WaTiki® Indoor Waterpark Resort

Wow! What a place. My kids had a ball. We didn't eat or take advantage of the arcade, but were surprised to see everything available. The cost of the park was part of our stay at the Marriott. We will definitely be back.

Our family visits Watiki on a regular basis, and has for the last 20 years. The last few visits have been such a disappointment! Waiting in line for a tube has gotten out of hand! You wait 20 mins in line to get a tube, then are only "allowed" to ride the slide once. Meanwhile people are using the tubes for hours at a time in the lazy river. There is no rhyme or reason to the madness. When I spoke with the manager she explained "they just dont have the man power to blow up more tubes." My common sense screams "get an air compressor!" I asked if there is a regulation that restricts how many tubes are permitted per square footage of the waterpark. The manager said "I could go get 2 cases of tube and blow them up and there would still be people waiting for tubes." Guess what?? That'd still be less than the amount of people that are currently waiting for tubes. Let it be known to all, nowhere in the paperwork you sign for the waterpark, does it limit your use of the amenities. So, if you chose to go down the slide more than once, they can't MAKE you pass the tube on. That being said, be courteous and respectful of others that would like to use the tubes as well. Use the tube for 30 mins than pass it on. But this bogus nonsense they have going on right now, that you wait in line for 20 mins and get 5 mins to ride the tube, is poor management. Also, take into account if you see someone ride the slide more than once before passing on the tube, don't be upset with them. They paid for the amenity just as you did. It's not the other customers that aren't providing you of that amenity, it's the waterpark. It's the waterparks responsibility to supply the tubes, not the customers. If you went to Golden Corral and they ran out of plates for you to eat on and you had to wait 30mins for clean plates, would you be upset with the other customers eating on the plates? Or Golden Corral for their lack there of?

WaTiki® Indoor Waterpark Resort Great waterpark. Decent location. Located in the middle of the hotel areas so everyone can share. Great ideal. Even better, they don’t charge extra for using the waterpark. A lot of waterpark will charge extra. Not here. Get a hotel room and the ticket for the park is free. Warning: Come when they open. If not, you will be waiting, waiting, waiting, for a table/chair. Or RSVP online $60 for a table/chair. Your choice. It’s not a Kalahari but decent for the price. Highly recommended

Very crowded signaling its popularity with both locals and visitors. Slides are absolutely kid-friendly and great way to entertain children of all ages. Plenty of life guards posted throughout the establishment and rules are strictly enforced giving a piece of mind for partners. Strategically placed entrances further provide sense of security and ability to monitor children without having to constantly hover over them. Place has a bar & grill that is convenient but a bit pricy and an arcade room attached. Unfortunately, one of the water compositions were closed during out visit for repairs so we didn’t get to experience this par in it’s entirety, but would certainly recommend visiting the place. Staying in Home2Suits that is adjacent to the waterpark gets you free entrance tickets.

During our stay at the Home2 Suites, we were able to use the water park, which was a lot of fun and a great bonus. I did assume that all of the pools would be warm, but that wasn’t the case. Out of all the pools, only two were warm, and one is intended to be warm since it functions more like a large hot tub. That said, the heated towels were a very nice touch and definitely appreciated. Overall, we would still visit again.

We were only able to stay 1 night, and then only able to enjoy the slides for a couple of hours. It was clean, well attended, and the slides were in well working order. It was a nice and quiet Thursday night for a family to enjoy the slides. My 2 teens enjoyed everything from the starter, kiddy, slides to the toilet bowl. We are already planning a future stay for more than a single day.

WaTiki is AWESOME! Even without kids, I had a great time. I loved unwinding after a long day with a soak in the (very large) hot tub, or taking a few spins around the lazy river with a cocktail.

Holiday week, so should have expected what we experienced. Hotel was great, waterpark was ridiculously crowded and loud. We booked 3 days here and used the waterpark for about 90 minutes. Not nearly enough tubes, the lazy river was mostly people walking which was rather weird.

Just found out that our gift cards here are no longer honored. I know there's at least $100 on my gift card but apparently that's all down the drain now. (No expiration date on those cards, btw). I'm pretty sure that is illegal. Wow. You guys suck.

