PREMiERdrum Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Those of you in the Columbus area may have seen Jack Hanna's Into the Wildlights live on WBNS-10TV Friday night Executive Director Dale Schmidt announced that Zoombezi Bay would be adding a halfpipe slide and a MasterBlaster water coaster for 2011. This comes on the heels of the very successful addition of Polar Frontier for 2010, which saw the return of polar bears to the zoo. The new polar bear habitat, along with a gorgeous new brown bear habitat, are said to be some of the best in the world. The new waterpark expansion should help to ease lines at the very popular destination. This will be the 2nd MasterBlaster in Ohio, as there is one within Cedar Point's Castaway Bay indoor waterpark. No artwork or names have been released yet. Some Zoombezi Bay photos from my trips this year: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyEisentrout Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Good, it really is a nice waterpark and even Jungle Jack's Landing is rather bare, it is good too. Everytime I go though, the Sea Dragon is down. I'll look forward to seeing this go in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajc47 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 This will be something to check out next time I am down in Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Thanks for sharing...I have always wanted to visit this zoo as I have heard a lot of good things about it. The water park would be an added bonus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Thanks for sharing...I have always wanted to visit this zoo as I have heard a lot of good things about it. The water park would be an added bonus! You will NOT be disappointed with a trip here. I've posted several PTRs here that I'm sure you could look up, but every aspect of the zoo is world class. Between the Zoo, Zoombezi Bay, and Jungle Jack's Landing (credit!), it's definitely a 2 day affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauga Dog Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I love the Columbus Zoo and the Polar Frontier addition was very well done. Haven't been to Zoombezi Bay but it looks awesome from Jungle Jack's Landing. I still need my Sea Dragon credit. A note to Cedar Fair: It's pretty sad that a zoo has a better looking water park, and is adding new slides, compared to what you've done to Wildwater Kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDipper 80 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 ^I haven't been down to the Zoo since the year that Wyandot Lake was being converted to Zoombezi Bay, and I had honestly forgotten that they had added Polar Frontier as well! If they did as good of a job with that exhibit as they did with Australia and Asia(and it sounds like they did), I would be very impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajc47 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I love the Columbus Zoo and the Polar Frontier addition was very well done. Haven't been to Zoombezi Bay but it looks awesome from Jungle Jack's Landing. I still need my Sea Dragon credit. A note to Cedar Fair: It's pretty sad that a zoo has a better looking water park, and is adding new slides, compared to what you've done to Wildwater Kingdom. Agreed G-Dog. (But then again, Cedar Fair *is* a zoo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 I love the Columbus Zoo and the Polar Frontier addition was very well done. Haven't been to Zoombezi Bay but it looks awesome from Jungle Jack's Landing. I still need my Sea Dragon credit. A note to Cedar Fair: It's pretty sad that a zoo has a better looking water park, and is adding new slides, compared to what you've done to Wildwater Kingdom. Agreed G-Dog. (But then again, Cedar Fair *is* a zoo) I thought it was more of a country club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Hmmm I might have to go up to Columbus over the summer and check this place out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Sounds great! And yes, the Columbus zoo is one of the better ones in the Midwest. As far as this picture, all I could think of was "push them back, save the whales!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Also of note from the clip, Zoombezi Bay has been contributing around $1 million a year directly to the zoo and their conservation efforts. That's pretty huge. The water park (along with Jungle Jack's Landing) are set up under a separate "for profit" organization, and the profit generated is then donated to the zoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffguy Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Construction update* I was at the zoo yesterday for a job training and I was able to get a picture of the new halfpipe and MasterBlaster slide. The picture doesn't show it but the water piping isn't installed yet so I doubt it will be open for opening on Memorial Day. Anyway, the ride looks like it won't disappoint when it opens! Structure is about 60% done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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