Brett N.
Yelp
Why 3 stars? Because it could use some serious updating, but still made for a day of fun.
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When we first arrived, the day started off a little rough because the parking attendant started rattling off a list of attractions that were closed. And that list was long. It included one of few things that was geared toward younger kids and that's the whole reason we came. It wasn't feasible for us to just leave and come back another day because our son would have gone into defcon 5 mode, considering how excited he was to go to the water park.
The reasons they have for these things being closed was "staffing issues." I realize that has been a problem for a lot of places recently, but I guess I just assumed Six Flags would have their stuff together and not have to shut down half the park.
We went in anyway and headed for the one thing our son could do. At first, he didn't seem impressed, but as the afternoon went along, he seemingly became more and more into it. From my perspective, the slides were really slow and everything was a bit run down, but he enjoyed himself. After a couple of hours, we were starving and planned to be done for the day so we could go eat. But when we found out that the other attraction for smaller kids had opened and that you could re-enter for free (and park for free), we decided to come back after lunch and our sons nap in the car.
In total, we were at the park a bit more than 4 hours, with about a 90 minute intermission in the middle. Our son really enjoyed himself, even though the park could use a massive face lift. Almost everything looks and feels like it was installed in 1994 and hasn't been touched since.
But, it's the closest amusement park to our house and our son seems to love it, so maybe we will come about once a year. But next time, we will probably try one of the other water parks in the Houston area.