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The slides were fun, the park was clean. They need more lockers throughout the park and covered rest areas and seating. I can’t wait for the season to start again.
Great place to take the crew or just the two of you! There's lots to do from the wave pool, kid area that's cool enough for adults (my favorite area) a bunch of slides from baby slides to huge group slides! You can slide by yourself, with a friend or a whole group depending on which slide you choose.
My favorite thing to do was the lazy river ride! You just grab a tube and start floating. The current will move you around and you can go around as many times as you want. You don't even need a tube you can just float. I could have done that for hours.
When the wave pool gets going the waves get pretty crazy and it's a lot of fun. It turned out to be the kids favorite thing!
There's a 42", 48", 54" (inch) height requirement to go on the slides. I recommend getting water shoes (although some slides don't let you wear them) or flip flops for going from ride to ride.
You aren't allowed to bring food or coolers in the park. They do a minor bag check and will turn you away (back to your car) if you have a cooler. However, they allow you to re-enter and even have a picnic area by the parking lot for ppl who want to bring their own food. I have dietary restrictions so we choose to bring a cooler and eat in the car. You will have to wait in line to get scanned back in but you can by-pass the bag check if you leave your bag in a locker or just at a chair in the park. There lots of chairs to sit in or leave your stuff at but put your valuables in a locker. There's also cabanas you can rent and they do birthdays!
If you choose to eat in the park you will pay more for it (like anywhere). For hot food they have chicken tenders and fries, pizza. They sell whole pizzas I think they were about $30, single slice was $7.25, I think? They had a chicken caesar salad I think it was about $12. Uncrustables, yogurt parfait and some other snacks were about $7.25 a piece. This is all in the cafeteria area in the back of the park. The food is cafeteria quality in my opinion. There were more options than I listed but not much more. I opted for my homemade sandwich.
One place that is absolutely worth the money is the white dessert shack! The pineapple dole whip was so good I could have eaten 2 in a row even tho they were $6.25 they were worth it! They also had mango dole whip and vanilla, chocolate, or swirl soft serve. The sundaes where definitely impressive too. I can't see any kid or adult not wanting one of those! They also had churros. There was a dippin dots stand ($7.25), 40 below Joe which is Dippin dots but coffee, yes coffe. They had a bar, beer garden, free refillable water and ice stations. Changing rooms, showers and a small shop. The shop mostly had Roxy brand stuff in it. I got a super cute sea turtle ring for $20. They had flip flops, goggles, waterproof phone cases for $20-$30. I highly suggest getting one from Amazon before you go. You will want to video!!!
There really wasn't any souvenirs or anything like that to buy. They had a towel and one plain white shirt that said Wild Rivers. Also you will want to add you card to your wristband if given the chance at check out. It's much more convenient as it's a cashless business. We got our tickets on groupon so we didnt have the option to load our card at checkout. You might be able to do it at the park as well. You will be asked to return your wristband as you leave.
As far as parking is concerned it's $20 ($5 cheaper) if you buy parking a head of time of their website. We got there early before they opened and there was no line to get in but about 15 mins later the line was down the street. They had 2 rows of disability parking Maybe 20 spots by where we parked. There might be more on the other side as well. If you brought your own food want to eat at the picnic area you'll want to drive to the far side of the parking lot. The right side if you're facing the building. To the right of the entrance. They do ask that ppl limit their picnic time to 30 mins if ppl are waiting and it's the same inside the park. There's a large table and bench area outside the cafeteria.
Daughter and I had a blast. It’s a bit rough standing in line in the shade with a breeze and it’s low 70’s out. We had so much fun it didn’t bother us much. Rides were epic! The boomerang was a blast, everyone in line was cheering each other on, great crowd. The food was so expensive along with renting the locker to store our phones and gear.
Granted it’s like that at any theme park but good god let’s make these places affordable for the 80% out there that don’t have much money. Would definitely recommend regardless and will go again if the opportunity arises.
We had a good time and loved all the rides! There's a kids' area, which is really cute, and there are plenty of seats for parents. The waiting line for each ride was really long, though, on a weekday. I would recommend going there as early as possible and avoiding weekends.
Food options are limited and not so good!
The slides were really fun, but very slow to load people and send them off. One attendant per two slides going every other made the lines long. The server at the grill was super nice but he was clearly overworked and the food came out too slow. The bartender seemed annoyed that we ordered drinks from him. Curious approach for someone who flips a screen for a tip... Quick service for food was actually quick and the whole pizza was decent and a good portion for the price ($30). The Grill food wasn't worth the wait.
Here's some advice that you don't need to hire a McKinsey consultant for: get people in and out of the slides and the adults will go buy alcohol. Faster service and they'll order more drinks, at almost $20 a pop! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The whole facility was nice, but lacking some shade. It wasn't excessively crowded, given that we came at the end of the season (but we still paid full price for tickets with the slides working at 1/2 capacity).