WaTiki® Indoor Waterpark Resort Great waterpark. Decent location. Located in the middle of the hotel areas so everyone can share. Great ideal. Even better, they don't charge extra for using the waterpark. A lot of waterpark will charge extra. Not here. Get a hotel room and the ticket for the park is free. Warning: Come when they open. If not, you will be waiting, waiting, waiting, for a table/chair. Or RSVP online $60 for a table/chair. Your choice. It's not a Kalahari but decent for the price. Highly recommended

What a genius idea to have an indoor waterpark attached to several hotels, or within walking distance of hotels. WaTiki, was it the best waterpark I'd ever been to? Nope. But it was a lot of fun. My littles really really enjoyed it. Seeing that it's indoors we weren't worrying about sunburns or inclement weather. If you're a hotel guest the prices are very affordable. We had the long leg our our road trip home the day we went to WaTiki, so we went in the morning up until lunch time. Then the kids crashed out HARD in the car on the way home. That was a genius idea on our part. As others have mentioned the locker room situation is awkward. No private showers. Strange in this day and age, especially for a place with kids/families.

So fun to have this attached to our hotel! It was so fun and my little one loved it! We spent most of our time in the lazy river and hot tub.

It was fun to be able to visit this Waterpark and relax after having seen the sights around South Dakota. The lines for the slides were pretty short and quick.

We decided to stay at an attached hotel and had no idea you had to pay extra for a pool. The hotel said absolutely nothing about it. The website doesn't even mention it. It's $30 a person to swim. It's not that big and it can get very crowded. We got here when it opened to swim with the kids and get a good spot. The food is very expensive as well. It's fun but not something we would sit and do all day.

We were just spectators.... But watching the families and kids you can see how much fun this place is..... kids are running around from one thing to the next having a blast.... It's pretty steamy inside though.... Plenty of lifeguards around... tables for parents to sit and watch.... Fun times... Connected to the hotel so it makes it easy for the families....

I went down the slides about five times very safe do recommend I stayed at the hotels. They were very nice for $90 a night.

You have to stay in the hotel to be able to go swimming in the water park. Theres weird substances on the ground and mold in places I would not recommend going.

This was a really cool place to visit with our family. They have an area for everyone! Nice little lazy river. Really fun water slides. My main complaint is that it for SO busy at one point. The locker room was overrun with kids and it was just utter chaos. I realize there isn't much to help this...but I do wish there was a smaller max capacity maybe? It seemed dangerous to have SO MANY people (mostly teens/kids) running around. Made us so nervous we left.

Fun for the family but not healthy. The chlorine is so overwhelming that I couldn't spend more than 15 minutes in that room. It gave me an upset stomach, a headache, and left my lungs and eyes burning. There has to be a way to get more fresh air exchanged through that room or possibly to use a saltwater sanitation instead of toxic levels of chlorine.

The waterpark is attached to 2 or 3 hotels and this is a very convenient setup. The kids loved the park and even the food is ok, but it was all quite expensive. They sell spectator passes for parents or anyone that would like to get in but not use the actual water features but these passes are not cheap! I think this is just greedy because these parents have to go in if they want their kids to get in. I haven't used the slides or pools, but they look fun. Also, the place is very noisy! It's hard to even have a conversation with people. The food is ok and there are tables that are separated from the actual water area, or you can have your feed at the tables near the water. It is not cheap though and for the kids, there aren't many healthy options unless they are willing to have a salad.

We have been to this indoor water park a couple times. There is a splash area and slide area for smaller children. For bigger kids and adults they have four large water slides. None of them are fast or super scary so my ten year old will go on all of them. They also have a lazy river and small pool with basket ball hoops. There are two hotels connected to the water park and we have stayed at both. Residence Inn and LaQuinta. If you want easier access to the water park, LaQuinta is directly connected. Residence Inn requires you to walk down a hall, so not at convenient. The nice thing about Residence Inn is they have suites with kitchen so you can cook meals. Both hotels sell discounted water park passes which cost $20. They will give you free spectator passes that only give access to sit in the pool area and in the hot tub. You can also buy a pass without staying at the hotel. Not sure about that cost. They have a shower and changing area in the pool locker room. This place gets very busy later in the day. I recommend getting down at 8AM and grabbing a table. By noon it is hard to find a place to sit. Overall the water park is in excellent condition, clean and tons of fun for kids. If you are vacationing in the black hills I would consider staying at one of the hotels here for a couple days to let the kids have some splash fun.

