In its heyday, during the Seventies and Eighties, this waterpark was state-of-the-art, with twirling water slides and giant pools. But ultimately visitation stopped and the park was closed. It had a new lease of life as a Route-66-themed attraction in the Nineties, but a tragic accident on one of the slides closed its gates once more. The desert crushed the abandoned park in its grip, fading its signs, scorching its ruins and leaving everything covered in dust.

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