I support this idea so much. It just makes me sad when I see that slides like the green speed tube in Reichshof-Eckenhagen or the old slides of Océade in Brussels just end on the waste dump. I love old slides, even when they are decayed a little, that gives a very special feeling I really like.
Also old Black Hole slides are cooler than new ones. The new slides have all interactive and multimedial effects, but the main aim of a "Black Hole" - being black and with nice waterfalls, sharp curves and few light - is nearly never achieved any more in today's slides.
I also don't understand why pools like Miramar Weinheim paint their old slides from outside so the whole slide experience is completely destroyed compared to the old, translucent tubes.
I think that it wouldn't even be very difficult to get these old slides, the pools are happy if they can give it to someone instead of paying enormous disposal costs which will be around 1000 Euro per slide.
If I had a lot of space, I would immediately try to obtain all these slides that are not used any more, make it safe so the TüV can accept it, renew the inner side of the flume and then open a flume museum. I'm sure that many people would visit this. I certainly would ![]()