The Verrückt water slide at Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kansas, is officially open for business.
Before park visitors go down the slide, they'll have to go up: 264 stairs to a platform higher than the Statue of Liberty and Niagara Falls.
Image: In this photo taken with the fisheye lens, riders go down the world's tallest water slide called "Verruckt" at Schlitterbahn Waterpark, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Kansas City, Kan.IMAGE: CHARLIE RIEDEL/ASSOCIATED PRESS
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