I'm back again. Enjoying my two days off. Great meeting spot for the family and winter time water park. When the kids play, grown-up area close by. Approximately four hotels connected to this attraction by way of a enclosed alley walk, key card access. I stayed at Residence Inn by Marriott. Mini suite

DO NOT RECOMMEND! Stayed at one of the hotels and had free passes for the hot tub. So glad that we had that experience so we knew it wasn't worth spending $30 bucks PER PERSON. Not even 15 minutes into our stay and our eyes watered so bad from the chlorine that we had to get out. For those that don't know, the intense chlorine smell is from the chemical reaction with URINE. The hot tub was completely full of unaccompanied children, some looking as young as 4. I have never been in a hot tub so disgusting. The entire place is geared towards children, it would have been nice to have the hot tub be child-free. The hotel did not have a regular pool, only the water park. Incredibly disappointing waste of time and money. Loud, crowded, and definitely not worth what it costs.

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smaller but they have #1 thing you want: WARM WATER and the slides they have are top notch, very well done. Sidenote: the Sliders "restaurant" is 100% U.S.D.A., blue ribbon, grade A, gold medal dog$#!t. No wonder the waterpark makes you sign a document prohibiting food from outside because a bag of Wild Bill's beef jerky is gourmet compared to this total Alpo dogfood. GARBAGE FOOD AT SLIDERS.

We've been coming here for 12 years. This place never disappoints! Very clean rooms. Dog friendly with dog park! Coffee all day! Reasonable pricing. If I had one complaint it would be they expand the menu at the restaurant. Otherwise 5 stars. Fun place.

If leaving one star was an option I would. Horrible inconsiderate children not sharing tubes leading to patient patrons with manners waiting and watching as rude teens continue to selfishly hog all the tubes for the water slides. Staff refused to encourage manners and parents of selfish children defended their classless behavior. Would not return unless basic manners and sharing were enforced. Over all very trashy selfish people filled the place.

came here thinking it would entertain the 10&11 years kids. we have been here for an hour and they are already bored. it's super small, the lazy river doesn't have much push so you have to walk around in the tube to move. we are not hotel guests so it is $20 per person. bummer it was a flop

Very fun waterpark! They also deliver food to your table and have adult drinks, which is genius marketing. We did not try the food or drinks, but they looked great! Water slides and lazy river are fun. Great family place--connected to several hotels

Children running fast Winter's chill removed by booze Indoor splash park fun Let your kids run wild after a fun day of driving across this great country with no mobile data coverage! This place is sure to make up for your terrible parenting. Don't let your children ruin your day with "why don't I have LTE, Mom?" Or "I can't connect to Netflix, Dad!" Bring them here instead! They can run off all of their nervous energy and you can go back to quieting the voices in your head with hard alcohol.

Pretty disappointing. They just had this big renovation.. the park is still run down and some of the water fountains don't even work. Biggest issue is the price. 20 dollars for anyone over the age of 3. This place is a rip off. Go to the water park in the Ramkota. The teenage life guard had such a bad attitude, I told her to just leave my child alone and not even help her in the tube. I wasn't impressed. Waters freezing cold besides the hot tub. The pizza is over priced and 3 dollar pizzas on the frozen section at the grocery store have more taste. IDK for spending over 120 dollars to swim here.. totally not worth it. Go to Hot Springs to Evans Plunge or The Ramkotas indoor water park.

The place was empty because of Covid-19 and that was the best part. There was no waiting anywhere and the social distancing was EASY. The place was a bit untidy, but so far, no waterborne diseases to speak of for our swimmers. If you are thinking about getting a Starbucks Coffee while you are there, don't. You will regret it. The water is nice and warm which is comfortable yet scary at the same time. The building did smell of pool chemicals so I think it is pretty safe. These types of places always make you wonder though. My kid didn't ask to go to the bathroom at all the whole 4 hours we were there. Suspicious.

