Waterworks

Think twice before going to this facility. The place is dirty and poorly run: We arrived at 12:30 on a Saturday. I overheard the clerks complaining about their manager. My bags were searched because,”there have been issues about people bringing in food and alcohol.” I purchased a double tube because i wanted to ride with my child and there are not enough single tubes at the end of each ride so you will have to wait until someone gives one up, which takes a long time. When I went to get a tube there weren’t any left so i was directed to get a refund. I did. As people returned their tubes, I attempted to purchase another, I was told that,”We can’t let you have one until there are ten tubes over there.” We attempted to go on rides waiting up to 20 minutes just to find 2 single tubes, which are designated for each ride. The place was super crowded with long (up to 45 minutes) waits. At 4 pm I purchased a tube at the insistance of my11 year old son. This is when we finally were able to enjoy a few rides, albiet several 25-45 minute lines. While in line I was able to observe no less than 20 people with horrendous foot fungus and a huge array of interesting tattoos-some gang and prison related . We sat down for a few minutes to drink some water and put on lotion and WTF-someone stole our tube-while we were sitting 5 ft away. I reported it to the lifeguard who first told us that we would have to wait until they found it and then just gave us another one. We saw the tube and the tube thieves in line ahead of us, nothing was done. All the rides closed about 20 minutes before 6 pm which is when they are suppost to close. When I asked for my tube deposit back the manager refused to give it back because my son unwittingly removed the bracelet which they insisted he needed to keep attached in order to get our 3$ back. The food is an unhealthy array of grease, suger and high fructose corn syrup-There are several dirty picnic tables next to the parking lot to have a picnic. The bathrooms are filthy and lack privacy to change unless you use a bathroom stall. The bathrooms can only be described as gross. On this particular visit there was a weird man taking pictures all over the park of all the children with a professional camera, Who was this guy? No one was informed-permission was not sought??? Although water parks seem like a great idea, I’ll never go back to this one again. A better choice in this area would be Turtle bay, Lake Shasta or your neighbor’s or a hotel pool.

I like to go to waterworks park