--- title: "New Providence" description: "The Nassau and Paradise Island area has a distinctive history of combining resort architecture with aquatic entertainment.The story behind the day outParadise Island’s expanding waterscapeAtlantis opened in 1994 with a waterscape of pools, waterfalls, a lazy river and marine exhibits. Aquaventure formed part of a major 2007 expansion. The two milestones explain the layered history of the resort: its original water environments and the later development are connected, but they are not the same opening. The attraction’s lost-city setting made water part of the resort’s narrative from an early stage.Sources & further readingAtlantis Paradise Island · Resort historyHistorical sources checked 25 October 2026." canonical_url: "https://thmprk.com/region/new-providence/" markdown_url: "https://thmprk.com/region/new-providence/index.md" language: "en-US" content_type: "taxonomy_archive" taxonomy: "job_listing_region" term_id: 260 page: 1 --- # New Providence The Nassau and Paradise Island area has a distinctive history of combining resort architecture with aquatic entertainment. The story behind the day out ## Paradise Island’s expanding waterscape Atlantis opened in 1994 with a waterscape of pools, waterfalls, a lazy river and marine exhibits. Aquaventure formed part of a major 2007 expansion. The two milestones explain the layered history of the resort: its original water environments and the later development are connected, but they are not the same opening. The attraction’s lost-city setting made water part of the resort’s narrative from an early stage. ### Sources & further reading - [Atlantis Paradise Island · Resort history]() Historical sources checked 25 October 2026. 1 published places. Page 1 of 1. - [Aquaventure at Atlantis Paradise Island]() · [Markdown](); location: Paradise Island, New Providence, Bahamas. Canonical source: https://thmprk.com/region/new-providence/