Went to Aquatica yesterday morning and it seems work on the new slide will commence soon (if it has not already). The gravel lot for employee parking has a sign that it is closed for employees as it is is now being used for the construction company, there was a also a sign for the company, which is DPR construction. I could not see much in the gravel lot, there was a huge container there, but I did see a section of slide lying there, it was an enclosed tube, so most likely the slide will be the proslide superloop (
http://www.proslide.com/ride/superloop/). I also noticed that there were construction walls around the area to the right of the wave pools, so the area between the wave pools and the playground for little kids (Kata’s Kookaburra Cove), I know there is a building there they use for first aid and some cabanas, so perhaps part of that will be sacrificed for the new slide. Opening date should be spring 2014.