Liberty of the Seas to get ‘boomerang style’ water slide

Royal Caribbean International will
install a first of its type water slide on Liberty of the Seas during a
month-long renovation scheduled for February 2016. 

Royal Caribbean said a collection of water slides called the Perfect Storm will
include one called Tidal Wave, described as the first “boomerang style” slide at
sea. The slide features a steep drop that propels
riders up a near-vertical wall for a moment of weightlessness and into free fall. The pool deck will also include two new racer slides called Cyclone
and Typhoon and the Splashaway Bay kids area.

The Harmony of the Seas, an Oasis-class ship due to enter service next May, also will have a Perfect Storm trio of slides: the Cyclone, Typhoon and Supercell (featuring a champagne-bowl slide). That ship will also have a thrill slide called Ultimate Abyss will
stretch 10 stories.

The 3,634-passenger Liberty begins sailing
from Galveston, Texas, in November. It is currently sailing from Bayonne, N.J.