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Visitors to WinSport can slide into Canada Day with the return of a three-lane, 250-metre-long waterslide called The Plunge.

That’s more than the length of two football fields, just a tad shorter than the span of the Titanic and about four times longer than a typical hockey rink.

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And it’s wet — obviously.

“We’re hoping it’s going to be crazy,” said WinSport spokesman Dale Oviatt. “Obviously, the weather forecast is a little iffy, but obviously you’re going to get wet anyway so you might as well come out.”

Thousands of Calgarians flocked to WinSport last summer when the huge waterslide debuted in early August.

The slippery slide is just as fun and fast this year but improvements have been made to the ticketing process, said Oviatt.

The number of people utilizing the family-friendly slide will be capped and tickets will be sold for two-hour intervals to shorten lineups. Participants have unlimited turns to race down the slide during their time slot.

“You don’t realize how fast you get going and how far you’re going,” said Oviatt, who’s taken The Plunge. “It’s not like other rides where you go on and say ‘is that it?’ It’s a long ways down.”

Children must be five years of age or older and at least three-foot-nine in height to participate.

The Plunge will be open weekends and holidays in July and August, weather permitting.