Against the backdrop of the Illinois State Fair kickoff party, the Giant Slide will be open for business Saturday. It's the first time the yellow slide ... he uses a Pepsi water mixture to ...

(WWLP) – The third annual “Sip & Slide” FUNd-raiser hosted by Eastern States Exposition Foundation is scheduled for August 31st. The event features the giant yellow slide on The Big E Fairgr ...

Modifications were made on the Belle Isle state park slide in an attempt to make the ride less treacherous. AP DETROIT — A giant slide in ... sprayed water and advised riders to lean forward ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Large crowds of people showed up to the Giant Slide in Detroit ... minor changes were made to the slide to control speed that included adding water. Michigan's Department of ...

"Like Boblo, Edgewater, Giant Slide.” Surrounded by her grandkids, Cesentina Groce is at Belle Isle often. “We're out here every week," Groce said. "I just love it, being by the water.” ...

such as applying water to the slide. A video with instructions on how to ride the slide is now posted on the state's official Belle Isle Park Facebook page. The Giant Slide, which had been closed ...

DETROIT -- Officials at Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan, said changes have been made to the park's Giant Slide ... started to spray a little water on the slide between rides to help control ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Eager riders once again lined up and donned burlap sacks Friday morning at the second reopening of the Giant Slide on Belle Isle in Detroit ...

Thousands of sliders, as soon as some improvements are made to the island park's iconic giant slide ... apply wax at the top of the slide to speed riders up, or water to slow the ride down ...

Detroit — The historic giant slide at Belle Isle is expected ... we have scrubbed down the surface and started to spray a little water on the slide between rides to help control the speed.