One theme park trend I have noticed is that water rides are becoming less popular for guests. Yet it was Carowinds that inspired me to highlight what may be the latest attraction style in decline, the water ride. I’m talking about theme park style water rides in general. Nevertheless, I find it very difficult to think of any other major theme park in the US market that doesn’t offer at least one major water ride attraction to cool guests off on a hot summer day. It has been slowly happening to theme parks across the Americas and even Europe for much of the past decade.