Water ride

La Revanche des Pirates - Le Grand Splatch

France
La Revanche des Pirates - Le Grand Splatch
La Revanche des Pirates - Le Grand Splatch · Wikipedia

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The Revanche of Pirates - The Grand Splatch is an aquatic attraction of the Shoot the Chute type, located in the French theme park Parc Asterix in Plailly, Oise. Located in the "Welcome to Gaul" area, this Spillwater 20 attraction was built by Intamin and opened on April 30, 1989, at the same time as the park. She is one of the first Shoot the Fall in Europe.

With a length of 627 m, the attraction welcomes visitors more than a metre in its nine twenty-seater boats. Its capacity is 1,400 people per hour. The long path that approaches the large statue of Asterix on a rock consists of two falls, the largest of which, the final fall is eleven meters high.

In 2002, different effects were added along the route to amuse the passengers of the boats, but for lack of maintenance, they were removed or replaced. The company Aquatic Show has created some of these effects. A rethematization is implemented to be operational in 2024.

The attraction, previously simply called Grand Splatch, gets its current name for this occasion. Since the same year, on the occasion of the Christmas period where the attraction is...