Atlantis, The Palm’s waterpark awarded Third Best in the World and Best Waterpark in Dubai and the Middle East!

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (date here) –Aquaventure Waterpark at Atlantis, The Palm has taken the title as the Third Best Waterpark in the World and Best Waterpark in Dubai and the Middle East. Crowned by the eighth annual TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards, the top waterparks are chosen by travellers across the world, with the final selection based on millions of reviews and opinions left on the site.

In comparison to 2015, Aquaventure Waterpark has climbed an impressive two spots, overtaking Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Waterpark in Florida and Beach Park in Brazil to claim the title as Third Best in the World, after Siam Park, Adeje and Waterbom, Bali. The 17 hectare beachfront waterpark also beatcompetitors in the region, securing the title as Best Waterpark in Dubai and the Middle East.

Situated on the apex of the Palm in Dubai, the award winning waterpark is a firm favourite with celebrities, sports men and women and tourists from all over the world. With thousands of ‘excellent’ reviews and images shared by guests on Trip Advisor, travellers love Aquaventure for its appeal to families and guests of any age. From thrilling rapids and diving with sharks, to taking on a mass of terrifying and record breaking slides, one reviewer describes it as “A must in Dubai for the entire family!”.

It’s been an exciting year for Aquaventure Waterpark, dominated by a viral campaign created in collaboration with Red Bull, which saw three of the worlds’ best skateboarders take on the temporarily dry vertical slopes of Aquaventure’s most daunting waterslides. Taking Dubai and the world by storm, it was shown on over 400 TV channels internationally and was seen by over 6 million people. (That’s two times the population of Dubai)

A few of our celebrity fans …..

Lily Allen, Paris Hilton, Years & Years and Rita Ora psyche themselves up for The Leap of Faith, where daring rider’s drop 27.5 meters vertically over 9 storeys, propelling through a clear acrylic tunnel submerged in a shark-filled lagoon.

Mischa Barton, Colleen Rooney and Vin Diesel get well acquainted with the dolphins at Dolphin Bay. A 4.5 hectare habitat holding more than 26 million liters of water.

Complimentary to guests of Atlantis, The Palm and welcoming thousands of visitors from across the world each day, Aquaventure contains 18 million litres of fresh water used to power eleven thrilling waterslides and a 2.3 kilometre river ride with tidal waves and pools, water rapids and white water chargers. Using the latest technology,Aquaventureis capable of using over 750,000 litres per minute to create water surges and waves with swells reaching almost 1 metre high. Guests are propelled through the lushly landscaped waterscape, never having to leave their inner tubes as innovative water escalators carry participants up slide towers and down through rapids.