News Mattel Wonder Indoor Waterpark Announced for Orlando

[GAcoaster]

Chalk this up as another “I’ll believe it when I see it” project, but Mattel wants to build a third park (the other two haven’t opened yet and keep getting delayed) and this would also include their first indoor water park. No location mentioned except in the Orlando Area:

Mattel announces plans for indoor water parks with Barbie, Hot Wheels attractions | FOX 35 Orlando

Orlando is the first location Mattel has targeted for its brand-new Mattel Wonder Indoor Waterparks concept.

www.fox35orlando.com

 

[CedarFairGuy]

Looks like this is just the indoor waterpark and no adventure park included.

 

[Coasternerd]

And let me put this out there: there is not a SINGLE fully indoor amusement/theme/water park in all of Orlando. This is something that is desperately needed in my eyes.

 

[CedarFairIssues]

And let me put this out there: there is not a SINGLE fully indoor amusement/theme/water park in all of Orlando. This is something that is desperately needed in my eyes.

Lucky for you this will open sometime within the next 20-30 years.

 

[YachtyLogs]

Can they just open one of their parks before they announce more?

 

[jscll]

And let me put this out there: there is not a SINGLE fully indoor amusement/theme/water park in all of Orlando. This is something that is desperately needed in my eyes.

There is a reason that none currently exist. They are very expensive to build, and without cold weather, there is not a major market demand.
And no, 72F in February is not cold, especially when the water is heated.

 

[Coasternerd]

and without cold weather,

counterpoint: Florida sees daily afternoon thunderstorms, which a fully indoor park would not have to worry about impacting their operations.

 

[warfelg]

counterpoint: Florida sees daily afternoon thunderstorms, which a fully indoor park would not have to worry about impacting their operations.

In my experience FL water parks have enough places to seek shelter though.

 

[paintervision]

I saw a few connections to management behind this project over on LinkedIn. Maybe there is more to this than we know about? At least the management behind it seems solid and familiar with the Orlando market.

 

[Coasternerd]

I did have the pleasure of speaking with ProSlide for a while and the topic of this project came around. They obviously couldn’t say if they had any work for this project but it did sound implied that they are doing at least something for the project. Unrelated, it also sounds like they have work down the pipeline for United Parks as a whole, so keep an eye out.