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On 13 June 2016 (one day after the 12 June 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting), the web site This Is England published a breaking item titled BRITISH waterpark bans bikinis and DEMANDS visitors wear ‘Islamically appropriate’ clothes. The item was shared quite a bit on Facebook and Twitter, where readers were exposed only to the headline and came away with the impression that Waterworld imposed an Islam-friendly dress code on the entire park at all times. However, the item's content immediately revealed that the headline referenced a single event scheduled when the park was closed: Not only did the headline tell an entirely different story than the content, the claim wasn't even recent to its publication date of 13 June 2016. Far from being breaking news, both the header image and the content matched an article published in the tabloid Express a full year earlier. On 14 June 2015, Waterworld published a Facebook post clarifying that Muslim night was one of several events scheduled for hours after the park had closed to the general public for the day. Other such special events included clothing-optional events, male-only nights, teen nights, inclusive nights for disabled customers, and holiday events: So while it was true Waterworld listed a Muslim night for female visitors among its roster of after-hours events, it was one of at least seven events of its type (including ones that catered to nude customers and solely men). The park in no way banned bikinis nor demanded folks wear Islamically appropriate attire, and the event in question was among several private nights held at Waterworld in 2015. The recurring social media outrage mirrored a similar controversy in the U.S. over Muslim Family Day at Six Flags locations.
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