory days. Literally everyone who has lived here (Coeur D'Alene) before 2010 knows of wild waters and has some fond memories of it. It was one of the places to be. I've been thinking about making a video response to this video to share more in depth of how this park was, maybe even get other people in on the video to share their memories as most schools took field trips here so there's definitely good memories.
+suswecawin from what I understand they went under because they tried to add on to the park. It was great before but I guess they thought it needed more, so they added the second lazy river, rope swing, and in water bar at 3:08 which ultimately was to expensive. If they hadn't of done that they would for sure still be thriving today and probably much larger. When Wild Waters was up and running there wasn't any competition in the area, and it's situated on a perfect lot (on the corner of a highway, and a freeway, in between downtown (which is always super busy) and Hayden (a kind of sub-town of Coeur D'Alene)) so plenty of traffic went by and stopped for a swim. The park was pretty great; I remember learning to swim there and running around with friends.
+Net_Chix_AnKill? what year did this place close??
I live near Boise, Idaho. We had a Wild Waters here also. It closed about 20 years ago to make way for a larger freeway entrance. It was completely torn down. Many of the rides in Boise resembled the rides in Coeur d'Alene . Interesting to see how much the two where a like.
AHHHHHH SHITTTTTT SONNNNNNN
best part XD
Hahaha
#ihateitsomuch
I first moved to CDA in 2009, there in Coeur d’Alene, and this park was still in operation then, now several years later, it’s gone. Thanks for coming up to our area. There’s lots more you can explore here too! If I’d known you came, I would have tried to meet ya. I watch your channels all the time and a big fan.
I'm always amazed the enormous amount of work and energy it takes to fight back nature.
Used to go there all the time in the summer. 80's and 90's. The covering was just used to keep people from flipping out of the slide. Nothing themed about it.
Frog was not the mascot. Just decoration
The cool kids used to go to the hang area where you would have the fake zip line and the monkey bars kinda area and the bigger drops from slide into water.
They also had the really tall slide, for a kid, that would make you feel like your body was flying off the slide until you hit the bottom.
We used to have one person get in, then steal the hand stamp and come out and stamp everyone's hands or we would get one season pass card, then pass it to one another through the fence and use it several times over.
Look at all those slides! To bad you didn't bring your bicycle! ;)
+Shut Yer Face Garage Lol, wiping out on a slide into nasty standing water. Hectic ; ]
+James Burnett y not being a skateboard
+James Burnett y not being a skateboard
That water park was the best place on earth me and my brothers talk about stories from that place on the daily I’m so glad I found this video lol. By the way the spot next to the lazy river that you were confused about it was a rope swing and that was the pit you would land in and the put the stairs there for you to be able to walk out
Oh my gosh, this brings me back. I remember coming here on a youth group retreat in 1990 when I was 11. I have fond memories of this place and it's sad to see that they closed down. I can see that the place expanded and feel that it deserved a better fate.
When I was there 26 years ago, I remember it being much smaller and having six slides. There were five standard ones and an inner tube slide, which I didn't think was that good. It was divided into sections and they had staffers push people down each part.
The other slides overall were better. There was one I couldn't remember the name of, but the others were called the Skidder, Drop Off, Twister and Cruiser, with my two favorites being the Drop Off and the first one.
I remember the Twister being the worst, because multiple times, I stopped moving before reaching the bottom and on one occasions, tried standing up just to see what would happen before the water pushed me.
The Cruiser was pretty good though. It had more water, which would submerge you a little as you were sliding down.
Those slides were pretty much the whole park at the time, but although it paled in comparison to Wild Waves in Washington state back then, I would've liked to have come back here when it had expanded.
I also remember that at the top of the slides, people had horizontal ropes to hole their hands on before being instructed to go, but I don't remember that faucet. I wonder if it was there at the time. I feel that it might have been.
As someone that grew up going to that Park, thank you for the video. Brings back a lot of memories.
The frog had me dead 💀😂😂😂
This is great! When I was a kid my parents would drop us off here in the morning and pick us up at closing. I knew the park was defunct now, but it's neat to see inside the gates.
3:02 it's where they put the tubes
I think that was the rope swing bc that's what I remember
+Urban Hurtado ahhhh urban!
RC BOSS o
Wild Waters Commerical on youtube, looked it up out of curiosity and that is the rope swing at :17 seconds in. That's right where he was standing... kinda extra macabre after seeing the commercial all full of happy people.
RC BOSS iii
So many childhood summers at that place
Hey Adam do you like challenges? Cause I have one for you! There is a BIG abandoned location not far from where I am. Its called "The Pontiac Silverdome". This is the place where Wrestlemania 3 took place.
