Center Parcs in Eleveden Forest to open £4 million water ride in November 2012

Center Parks' indoor swimming centres are some of the largest in the UK.

The Center Parcs holiday village at Eleveden Forest in the UK will open a new £4 million water ride in November 2012, which it claims will be a "world's first".

Details of the ride, described as the "first of its kind anywhere in the world", are currently scarce. However, a video on the official Center Parcs website suggests that it will be similar in style to existing multi-person slides at water parks such as Wet 'n Wild in Orlando, with guests boarding four-seater inner tubes.

Further details of the new slide are expected to be released on July 3, including visuals of its design. It will form part of a series of investments aimed at improving swimming pools at Center Parc's four UK sites.

CenterParcs Europe, which operates Center Parcs-branded holiday villages across Europe, agreed a deal in 2010 to construct Europe's largest water park alongside the Disneyland Resort Paris. The UK arm is a separate entity, and is owned by the Blackstone Group, which also owns a 34 percent stake in theme park operator Merlin Entertainments Group.