Really Fun spot! Stayed 3 nights and had a blast!! Kari was our server from sliders, the bar attached to the Waterpark, absolutely great service & Very Reasonable Prices. Highly recommended.

This reminded me of the old key lime cove in Illinois. It is very small inside and geared more towards small kids. There are two bigger slides and one of those toilet bowl slides. The little kids area is a zoo. There was only one life guard on duty by the bigger slides and bigger kids taking over the kid area. The lazy river wasn't lazy. Again with no supervision, it was a free for all. The hot tub was free for observers but was jammed packed. This is connected to our hotel and La Quinta. It said 650 capacity but I don't think anyone was checking. My daughter wanted to go after a half hour. Clearly not worth the rate.

This place is awesome for Rapid City. As a new resident, I wasn't expecting to be able to swim in the middle of winter. Awesome features include the lazy river, hot tub, play area with water slides for kids and big water slides for older kids and adults. The temperature stays in the 80s and is perfect for cold winter day. A couple of things I noticed in the reviews that I thought I'd address. Many people complained about no lifeguards. This is true with exception of one standing at bottom of main-big slides. While I was initially disappointed in this, as I have very high expectations considering the Great Wolf Lodge in Colorado Springs, I realized it is basically a compromise on price. If you get your tickets with the hotel, they are a measly $9.99 for all day, regardless of age. compare this to the Great Wolf Lodge, where a weekday pass can run upwards to $35 a person to a weekend pass upwards to $100 per person regardless of age. It is very clear when you buy the tickets that you must watch over your kiddos. This isn't a place where you can just let your kiddos go and let someone else watch them. Knowing this as an expectation, I believe some of the reviewers would've 1) not purchased a ticket or 2) had a better experience knowing what to actually expect. For all that's included in the price, you can't beat it. My kids loved the lazy river and hot tub. We will definitely be back as a family, and I'm considering buying season passes.

We stayed at the Residence Inn and the tickets were $17.99 through our hotel for the day. Not horrible. We swam two days. Towels always available. Clean bathroom/locker rooms. Drinks and food available to purchase. Allot of seating available but it fills up fast. The toilet bowl slide was the best! Tubes always available. Lazy river was nice to relax. Hot tub was hot lol overall it's a nice indoor waterpark and worth the stay for the kids.

On a family road trip from Oregon to Minnesota, we planned a stop here based on reviews of this water park. I have to say that it was awesome. Unfortunately I don't plan in being in the area in the foreseeable future, but if I ever travel near this area again, I will definitely return back. My family and I had an enjoyable time, spending approximately 5 hours here. We also ordered pizza from the in-house restaurant, and it was tasty as well. Highly recommend this place if you are considering going here.

We have been here several times and always enjoy it. Lots to keep the kids entertained. Also great to be able to order food and adult beverages.

My children have waited all month to swim here and the water is freezing cold. The hot tub is roped off. The life guards... What are they? The 2 that I assume are life guards keep hanging out in the employee area. We ordered food ( they USED to have a great menu and good service) and the only real options are pizza, calzone, burgers and nachos with choice of steak or ground meat. The children ordered a sausage pizza and my son kept saying there was hard stuff in the meat. My steak nachos came out drenched in canned cheese with a sprinkling of shredded cheese, some black olives and jalapeños with some cold steak tossed on top. I had to go in to ask for the salsa and sour cream it was supped to come with. I have seriously had better nachos at the movie theater. We won't be wasting our time and money coming here again.

The kids had fun but I was not impressed by the lack of lifeguards. There were no lifeguards on the ground by the splash area and one one guy watching both the bottom of the big slides and the lazy river. Watching both meant he had his back to one of the attractions he was supposed to be looking and and he couldn't see the entire river from where he was standing. One person was standing in the doorway of the lifeguard office for the pool area with the basketball hoops but he was talking to someone for the majority of the time my child was in the water. There were some lifeguards at the top of the slide but it doesn't make up for the fact that there were only two on the ground. We have been to water parks and Wisconsin dells and I've never felt so appalled by the lack of guards. The only thing I can think is that South Dakota doesn't have stricter laws with water parks but that doesn't excuse this in my opinion. Do better.

