A member of the pool staff tests the water slides at the opening of the long awaited amusement at the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville on Thursday.

Amanda Shirley, 18, gets first ride on the blue water slide as the long awaited water slides opened at the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville on Thursday.

Quinn Morris, 8, gets first dibs on the yellow water slide at the opening of the long awaited slides at the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville on Thursday.

A line winds up the three stories of stairs to the top of the long awaited water slides at the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville on Thursday.

Lori Wing, morning pool manager, checks the height of Joslin Dixon, 7, before she can try out the newly installed water slides at the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville on Thursday.

A member of the pool staff tests the water slides at the opening of the long awaited water slides at the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville on Thursday.

Ethan Nurick, a member of the Alfond Municipal Pool staff, tests the long awaited water slides at the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville on Thursday.

Pool staff check out the runout of the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville on Thursday.