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1. You knew it was almost summer time because you started hearing the Manteca Waterslides song everywhere you went
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(Song at 13:38 of video)
2. You obviously knew every word to the Manteca Waterslides song by heart
4. You had your birthday party there multiple times
5. You got a season pass from Costco
6. You and your friends got your season passes taken away on opening day
7. In the Mats, when you saw your color being called in you immediately switched to a different color, and alerted all your friends to do the same
8. You got smart and planned ahead by hiding several different color mats in the bushes on the way up to outwit Manteca Waterslide employees
9. When you got caught switching colors, you immediately got back in line for the Mats and cut to the front
10. You and your friends stopped in the middle of The Subway to clog up the slide and form a train, and made sure to let other kids out first so you didn’t get caught
11. Your middle school brought your class to Manteca Waterslides to celebrate graduating 8th grade (as all 209-ers know, this is not a small accompishment)
12. You didn’t need sunscreen because you wore a shirt in the water
13. You were too big for Flash Flood to successfully push you down the slide
14. Once you went down The Plunge, Turbulence, High Tide, and Cyclone, you knew it was time to head to the V-Max
15. You had a rat tail
16. At least a few of your friends also had a rat tail
17. You went in Oakwood lake and successfully avoided leeches
18. Your mom told you to stay away from the camp ground area
19. In high school you pregamed in the parking lot, and snuck in alcohol into the water park
20. You drank faderade while going down the The River Rapids
21. You went down the V-Max so many times that your back was covered in red scrapes
22. You know that all of those painful scrapes on your back from the V-Max were completely worth the rush of riding California’s tallest speed waterslide
23. You know the worst part about the V-Max is the wedgie you got from it every time
24. You knew people who collected Coke cans to get discounted admission into the water park
25. Your little brother or sister wasn’t allowed to go on the V-max because he/she wasn’t 4 feet tall
26. Your little brother or sister may not have ever had the chance to ride the V-max
27. You cry a single tear every time you see the old slides rotting away in the empty field aside HWY 120
28. You are still hoping a wealthy businessman rebuilds the waterpark EXACTLY the way it was
Manteca Waterslides, if only you knew how much we miss you
The original ratchet, before ratchet was a thing
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