We stayed at the Laquinta. Thursday night the hotel was quieter and we had a nice sleep in comfy beds. When the weekend comes, expect noise. There's a lot more people and they hallways are loud with a lot of knocking on doors. Although the water park area was very busy, the kids had a lot of fun. Because of there being so many people, it is hard to keep track of your kids. There was a moment where I looked and looked but could not locate one of my children. I finally told a male staff member and he was calm and informed me we would find her. He started actively looking and also notified staff. We did find her, she had gone down the "toilet slide " a few times so we couldn't see her. But I was thankful for his caring but yet calm demeanor. It is nice to have food options right near by but be aware that, since adult beverages are served, a lot of parents aren't watching their kiddos. Overall a good experience and I would recommend.

This was a good fun way to spend the day, indoors and close to the city. The park: While not new, it did have rides appropriate for all ages. The water temp was good so there was no cold water shock getting in. Some people complained about the chlorine smell, but I'd rather have a little too much than too little. The staff: They were just helpful enough for four stars. The lifeguards did seem a little overwhelmed with the large crowd in the afternoon. This is a solid in-town choice if you need a break from driving to all the other attractions around Rapid City.

Disgusting hellscape. Dirty and loud with crappy food. Do not recommend. Do not come here for a good time. You will not find it.

Kids had a blast. It's a little pricey but not too much. We've always passed this bye while traveling but this time we made it a point to stop. Perfect for taking a break from long road trips. Not too crowded even though it's was just days before the 4th of July. Any line for slides moved quickly. All in all a lot of fun and will stop at again.

My 4 and 7 year olds loved this place! When we went it wasn't crowded, everyone was mindful of one another and we had no problems whatsoever. It was however a shame that we had to leave about an hour before the closing time due to lighting. Be aware, if there's lighting the place has to close due to safety concerns. Also, be aware that the water is heavily chlorinated, but they do offer showers for rinsing off. Overall, I can see us going back.

It's fun and worth the money for the kids. Be careful though. Slick areas on the stairs of the play area for kids. My daughter fell and got huge road rash. There was a first aid station, where they bandages her up. No incident report and no inspection of where she fell though.

This is awesome indoor water park. The slides and attractions are neat, it's in a great location and the kids will love it. On the flip side the staff is horrible and you and your child's safety is no concern to them. The place is a ripe off charging $20 a person, even for kids. Not to mention if you need a locker it'll cost you an additional $5. Lastly they have this weird communal unisex changing area that was just odd and uncomfortable to use. Bottom line, if you are going there wear your swim suits in, don't take anything of value that needs to be locked up and expect the teenage staff to treat you like crap. Oh did I forget shell out a bunch of cash?

Please read fine print of Waterpark. They are CLOSED. we traveled 500 miles to go to water park, and they were closed. They do not indicate this clearly on the first page of there website. You have to go under hors of operation to find it.My kids were very disappointed. I believe this should be the first thing that is indicated when you pull up there website. Got a coupon to go to the arcade and grill. Hours stated they were open till 11pm. We got there at 8:45 and they stated that they were sorry, they were closing early because the water park was closed. Horrible spring break for my kids.

The lady at the counter taking tickets in the arcade was rude , acted like it was an inconvenience waiting on kids to choose their toys . Maybe find someone with more people skills to work in a family friendly environment

So aweful. Overcrowded. No limits of how many can be in there. Wall to wall people in the hot tub and the lines for the slides. Also coming into the park you walk thru the middle tracking in dirt amongst the water gor the kids splash area.

If you want to swim in E. coli infested waters this place is for you. My wife and I wanted to enjoy a relaxing dip in a hot tub after a wonderful day traveling in the Black Hills, but when we saw several mothers with their diaper clad infants in the hot tub we could only imagine the bacteria floating around.