Many bad Lions games played at the SD ...bad memories.
Those were good nachos...that cheese sauce was spiced just right.
What about the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey?
where do you live in southeast Michigan?
***** Dearborn (Heights) here
So many of us locals had great summertime fun at this park throughout the 80's, 90's and even into 2000! The slick corporate feel of Silverwood and even Silver Mountain just isn't the same... nor are the cheesy little slides at Triple Play worth comparing to the once awesome Wild Waters. Sigh... But thanks for the trip down Memory Lane - or rather, the slide down. :)
You are the indiana Jones of TH-cam Adam
+Tubby Tubbs thats a huge compliment, thanks
Your welcome
True
Revisiting this video five years later to say they completely demolished this whole park and it’s a flat piece of dirt field now. RIP Wild Waters I’ll never forget going for free like 6 times cause the desk lady never punched my friends 10-free-visits card
adam you should have taken your bike to try on those slides
+Joshua Treadway FUCK YES!
lol
and scream "I'm Adam the woo! I'm Adam the woo!"
And then he rings the bike bell😂
awww shit sonnn
I miss these videos.
Used to go to Wild Waters In Coeur d' Alene back in the 90's. Was a pretty hoppin' spot.
I love your abandoned theme park videos, this one is up there with the best!
3:10- Intake sump for the pump. You have to have a deeper area for the pumps to take water from so that they have a constant flow regardless of overall water level.
It's actually the area where you landed from the rope swing...
Rope swing? There was a rope swing? That would have been good to know.
+pfun41 yeah, the red pulls above the pit is the rope swing. That's part of the additions to the park that ran them out of money.
A rope swing seems a bit dangerous. There are 2 walls of concrete on each side. You could possibly fall
That "weird little corridor pocket" at 3:03 was for a rope swing!
Shoutout to my hometown CDA💯
i love watching your old content, I grew up with you, thank you
Joked about buying this water park on the way to Silverwood last weekend. How cool to see what's inside! Probably not a good investment though...
yep, it's always sad seeing wild rivers abandoned whenever I'm up in the CDA area, Boulder beach isn't too bad though.
+The Magic Geekdom Unfortunately scrappers ripped out copper, destroyed pool pumps, etc. The tipping bucket was bought by Raptor Reef (Triple Play) about 7 miles up the road. Right now this property is up for sale, with plans for the entire thing to be leveled and build on flat land (the entire hill where the slides are is a man made hill, not a 'natural' one. With 4 other surrounding water parks within 50 miles of this place, it will never be again.
Silver Rapids Well, that's too bad. At least there are other parks in the area.
"With 4 other surrounding water parks within 50 miles of this place, it will never be again". It could be with a little TLC, and upgrades.
Hopefully Silverwood never closes!
I love these kind of videos. It's mysterious to see these abandoned places....although the statue of a lion, or cougar....was a little startling!!
When are you going to ask my mom permission to bring me on these journeys?
I only went to Wild Waters once or twice, but it was fun and memorable. From what I remember, your guessing was a little off from some things in the park.
0:51 that slide was called Black Out and had strobe lights inside it.
1:08 That's some of the path coverings to help keep people from slipping, like you guessed at 1:58, and from getting burned feet.
1:30 I believe that it was just called the "Lazy River".
2:58 I'm sure that was where the water for the lazy river was pumped into the slide and the extra rafts were held when not in use.
5:46 That was the lifeguard & first aid station.
6:40 & 7:50 That is a cougar, not a leopard.
I cant believe this is closed D: I loved this place as a kid.
Edit: And yes.. That tube did have lights in it!
Did It? I remember it being dark, it was part of the thrill factor of dropping into darkness.
at 3:01 ... that area was a storage area for all the inner tubes. This place opened in 1982 when I was a senior in HS in Spokane. Man, what a great place. Still remember falling in love with the ticket girl in her booth. lol. Thanks for the great video! ( I would have taken the bear home!)
I think the thing at 3:10 is the thing that creates the current for the lazy river
Yup it is
+Max Pingree it was to keep the extra tubes
No, it was the rope swing pit.
that looks way too small for a rope swing pit. you'd hit the side and break your leg. unless the rope swing was about 2 feet long. I think it's where the current came from too. You got your inner tube from dry stockpiles at the entrance.
+Father AxeKeeper that is where you are wrong. It is, 120% a rope swing.
keep calm and let the woo venture on!
i wish the woo would notice his wooster apprentice!
The price to get in was more than Disney lol
thanks Adam seeing this brought back a lot of memories as a kid
I'm the type of person that would try to get this reopen again.
