Aqua Mundo is the name Center Parcs gives to the subtropical, glass-domed water parks included with every stay at its European holiday villages. The concept dates back to 1980, when the very first covered water park of its kind opened at Center Parcs De Eemhof in the Netherlands, setting the template of warm indoor pools, slides, and wave pools that Center Parcs later rolled out across dozens of resorts in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, and Denmark.
One of these Aqua Mundo water parks sits at Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts, a holiday domain that opened on May 21, 2010 in Hattigny, in the Moselle department of northeastern France. Spread across roughly 435 hectares of woodland, Les Trois Forêts is the biggest and most forested Center Parcs park in Europe, and its Aqua Mundo was built to match, forming a jungle-like tropical world of pools, rivers, and slides under a single heated dome.
Stats at a Glance
- Location: Hattigny, Moselle, France
- Center Parcs Domain: Les Trois Forêts
- Domain Opened: May 21, 2010
- Water Park Area: About 5,000 square meters
- Themed Water Zones: 3 tropical-themed areas
- Signature Slide: Master Blaster, about 190 m long and 12 m high
- Water Temperature: About 29-30°C (84-86°F) year-round
- Recognition: World Waterpark Association Award for Waterpark Industry Innovation (2010)
A Tropical World Under Glass
Aqua Mundo at Les Trois Forêts is landscaped with roughly 1,400 tropical trees and plants, giving it more of an Amazonian jungle feel than a typical municipal water park. Guests move between three connected water zones featuring a wave pool that sets waves in motion at regular intervals, a lazy or ‘wild’ river for gentler floating, hot tubs, and dedicated splash zones and slides for younger children.
The park’s best-known feature is the Master Blaster, a roughly 190-meter tubing slide that climbs and drops like a water coaster and is reported as the longest slide found at this Center Parcs location. Alongside it sit several additional body and raft slides, rounding out a lineup of about seven slides in total, all housed within a heated dome that keeps the water warm regardless of the season outside.
Part of a Europe-Wide Water Park Brand
Aqua Mundo is not unique to Les Trois Forêts; it is Center Parcs’ standard branding for the water parks at nearly all of its European domains, from Park Allgäu in Germany to De Huttenheugte in the Netherlands. Access is included in the price of a stay at almost every Center Parcs village, a model the company has used since the original Aqua Mundo debuted at De Eemhof in 1980 and proved popular enough to be replicated resort-wide.
At around 5,000 square meters, Aqua Mundo at Les Trois Forêts ranks among the larger water parks in the Center Parcs network, but it is not the largest: the Aqua Mundo at Center Parcs Nordborg Resort in Denmark covers about 7,200 square meters, and the jointly operated Aqualagon at Villages Nature Paris spans roughly 9,000 square meters, both surpassing Les Trois Forêts in size.
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Aqua Mundo (Les Trois Forêts) FAQs
What is Aqua Mundo?
Aqua Mundo is Center Parcs’ brand name for the covered, subtropical water parks found at most of its European holiday villages, featuring heated pools, wave pools, and water slides included with a stay.
How big is Aqua Mundo at Les Trois Forêts?
Aqua Mundo at Les Trois Forêts covers about 5,000 square meters across three tropical-themed zones. That makes it one of the larger Aqua Mundo water parks in the network, though the Nordborg Resort in Denmark and the Villages Nature Paris Aqualagon are both bigger.
Is Aqua Mundo free for Center Parcs guests?
Yes, access to Aqua Mundo is included in the cost of a stay at almost every Center Parcs domain, a model in place since the concept launched at De Eemhof in 1980.
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