What do you or don't you like about water parks?

wearing a bathing suit for starters… but the thought of so many icky kids in standing(ish) water is pretty gross!!!

I love water parks. We actually went to the pool this afternoon. If there was a water park nearby, we would be at it. I honestly don’t notice most other people, instead I focus on my son and enjoying myself.

The price.

I don’t like water parks because of the employees on the rides. I was going up the steps to the top of a water slide and I was told by an employee that I had to go down the line and introduce myself to everyone if I wanted to go on the ride.

Too many people breathing the same air and way too much chance of other people’s pee. I refuse to get into water that is open to the general public. Unless it is one of the Great Lakes. Waiting in line, screaming brats, and always there will be those who want to jump in front of you.

The rude and inconsiderate crowds, the excessive noise and the astronomical prices. At Oceans of Fun in Kansas City, which is the only true ‘water park’ near my home, a regular ticket will set you back between $40.99 and $55.99 each and twilight prices are around $25 per head. That makes the total cost of a day at the park, for a family of four $163.06 plus the cost of food, drinks and gas nearly $200. Who the hell has $150—$250 just to take a family of four swimming for the day?

Not me.

Oh, I forgot about the massive stench of cholrine. BLeh! XP

As a teen, we had a blast ‘mud-sliding.’ It required running partway down a hill that had a gentle V where a heavy rain would flow, then throwing yourself down and slide the rest of the way. The cost? = nothing. The memories? = priceless.

I like the free ones at hotels. They come with the price of the room. Not as many folks, and not as used either. My neices and nephews are always up to having fun with me if we are there together. Other than that I don’t go. Too much moola.

I just like the slide. Especially if it’s over 100 ft. high.

@py_sue Um, what??? Why? That seems so… weird… Was it maybe a prank or something?

I hate the dirtiness, the lines, the screaming kids, the price, pretty much everything except the wave pool. The wave pool I like.

@papayalily I don’t know. I saw that a couple other employees that made other people do stuff like that.

I like the water parks just fine from the side lines holding a cold one

It’s the group enema that is a water slide that I can’t stomach.

I don’t like the idea of hundreds of sweaty bodies sharing the same piss filled pool of water.
It really disgusts me.

Oh, and athlete’s foot. I’m sure you can easily get some kind of foot fungus at a water park.

I love the idea of water parks. The wave pool and slides are my favorite.

The reality, sadly, is more in line with what’s been described above.

I haven’t been to a water park since I was a kid, and I loved it back then. I don’t know how I’d like it now. The crowds would bother me, and probably the behavior of kids whose parents were ignoring them and letting them get away with whatever they want.

We do make an hour-long drive to a very cool sprinkler park once each summer. It’s part of a larger attraction, so the cost is somewhat ridiculous (I think $15 per person regardless of age). The sprinkler playground area is just cool, with huge sprinklers and waterfalls for kids to play in. It has “zero depth,” meaning the water from the sprinklers is drained away. Everyone has to wear sandals or water shoes of some kind, and it’s the kind of place where kids can play for hours and not get bored. There’s also a hiking trail featuring life-size dinosaur statues and a lake with a volcano that “erupts” every hour. We go during the week, and it’s usually not crowded. It’s easy to keep track of your kids while they play, and very clean. I think after being used to the sprinkler park, an actual water park might stress me out too much.

Like-
Water
Being cool
Lazy River

Hate-
Paying 50 bucks to get in- then buying food etc
Indoor parks echo all the screaming kids
Swimsuits
Knowing the layers of DNA flowing through the water.
Dealing with screaming children, ‘cool’ teenagers and parents that don’t give two shits what their kids are doing
Parking
Getting back into the car wet or worse trying to change in the little stalls.

Lakes always beat out water parks for me. I get to float with the ducks, enjoy the quiet and possibly go fishing later. Plus, bratwurst cooked on an open fire always beats a corndog.

And if you think water parks may be unsanitary, let me tell you about how hotel room hot tubs work….

Go watch South Park’s water park episode, that’s will explains why I don’t like water park.