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David Pieris Group – Srilanka’s multi-business conglomerate which also operates Asia’s finest Go Karting track wanted to expand its leisure portfolio with an addition of a water park of global standards. The David Pieris and the Arihant team took up the challenge to design a differentiated water park with some highly customized experiences.

The investor placed their complete trust in Arihant’s expertise to bring their vision to reality. The outcome of this highly engaging brief was a park with 12 exhilarating water attractions to resonate with the David Pieris motor group’s brand personality. The project also features a bespoke themed Water Play Structure with the world’s first – Go Kart Theme. This Theme takes inspiration from the race tracks and embodies interactive themed elements associated with the sport like the race track, speed cars, flags etc.

Arihant Water Park Equipment recently won the 2020 CII Award, the 10th edition of these awards organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

The event was themed on “Atmanirbhar Bharat,” the government initiative of a self-sufficient India. It is a theme that utilizes design, research, and development to encourage industrial growth and long-term economic viability in the nation.

A grand jury, comprising 16 eminent personalities from the international design community, picked Arihant’s “Treasure Ship” product as the winning design over 20+ other shortlisted products in its category. The “Treasure Ship Attraction” was conceptualized as a move away from conventional “Water Play Systems.”

The idea was to create an unconventional product that engaged consumers with an immersive experience themed on storytelling. After deep customer research, a modular pirate ship was seen as a theme that could increase ROI for the investors, such as real estate developers, park owners, and hotels.

Apart from its primary function as a water play structure, the Treasure Ship has multi-use capabilities. Boasting over 50 water features, the product can function as a “mini water park” in itself, and produces a unique branding and merchandizing opportunity for the park owner.

Commenting on the award, Kalpesh Mistry, the Head of Innovation at Arihant, emphasized its self-sufficiency.

“We are extremely humbled to win this award. Traditionally, water play structures are designed with a ‘Engineering first, Theme second’ approach. We designed this product with a ‘Theme first, Engineering second’ approach. We wanted to come up with a revolutionary concept that was highly immersive, retaining consumers even outside normal play activities, to increase ROI. So, we created this “mini water park” that can do so much more for the park owners. This is the future of water play structures in India and the world.”

Kuwait’s one of the most successful leisure and entertainment groups have joined hands with Arihant Waterpark Equipment for their expansion project to build the largest aqua park in Kuwait. The Entertainment conglomerate owns and operates premium leisure assets including Aqua Park, Dino Adventures, Cartoon Network World, Casper Scare School, Discovery and Happy Land in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The company has well over 2 million visitors annually spread across 16 locations in the State of Kuwait & beyond.

Interestingly, Arihant and the investor had associated 12 years ago for their existing aqua park. The alliance has stayed strong all these years given the trust that the investor lays on Arihant’s product performance, quality , technical expertise and after sales service.

The new park is spread across 16 acres with a capacity of handling upto 6000 guests per day. With careful master planning and optimization of passive and active attractions, this upcoming park is one to watch out for. The park will host the first Blizzard slide in the Middle East region. Blizzard waterslide is Arihant’s proprietary attraction that takes its inspiration from the patterns and forces of Yin and Yang to give riders a never-experienced before ride path.

Apart from Blizzard, the park will also host a humongous themed play structure with 8 slides  & interactive water features that are designed specifically for kids & families. Other key attractions planned for the park include a thrilling 6 lane Spider Slide for the adventure lovers, 4-seater signature thrill rides from a whopping 6 stories high, and country’s first Bowl N Bowl raft slide.

Arihant’s Innovation Lab has launched a Raft Slide Experience like no other. Through careful study of all water slide experiences, the team has launched its ‘Patent Pending’ Product Blizzard.

The product amplifies the experience that is available currently, by creating a unique high G slide motions that give the user longer travel path & higher unpredictability in ride paths than current market offerings!

One of its kind, the Blizzard is a thrilling slide which enchants the crowd with its unique swirl and swing motion. A perfect slide to enthrall the daredevils, this visually exciting ride accommodates 2 riders in a raft and takes guests to an exhilarating speed. At a top speed of 14m/sec or 50 km/hour, this slide lets you experience how fun a Raft waterslide can truly be!

The attraction is currently being installed at 2 leading regional waterparks in India and Kuwait.