Pool Party

Wisconsin has the most water parks on the planet making choosing the right one a labor of love. We've rounded up the steepest, highest, fastest and plain best rides and slides for you to conquer.

Canyon River

Moose Mountain Falls, Timber Ridge Lodge at Grand Geneva Resort, www.timberridgeresort.com 
Float your troubles away on one of the longest lazy rivers in the country — idling through 560 winding feet of Canyon River on single or double tubes, taking ten blissful minutes from top to bottom.

FUN FACT: Moose Mountain became the first green water park in Wisconsin when the Timber Ridge Lodge reduced its energy consumption by 11 percent.

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Timber Rapids and Avalanche Falls

Moose Mountain Falls, Timber Ridge Lodge at Grand Geneva Resort, www.timberridgeresort.com 
This ride is not for the faint of heart. From 35 feet above the ground, plunge down a 300-foot flume — either on a raft or raftless — that spits you out just 20 seconds after your launch.

FUN FACT: Originally a Playboy Club, the only "water park" at this resort used to be a fountain in the lobby that the bunnies took a dip in.

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The Soaker

Breaker Bay water park at the Blue Harbor Resort, www.blueharborresort.com/waterpark 
Climb three stories before whooshing down these wild rides. This tubular slide duo will zip you outside the building and then zap you right back in, taking you 292 feet in under 30 seconds before splashing you into a plunge pool.

FUN FACT: The Blue Harbor just finished a $2.5 million renovation, including adding a pool bar, cabanas, bocce courts and a putting green right next to the outdoor pool.

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Splashdown

Breaker Bay water park at the Blue Harbor Resort, www.blueharborresort.com/waterpark 
You'll get dizzy just looking at this slide. Swoosh down this 60 foot high slide, which'll pump you down 304 feet among 3000 gallons of water per minute.

FUN FACT: It's the only water park with a view of Lake Michigan.

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Hurricane Run

Chaos Water Park Resort at the Metropolis Resort, www.metropolisresort.com 
Climb up 45 feet before getting wet and wild down 480 feet of twists and turns at speeds up to 15.8 miles per hour — and bring a friend because this ride is made for two.

FUN FACT: This water park has an award-winning comic book theme and the world's only comic book playground.

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Jamaican Village

Paradise Landing at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, www.paradiselanding.com 
While other parks try to out-speed, out-steep and out-splash each other with increasingly precarious and daring slides, this place prides itself on taking it easy. Rides here are calmer and the pool's shallower than those of bigger parks. The tallest of a trifecta of three-level water slides tops out at just 16.3 feet and is only 85 feet long.

FUN FACT: This is one of only urban water parks in the country.