Makadi Water World

This guide to Makadi Water World on Egypt's Red Sea coast opens on the park's Black Hole slide, the moment the gate clicks shut and the light disappears entirely. It explains why engineers design slides to be pitch dark on purpose, and how the nearby Aqua Tube twists riders through total darkness before dropping them into a lit pool. Along the way it takes in the bare desert surrounding the park and the more than fifty slides, from white-knuckle drops to gentler runs for children, that fill it.