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There's a moment I still think about from my teenage summers working at Oceans of Fun in Kansas City. A dad walked past the wave pool with his teenage son ...
I've packed for enough water park days to know that the people who look the most exhausted by noon aren't the ones who rode the slides — they're the ones w...
I've visited water parks in 47 states, and Indiana keeps surprising me. Most people driving through on I-65 have no idea the state has one of the legitimat...
I once watched a family of five spend $340 on food at a water park in a single afternoon. Two adults, three kids, a funnel cake, some chicken tenders that ...
Most water park articles are written for thrill-seekers. This one isn't....
Most water parks were not built with sensory differences in mind. The crowd noise, the unpredictable splashing, the long lines in the sun — for a child wit...
I've driven through the Smoky Mountains more times than I can count, and every single time I pass Sevierville on Highway 441, I have the same thought: whoe...
I've stood at a Six Flags ticket window in July watching families hand over $85 per person — cash — when they could have paid $35 by buying online the nigh...
The last time I pulled into a water park parking lot with a car full of kids, someone's flip-flop flew out the window on the highway. We still went. We sti...
I've spent the better part of three decades driving to water parks that most people only know from highway billboards. Virginia keeps surprising me. It's a...
I've watched families drain $20-40 on park lockers every single visit — sometimes twice a day when the rental period expires mid-afternoon. That's $60 befo...
I've been to hundreds of water parks across this country. I've stood on the employee side of the rope at Oceans of Fun, I've ridden the same slide three ti...
