WAT-ER RUSH
Are you brave enough to try a 6-storey water slide shaped like a Venus flytrap?
A SIX-storey water slide featuring a 'Venus flytrap vortex' is set to open next year.
Aptly named the Venus Vortex, the ride is set to open at Lake Compounce in Connecticut.
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The overlooks the lake, measuring around 60ft (18m) in height.
Riders whizz down a combination of open and closed flume down an almost vertical drop.
The three-person raft then hurtles into the open vortex and swings across the Venus flytrap mouth, perilously close to the lake.
The ride then narrows to a single track for passengers to disembark.
It is the eighth water ride to join the park, alongside Mammoth Falls and Riptide Racer.
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The ride is due to open on Memorial Day weekend - May 23 - in 2020.
Lake Compounce is the oldest operating amusement park in the US, opening in 1846.
Despite not being the largest theme park, it is home to the Boulder Dash wooden rollercoaster, often voted the best wooden coaster in the world.
start from $46.99 (£38) while kids under three go free.
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