World's tallest waterslide the 'Verrückt' to debut in Kansas City in May

The Verrückt in Kansas City's Schlitterbahn Water Park is expected to be the tallest, fastest, steepest and probably the scariest waterslide in the world. Riders drop from about 17 storeys up, and after plunging almost 90 degrees down a slope, they are then propelled up a five storey camelback hill using Schlitterbahn's Master Blaster system before racing down the other side and hitting a straight before eventually cruising to a halt. Verrückt, means 'insane' in German, and the ride certainly lives up to it. Thrill-seekers will begin by climbing 264 steps to reach the top where they will wait on a deck made from railroad tanker cars. Along with three friends or strangers, they will be seated in a four-person inflatable raft and set loose. Designed by Jeff Henry who co-owns the theme park, the slide tower is built from railroad tanker cars that have been cut and welded into a single vertical tower. It is fitted with bright lights that illuminate it as the thrill-seekers come down. Jeff is also responsible for designing the special conveyer system that transports the rafts back to the top. Verrückt is currently undergoing extensive testing so that it is completely safe for those brave or crazy enough to ride it when it opens this Memorial Day Weekend! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/ For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS

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1. 10 year old dies in there
2. I live in kansas
3. The germans would of tested it there smart I can trust Germans
4. I am sorry.. I am not climbing 17 stories for a waterslide. haha.
5. He probably hit that first narrowing portion with the raft and was sent tumbling down. This is in Kansas, what do you expect? Kansas probably gutted all the safety laws (regulations) in the state, and allowed businesses to put up shoddy construction. Even the finished ride today looks like it's built out of 2x4's and scaffolding.
6. The kid was thrown from the ride and lost his head. You can see the blood stains on the helicopter news footage.
7. rip to the 10 year old kid that just died on this thing.
8. DUUUUDE that kid fucking died on this this!! I wonder how. Did he fly off the side and slam? AHH WTF!?
9. Alright it's not 4 raft it's 3 and it goes 70 mph not 65 and how do I know that well I live in Kansas city and I have Ben to that water park
10. I am so going on this.
11. Lol i'm german and it's so funny how she says "Verrückt" :,DD
12. I live 20 minutes away I'm from parkville
13. 😳😳😳😳😳😳
14. I reallt want to go to that waterslide it looks so fun
15. i have ridden it like 5 times and it was amazing, it feels like you are in the air for a second and then you come crashing down. it is super fun.
16. 0:29 You don't spell stories like that. You spell it like I just did.
17. i live in kc hey royals 1 world series!
18. I went on that and it's only a 3 person raft!
19. 01:03 the guy fell XD
20. I rode It in the front