Siam Park (Tenerife)

This article is about Siam Park in Tenerife. For Siam Park City in Bangkok, Thailand, see Siam Park City.
Siam Park

Siam Park is a Loro Parque-owned water park in Tenerife Island (in the south), Canary Islands, Spain. It is located with direct exit to the park entrance on TF-1 highway in Costa Adeje. At 18.5 hectares (46 acres), Siam Park features a Siamese theme, and claims to be the most spectacular water attraction in Europe.[1] The park was opened by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Thailand Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The principal owners are Wolfgang Kinggslei and her son Christopher and other small partners, president and founder is Mr. Wolfgang. Other companies of this group are Loro Parque in Tenerife (zoo park), Binter Airlines, Siam luxury shopping center in front at Siam Park and other important companies in Canary Islands (Spain). A second park is planned for the neighbouring island of Gran Canaria.[2] In this moment (2016) continue the construction of an oceanic park in the City of Las Palmas, in Gran Canaria island (Islas Canarias -Spain). The company founded <Fundación Loro parque >(foundation for preservation and protection of wild live animals) it is the most important foundation for protection and preservation of wild parrots in the world.

History

Siam Park's construction started in 2004 and cost 52 million euros. Originally stated to open in May 2007, it has endured construction problems, however the park finally opened to the public on September 17, 2008. The park's plans also originally included a roller coaster, but the park has opted to focus on developing the first phase of the park in order to open the park as soon as possible.

Siam Park includes Thai theming on all of its rides, park buildings, and restaurants. The park's 25 buildings are the largest collection of Thai-themed buildings outside Thailand. The park's designer, Christoph Kiessling, received permission from the Thai royal family to use the park's name and theme; but, to respect the family's wishes, he did not copy royal palaces, temples, or statues of Buddha in the park.

In addition, the restaurants serve Thai food as well as family favorites. The park also has a Thai floating market.

Rides

Technical information

The park is built on a hill, which permits the slides to follow the park's terrain similar to terrain roller coasters. Hence, they lack the prominent support structure present in most water slides.

Siam Park is the world's first green water park. The park's water is heated to 25 °C (77 °F). Keissling calls Siam Park the "first air conditioned outdoor aquatic park in the world". To conserve the island's water, Siam Park has a desalination plant on site, which desalinates 700 cubic meters (25,000 cu ft) of sea water per day. After the water is used in the rides, the park recycles the water by using it to water the park's plants. In addition, Siam Park has the first natural gas plant in the Canary Islands.

Records

The park has 7 world records:

References

  1. ↑ History about the park
  2. ↑ Gran Canaria Park details (In Spanish)
  3. ↑ http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/TravelersChoice-Attractions-cWaterParks

Coordinates: 28°04′18″N 16°43′36″W / 28.071764°N 16.726573°W / 28.071764; -16.726573

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