were in the city of Garland and the city of The Colony, both in Texas. The third park was located in the South Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. Busch sees his parks as a "mission field." The parks are often used for baptisms and other religious activities, and Busch says there were "more than 2,000 baptisms in our lazy rivers and wavepools" in 2011 alone. The parks often feature Christian concerts and events, such as "Modesty Matters" in 2013. Hawaiian Falls employee program is called "Connections." According to Rawd B. Jones, whose company Pure Group, administers Connections, the program includes after hours Bible study and church services, as well as training on how to bring the gospel to guests. Locations Current Former All four of the former parks are currently operating with different owners and park names. Hawaiian Falls Garland Hawaiian Falls Garland (Also known as Hawaiian Falls Firewheel) was the first park in for the chain and officially opened on May 24, 2003, in Garland, Texas. The waterpark sits on roughly adjacent to the Spring Creek Forest Preserve and is visible from the George Bush turnpike, which broke ground on December 18, 2002. It consists of fifteen attractions: 11 water slides, a lazy river, an interactive water tree-house, a wave pool, and an activity pool, as well as a few food stands. The park was built for roughly $5.5 million in a public-private partnership between the city of Garland and Hawaiian Falls. In 2006 Hawaiian Falls Garland was purchased by CNL Lifestyle Properties for $6,305,000. CNL leased back the park to Horizon Family Holdings, which operated the park until ProParks Management Company took over the lease in May 2018. EPR Properties acquired the property from CNL in 2017. Slides The Torpedo has two speed slides coming off a four-story tower. Riders become “human torpedoes” and race down the slides at speeds up to 40 mph. Opened in 2010. Waikiki Beach is a family wavepool that only goes to a depth of . Opened in 2007. The Flyin' Hawaiian is a yellow, -tall single-rider body slide that features a series of small humps. Opened in 2003. The Waikiki Wipeout is a yellow, -tall body slide that features one giant drop. Opened in 2003. Pipeline has two twisting, turning inner-tube slides for one or two riders from a high tower. One slide is enclosed, the other half and half. The enclosed