Siam Park

           The Disney Empire along with Universal Studio have been dominated the world’s theme park for decade. Tourists who enjoy adventure and excitement have their eyes wide open after TripAdvisor have recently revealed the new rankings of the world’s best amusements and water parks. One familiar name on the list for most Thais, which crowned as the world’s best water park, is “Siam Park”. For Thai people who want to experience an extraordinary day out there, you just have to get your visa and passport ready and catch a 14-hour flight to Spain!

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             “Siam Park” was built up on 18.5 hectares of land (185,000 square meters) in 2004 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain by the park’s designer, Christoph Kiessling. Such a huge spectacular project, the overall construction costs around 52 million euros (2,600 million baht). In 2008, “Siam Park” was officially opened by, a guest of honor, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Thailand Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

              “Siam Park” features all various types of rides divided into 10 zones and 15 rides, 25 Thai-architect buildings, original Thai restaurants and Thai floating market.

Besides establishing itself as the world’s best water park, “Siam Park” amazingly holds 5 world records. The 5 world records consist of the statue of the world's largest dragon, increased elevation within the lazy river (up to 8 meters), the largest man-made wave in the world (about 3 meters), increased diversity in slides, and the world's largest Thai building outside Asia.

At first glance - Siam Park, The Water Kingdom, please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gae1cngJTA

For more awesome amusements and water parks around the world, please go to http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/15/travel/tripadvisor-water-amusement-parks/index.html?hpt=travel_hp_blogroll