'First-of-its-kind in the world' water coaster opens in Tennessee

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee's Soaky Mountain Waterpark in Sevierville will debut a water coaster promising to be the first of its kind.

Soaky Mountain Waterpark announced the water coaster, which will be known as "The Edge," opened to the public Wednesday after first being announced last November. The slide will feature two lanes on a 70-foot tower.

The two slides will have riders sit on double tubes before they are dropped three stories into a valley. Riders will then be propelled up a hill into an enclosed tube and dropped again where they will blast up a wall and dropped once again feeling extreme G forces.

At the end of the line, riders will see which of the two is the winner of the duel. In a statement releasedwhen the attraction was first announced, Soaky Mountain GM Dave Andrews said, "Our new water coaster, fittingly named 'The Edge,' is going to be a showstopper! It will be perched on the edge of our waterpark, and span two football fields in length. It’s fusing together WhiteWater’s Master Blaster water coaster with their iconic Boomerango. But, we are not adding just one slide, we are doubling it for a dueling thrill!”

The ride opened at 9 a.m. for season pass holders and 10 for all other guests.

Soaky Mountain Waterpark is located at 175 Gists Creek Road in Sevierville. Daily admission is $49.99 and season passes are offered for $119.99.