A new waterpark, aimed at the kids market and based on Italian theme park Gardaland’s mascot Prezzemolo, has opened at the Merlin Entertainments-owned Gardaland resort in Verona.

Visitors enter Prezzemolo Land through its medieval castle setting, which includes wet slides, water cannons and tipping buckets before moving on to an area which features a number of themed towers, trampolines and slides.

Among the various areas there is the Colour Palettes – an activity area themed around art which includes a bridge, climbing ropes and two towers; The Catapult, which includes a variety of games, shaking tunnel ropes and a slide; The Flying Machine – another fort with ‘rotor blades’ at its top; and the Planetarium – a space-themed hill with an ‘observatory’ on top for children to explore and then slide down.

“The idea of a new attraction originates from a competition launched last summer – a survey among our keenest fans to let them have their say regarding new ideas,” said Aldo Maria Vigevani, Gardaland CEO.

The Prezzemolo brand, according to Vigevani is popular with Italy’s under-12 market, hence the reasoning behind the branding of the waterpark.