The overcrowding is ridiculous. We spent $82 to get five of us in and weren't able to have a table or even chairs. We had to stack our stuff up against the wall, underneath the stairs because there was not another open place to keep our things. They didn't have enough tubes to even come close to keeping up with the demand. They need to set a capacity and stick to it to make sure that people can be relatively comfortable after they pay the high price to get in. They need to add seating and lockers.

We stayed at a hotel attached to the Waterpark which offered a discounted rate for Waterpark passes and complimentary spectator passes. Had our hotel not offered this, we would not have been back. The good: Lots to do as the park has plenty of "attractions" from slides to a small lazy river. The bad: Lack. Of. Lifeguards. WOW. My husband worked in a similar hotel Waterpark as a lifeguard several years ago and we were appalled by the lack of attention the lifeguards on duty had. We went to the Waterpark 3 nights in a row. The large slides had a lifeguard at the top and one at the bottom. No lifeguards are the smaller slides attached to the play area, which I observed the slides at the play area had several kids going down right after another. Although these slides are smaller, there definitely should be a guard at the top monitoring when a child comes out and then allowing the next child to go. At the bottom of the large slides, the guard seemed to be more focused on stacking up the tubes than paying attention to the people coming out of the slides. At one point, while waiting for my son to come down a slide, I personally had to get the attention of the lifeguard (who was busy stacking up slide tubes) as a little girl was struggling to swim to the stairs. If you do not have a strong swimmer, heck, even if your kid is an expert, know that you will need to monitor them as the staff sure won't. The hot tub is lukewarm and is overrun by children of all ages. There is not a lifeguard posted near the hot tub area so if you're looking to relax, look elsewhere, as the posted hot tub rules are not enforced. Overall very disappointed with this Waterpark and primarily all due to the lack of Lifeguards. I hope that management will look into this before something terrible happens.

It literally hurts me to leave a two star review because I wanted to love this place so badly. We wanted to have a family fun day so my husband and I took our 15 month old here for swimming and playing. The place wasn't overly packed. CONS- -The changing rooms were FILTHY! There were dirty diapers and sanity pads in the corner of the changing rooms. -The water wasn't warm at all. It was lukewarm at best. -my biggest problem was that there was NO SAFETY. In the children's are where the slides are kids were sitting in the end of the slides playing and kept getting kicked by people going down. My little son whom we stood right next to kept getting knocked into by older kids that had no supervision. We saw a few workers walking around, but their faces were buried in their cellphones and they were paying absolutely no attention to what was happening. -whatever chemicals they use in the water set my skin on fire. I was red and itchy and burning by the time we left. PROS: -the arcade when you first enter looked pretty cool. -it has a hot tub ( but it was packed the entire time) -towels are provided -you do have food options in the facility Overall I wouldn't come back here. Which sucks because I wanted to love it. We paid 35$ for entry tickets and 18$ for a rental locker to put our bag and dry clothes in. We spent a little over $50 and only stayed for MAX 30 minutes because the place was gross. I wish I would have taken pictures to attach. Go here with caution.

Nice place to visit and stay with amazing hotel by Marriott the kids very fan and it's save bless

Wasn't sure what to expect based on the reviews. It was a cold Sunday and they were running a BOGO Special so I took my 16 and 6 year olds. It was small but seemed clean! The kids enjoyed themselves and the water was warm!

If you have kids, this place is an absolute must. It's small but has everything you need. There is a hot tub, water slides, a lazy river, an obstacle course in a larger pool that has two basketball hoops on the side and a children's play area with a bucket that dumps water out after it fills up. There are two changing rooms and a bar/restaurant upstairs. Wonderful!

Update: I'll never go to this place again. I usually go to this park during the holidays. This time my children were bullied. When I told all children to leave each other alone, I thought the situation was handled. So five children team up against my one child. Eventually, the white trash mom comes at me yelling about my child having a problem with her children. She then tells me she will call her homies, to which I was happy. So I let the management know I'll be outside and if a fight happens, they might want to call the cops. Waited for 30 minutes but no homies showed up. So don't go there unless you want your kids to be messed with by locals and then threatened by white trash.