Its gone now. Built apartments or a hotel there.
ever since i was five, i'd always catch a glimpse of the waterpark on my occasional trips to montana, but i never got to go inside and i was left wondering what it was like there. cool video adam!
I used to LOVE this place. It was so much fun
+Erika I heard it was really great when it was opened
+adamthewoo Yeah! I used to spend tons of time there during the summer when I was in elementary and middle school.
+adamthewoo
The long tunnel slide was always just pitch black. I have heard talk about it having lights in it at one time, but it was never like that when I went there.
The "water bumper-car area" you noticed was actually the play area for younger kids, I believe. It had some smaller slides, that went off the white platform. And had various other water features around the area. That area was filled with a couple inches of water, and thats why the sides are lined with that tubing. Like a "splash pad".
+Erika What happened???
+Tommy TwoGun I'm not too sure. As I "grew up" and stopped going there then moved away. But I did find an article that explains what happened here: m.inlander.com/spokane/running-dry/Content?oid=2494055
BEST INTRO EVER btw this is the first vid I've watched from him
Jesus! That bear scared the hell out of me!
FYI....Wild Waters has been torn down. The photos of its demise has been making the rounds on Facebook the past couple of days. Ah, not the first to mention this...supposedly they are going to flatten it to make it more sellable.
3:05 i think it was the coral for the floaty tube things
Corral*
It was a rope swing
Omggg im hooked on these ever since you explored nickelodeon. Take me on your adventuresssssssssss 💜💜💜
+Mr. Stealyoursoul sure. If you're into that sort of thing.
There's an old abandoned water park like that in Odessa Texas if you ever get out that way.
I SAW IT TOO IT WAS SO ABANDON
+ArmlessR3D Dead
So abandon
Much empty
No peoples
Wow
+Squid Ninja 428 just Shut the fuck up
ManIsCalledJezza HD But it was...so abandon.
Squid Ninja 428 just trying to be funny :3
This is amazing! Facebook recommends a video. Turns out it's Adam the woo! *goes back and watches The Fisherman and the Fridge, and the DNA energy drink videos* Hahahaha
These adventure videos are awesome man! Keep it up!
I wonder if the faucet had water streaming down at one time.
+Danny Boy It did! It made it look like the faucet was floating
+Erika That's so clever!
+Danny Boy Yes, it did
It did back when it was in good condition around 2003 or so it was my childhood water park, I had a season pass ever summer I was alive and it was operating
It did indeed have water running. You could never see the pole in the middle unless you stayed late and saw them shutting down. When I was younger I went to Wild Waters every summer and I could never figure out how it floated until I had the guts to break the rules and climb in the tub and touch the pole.
Watching this video slightly saddens me. I spent many hours of my childhood here. it's was beautiful and colorful and always packed! Breaks my heart to see it like this.
From what I understan, the reason it was abandoned was because that lazy river he showed was a expansion, and wild waters took out a loan that they couldn't pay, and the bank took the water park. it shut down with no warning. it would always close in the winter and then open back up in the late spring. one year it closed, and just never opened ever again.
last thing, that "swimming area" near the lazy river, was actually a rope swing. it was awesome xD As a local here in cda, it was interesting to see what it looks like now, I might have to check it out myself someday.
thank you for sharing!
"I'm guessing this was some kind of lazy river attraction"
ThePokéFreak i was just about to comment this same thing lmao
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Pokenebav lolll***
Love the video as always. Keep up the great work! Also, that panther looks a lot like a mountain lion to me. ;)
At least some of the graffiti was positive lol.
"My butts a little wet now" - I bet it is not the first time Adam has said that lmao
that crazy area was where the big pump would pump the water to push the river.
Abandoned water parks are always interesting! Thanks for sharing
3:10 That was where the waves were produced to push people, it came out the bar looking thing
I’m pretty sure it used to be a rope swing. Last time I went I was real little but I remember a rope hanging from the red structure.
You're killing me! You obviously have never been there and u basically desecrated my memory of this place. If you want to know what everything really was and what you were wrong on, I would be happy to let you know. However, thank you for going back into that place so I could see what is there now...
C'mon dude... That was on the slide top for safety so they don't fall out in quick turns. Probably the fastest slide. As for the lazy river part you are confused about. Again, dude, think... That's probably where the lifeguards and some tubes were held for people coming in and out.
I swam here all the time as a kid! I know how to answer every question you're asking! That pocket of water by the lazy river was where they would keep the inner tubes so when you got in you just grabbed one and you were on your way. This is the first time I've seen the inside of it since it closed. I pass it on the freeway and always look up remembering all of the kids on top of the slides and getting excited that we were almost there! Cool video man
I believe that's a mountain lion; panthers are black if I recall
A panther is actually a black leapord, and in the same family as it's north American cousin the mountain Lion.
