Kiddie side is perfect, concessions are way overpriced, a lot of slides were closed, a few slides hurt your back, wave pool is average, they are strict about no shirts or shorts on slide which I think is ridiculous. I understand no jeans or outerwear that has buckles, buttons etc but I had a fitted tank top to hide my new mummy pouch and they refused to let me slide. ... so I guess for me this place is terrible... for my youngsters they loved it.
It was great, wish more rides were open. Hope the other rides open soon. Keep up the great work.Thank You
only thing opened is Wave Pool and Kids Area-- last time there it was in terrible shape. They wont say when or if slides will reopen
NEW phone numbers and news as of this moment: 352-877-2267 is for the Water Park and 352-261-5840 is for the Silver Springs Management Company that won the contract to manage the Wild Waters section as well as the State Park. Currently NO Season Passes are being sold yet - this will be decided in the next couple of weeks I am told - because only the Children's area and the Wave Pool are currently up and running. The slides are still being worked on and there is positive hope they can all be repaired. The current fees are for day entrance only: $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children. The main concession stand I am told is being feverishly worked on to get better quality and service as was once there. More should be revealed in the next week or so, but until then Day Entrance is available for what I have already described as the limited amenities and therefore No Season Passes are yet available because they do not know what they will actually end up having open as far as slides and also because the season is obviously starting later than usual. Good luck!!!
This waterpark is closed and should be removed from the list. I was planning on taking my kids today and got as far as Target to buy towels (we are stuck in Ocala bc of car trouble on the way home from Disney). I happened to mention to the cashier that we were going to the waterpark and she said it was closed. I see now that the previous person reviewed and said it was closed,but I didn't read the reviews before we set out.
Had a great time use it every year family loves To go there. Take food with us sometimes spend the whole day there. The price is good if you get yearly pass. Dislike now sells only day passes.
Park was nice. Good for little kids and teens to have fun. Pretty cheap, clean, good food, good looking lifeguards, very friendly, fun wave pool, nice slides, clean bathrooms, warm water for showers, get your hand stamped and can eat your own food outside of park if not wanting to pay for food at wild waters.
We Visited the wild waters water park 2 weeks ago with our neighbours two young grand daughters.The park is basic compared to the other larger water parks in Florida, there was only one water slide open, the others we were told would be open later this month July 2014 as they are currently under renovation and hopefully upgrade. The wave pool and small children's water area were still a good favourite with the girls, so there was still enough for them to do for a few hours in this heat.I agree with a previous reviewer, that they should reduce their prices for refreshments as more people would buy them and for the gift shop to stock snacks. They charged $6 for a iced slushy, which is a bit over the top by anyone's standards. This had been our first visit since the new take over and I was disappointed that they hadn't improved on the refreshment side of things.There were plenty of sun beds, but not much shade around to shelter from the sun, unless you rent a cabana or sit at one of the few picnic table and benches around the area.Entry charge is $5 for children & $10 for adults, you're not allowed to take your own swim rings but they are available for hire at $5. So for the small entry fee it's a good enjoyable day out.
I took my grandchildren there July last year. Two water slides were closed. Third one was open as well as the wave pool. My granddaughter had a ball on the slide. MY grandson stuck to the wave pool. Cheeseburgers at lunch were pretty good. This year we returned on June 27 with our other grandchildren. All slides were closed. Only the wave pool was open. The dropped the price to enter by $4 and didn't charge for parking. We told the slides were under repair and wouldn't open to later in July. Now I have to ask why these repairs couldn't be done in the winter time. Two slides closed for over a year! And now third one. I don't when that closed. But, if this is the way the state of Florida maintains their parks, I'm not even going bother going to any of their parks from now on. I don't want my grandkids upset. I had looked at their web site before going and there was nothing stated there that the slides were closed. Goodbye Wild Water!
The park charges $10 for adults even if you only watch your child and don't use the park. Kids are $5. Not all of the play/slides were open and seems older.