Water Park
Water parks have exploded in popularity. There are a fun and adventurous way to spend time with friends and family. Here’s a list of top 15 water parks to get wet this summer. Go, on have a blast!
1. Wilderness Territory Water Park Resort at Wisconsin Dells
The most popular ride in Wilderness Territory is the Hurricane. Riders experience the eye of the storm as they rapidly descend through a four-story funnel.
2. Kalahari Resort, Sandusky, Ohio
The highlight is the Swahili Swirl. In a four-person inner tube, you’ll be ejected from a steep tube slide into a 60-foot-diameter bowl; it’s a dizzying three times around before you’re sucked down the drain and dropped into a 50-foot-long landing pool.
3. Geauga Lake’s Wildwater Kingdom, Geauga Lake, Ohio
Everyone’s favorite here is the 60-foot-tall, 253-foot-long Liquid Lightning tornado slide that launches you—at speeds of up to 24 mph—from a tube slide into a giant funnel, before spitting you into the calm waters of the finishing pool.
4. Aquatica by SeaWorld, Orlando
A must experience! The key feature here is the Dolphin Plunge, 250 feet of clear underwater tubes that plunge riders into a lagoon populated by charismatic black-and-white Commerson’s dolphins.
5. Daytona Lagoon, Daytona Beach, Florida
Kids and Adults will like the Blackbeard’s Revenge. After you climb the 62-foot tower and mount an inner tube, you’ll take a 15 mph, six-story tumble down a twisting, pitch-black tunnel slide.
6. Splash Island at Cypress Gardens, Winter Haven, Florida
Enjoy the splashing waters of the towering Tikki Head—basically a massive, dressed-up bucket—dumps more than 300 gallons of water over bathers every few minutes.
7. Water World, Denver
Hop onto the inner tubes and take journey into the dark—where you’ll be confronted by large, animatronic dinosaurs, including a 15-foot T. rex.
8. Gulf Islands Water Park, Gulfport, Miss.
The most popular ride here is the Horn Island Blaster water roller coaster.
9. Water Park of America, Bloomington, Minn.
The key highlight is its mile-long indoor Whitewater Family Raft Ride, which propels riders over a river suspended 10 stories above the cars and trucks zipping along Interstate 494.
10. Splish Splash, Long Island, N.Y.
The most popular offerings pitch you into darkness to up the thrill factor: Dragon’s Den, Barrier Reef, Hollywood Stunt Driver, and the super popular Alien Invasion.
11. Mountain Creek Water Park, Vernon, N.J.
Vertigo, a fully enclosed water coaster, cannons riders around tight curves in total darkness.
12. Raging Waters, San Jose, Calif.
Key attractions here are the winding, 60-foot-long Blue Thunder/White Lightning tunnel slide, and the newest attention-grabber, Dragon’s Den.
13. Wet ‘n Wild Emerald Pointe, Greensboro, N.C.
Wet ‘n’ Wild is well-known for its speed chutes like Daredevil Drop, with a hair-raising 76-foot plunge, and Double Barrel Blast.
14. Splashtown Water park San Antonio
Splashtown features more than 50 rides and attractions, from simple wave pools to true screamers, such as the five-story Hydras tube-slide tower.
15. Six Flags White Water, Atlanta
The signature ride is the Tornado, an intense four-person inner-tube nosedive of greater than 50 vertical feet—all while 5,000 gallons of water swirls around you.
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