Wild Wadi Waterpark Jumeirah

This guide to Wild Wadi Waterpark in Jumeirah traces the park's founding myth — two friends from the Arabian Nights, Juha and Sinbad — and the two years and thousands of workers who built the Middle East's first waterpark in 1999. It follows the record-setting rides scattered around the site, including the free-fall slide that towers over the boardwalk, and the wave pool and lazy river that round out the grounds. Listen for how the park plays off its neighbor across the street, the Burj Al Arab.