Looping saucer amusement attraction and method for making the same

A method for providing a waterslide feature comprising:

• providing an entrance configured to receive a rider;
• providing an exit configured to discharge the rider;
• providing a ride surface that extends between the entrance and exit;
• providing an exterior wall defining an exterior perimeter of the waterslide feature;
• providing an interior surface having an interior wall defining an interior perimeter from the entrance to an exit and an elevated surface extending between portions of the interior wall to enclose a space between the portions of the interior wall;
• and
• wherein the ride surface is configured to support and cause the rider to travel in a looping travel path from the entrance to the exit, and
• wherein the ride surface between the exterior perimeter and interior surface defines a ride path of variable width from the entrance to the exit, the variable width is created by the portion of the outer perimeter defining a portion of an exterior ovoid having an exterior major axis and exterior minor axis and the interior surface defining a portion of an interior ovoid having an interior major axis and interior minor axis and the exterior major axis of the exterior ovoid are rotationally offset with the interior major axis of the interior ovoid.