Samantha V.
Yelp
This review is based on a one-time experience, but we had a good time.
One tip - stay at a hotel that gives free tickets to this place. Well worth it. I am not sure how much this cost, but I sure am glad it was free for me!
Surprisingly enough, we went on a rather hot day at the end of July and it wasn't inordinately packed. There were a lot of people, but we didn't wait any longer than 10 minutes to get on any slides EXCEPT for Black Thunder, which was really awesome and, in my opinion, worth the wait. I went on this one last, and was grateful because by the time I got through the line and through the thrill itself, I was ready to pass out.
The only complaint I have about this place is that they don't have tube rentals, it's pretty much a free-for-all on tubes and they are really strict on where to get the tubes. You can't take tubes out of the lazy river to go to the wave pool and vice versa. And they will really get on you to enforce this rule.
At the start of our day it was difficult to get a tube to go on the rides. Some of the rides are body slides that don't require a tube, some of the rides have the big, multi-person rafts, but a good majority of the rides require a single or double tube and you have to fight people in the lazy river to get the tubes, they don't just have the tubes available at each ride, which I thought was rather ludicrous.
Luckily, at a certain point, people began leaving and there were more tubes available later in the day.
One thing I noticed, which I don't have an opinion on, but it was just a curious thing that all the employees here were from different countries. I guess the problem with this was that whenever I asked a question I would kinda get a blank stare and a shrug.
As closing time approached, we made our way to leave. Unfortunately my car wouldn't start! We informed the staff and they helped guide the roadside assistance guy to us when he made it there.
Overall it was a fun experience, if a little frustrating at points.