Haley K.
Yelp
It has been awhile since I reviewed NRH20 and so I figured it was time for an update. I still prefer this water park to the one in Arlington.
We used to have passes, but let them go after the 2019 season. We just didn't go often enough to warrant the passes and after 2020 they cut the Friday night movies and fire works. They are attempting to try something new this year with a drone show on 7/22/23 but so far it's a one time try out after the success of the 4th of July drone show the City of NRH had.
Pricing hack: They offer city resident discounts, though depending on the employees the city resident needs to come in your group. So find a friend who lives in or works for the city and pay a more reasonable price at the gate. Otherwise buy tickets online for cheeper price. As well some of the local libraries will get NRH20 tickets for kids for summer reading incentives. So check out the local libraries and get your kiddos reading. Adults don't qualify for the free tickets at our library, but my kids earned them which helped save us $, so worth it!
You can bring in your own food & drink within reason. No glass for obvious reasons, and if your going to bring something like pizza or fast food, you need to take it out of the packaging & put it in zip lock containers. So honestly your best bet is chips, fruit, veggies, lunchables, etc in your cooler! If you want to splurge plan around $10 per person for a Dippin dots.
Food in the park is over priced for what it is. Around $13-$14 for the various burgers I saw at the stand we walked by going to the lazy River. I couldn't tell if it came with fries or a drink. Which that used to be about as much as I paid for a meal when we first started coming here with my oldest. With that at least they allow for outside food and drink which other places don't, so your not being forced into feeling the need to pay those prices.
Yes, there are ride closers, but I'm willing to miss out and on a slide or two if it means folks are safe on them. The wave pool, lazy River, etc has always been open when we've gone and those are a bit more my youngest kiddos speed.