+Garrett Grimm There's actually no such thing as a Panther. The Florida Panther is actually a puma, which isn't even in the Panthera genus, so who knows how that happened. Pumas are also know as Cougars and Mountain Lions. Those poor cats have such an identity crisis. The Black Panther is actually a spotted leopard with a little more melanin. You are right with the Mtn. Lion statue. :)
The only cougars most Idahoans really see live alone in small apartments and write spam on Craigslist.
+steadfastcoward lol
some panthers are black but so are tan and look like the one in the video I know because there is a school next mine and there mascot I'd the panthers and it's tan
I went there as a child, some 20 years ago.
I want to explore abandoned places like you :o
Looks like something from "The Last Of Us".
So sad. I worked at Wild Waters way back in the late 1970's early 1980's cannot remember exactly when. Just watching this video, the park grew a lot after I left Florida. The Silver Bullet was fairly new when I worked there. There was the large wave pool, the kiddie pool area, the Sliver bullet and a couple of other water slides. It grew so much that most of the property did not even look like I remember it. It was a fun place to work.
That is so DIRTY 🚷🚷🚷🚷🚷🚷🚷🚷🚷🚷 it could be cursed by the iluminati
I love these types of vlogs! Great work Adam'
that park could be s as bed just needs good clean up
Nah, the place is a mess. It was fun while it was open but even then it wasn't in super great condition. The slides often ripped bathing suits and such.
it’s 2020 at 1am and i’m binge watching these abandoned places videos hahah
Abandoned water parks are my favorite thing! Enjoyed this video. What a great find. Always intriguing to see what's left after people. Speaking of, I know you visited the six flags at New Orleans and they are STILL debating over what to do with it but should have a resolution on it in the fall they are saying. Do you plan on going back there? What would you say has been your favorite abandoned spot that you've ever visited? Love the videos Woo!
Adam I applaud your courage to go down another slide! Well done! 👍
it has been a long time since i have watched Adam's videos, thought i was subscribed, well im glad i'm watching his video's again.
I grew up going to this water park, such a bummer to see what it turned into, they flattened everything, it’s just a field now.
Went here a few times growing up. Sad to sit going to waste. Great video Adam
Wow, this is a trip down memory lane. I used to go there all the time as a kid. This and Splash Down in Spokane. I didn't even know this was closed down, then again I don't live in the NW anymore. Cool Video!
I remember going here when I was a kid and still remember the water slides to this day.
These are so legit dude! Keep making videos like this. I loooove exploring and hope to go somewhere big someday. Like Nara Dreamland!
Very sad to see a once happy place in such disrepair. Thanks for sharing I wonder what happened to the place :(
www.inlander.com/spokane/running-dry/Content?oid=2494055
Adam your the best! Thank You for sharing your videos, I love them!. I
get to see so many things through you. You are so funny & very
likeable.
thanks for this video! I've been wanting to explore this place ever since it closed! I used to go there as a kid with my family. brings back memories!
I'm glad he's still making videos when I watched the video of him announcing that he was moving I thought it was the end
THANK YOU ADAM FOR SHARING WILD WATERS IN CDA, IDAHO. WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THIS WATER PARK. WAS SAD WATCHING YOU WALK THRU KNOWING EACH AND EVERY PART OF THE PARK, LIKE "THE BLACK HOLE", THE KIDDIE PART THAT YOU WERENT SURE WHAT IT WAS, THE TUBES WAS OUR FAVORITE, THAT WAS THE BIG DIP YOU SAID YOU WERENT GOING DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF WATER!! THIS IS REALLY SAD. WISHING SOMEONE HAD THE MONEY TO GET IT BACK GOING!!!! THANKS AGAIN!!!! GREAT TO SEE IT , BUT WOW, WHAT A MESS.
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Very sad! This was my slide park growing up. The covered slide was to give a dark "don't know where you are going" sense and the 'standing water' slide you mention at 7:40 was for the inner tubes! Good times! Reminds me how sad the day was that the drive in shut down after wind knocked over the screen and a fire in the movie house in 1986. :(
5:50 - refreshments. I remember buying a souvenir sipper there every year.
This was cool! We have a (still operating) Wild Waters in my hometown, but this one looks like it had way more slides than the one we have.
u make me happy daily
How depressing. My friends and I grew up going to this park and talk about it all the time. And yes that water slide with the covering had lights and music in it at one point. I am glad you posted this though! Is it hard to get in there?
Real Ghost Stories Online brought me here! Glad to find you!