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I've been driving to Georgia water parks since before GPS existed, navigating with printed MapQuest directions and a cooler full of sandwiches in the back ...
Sunscreen washed off my shoulder before I even made it to the second slide. That was at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels, mid-July, and I'd reapplied 45 minutes...
Most water park "best of" lists for Illinois just alphabetize a few parks and call it a day. That's not what you're getting here. I've been to all of these...
I've driven past every water park on this list at least twice thinking "maybe next time" — and then spent the rest of the summer regretting it. If you're i...
I've handed a phone to the lost-and-found staff at more water parks than I care to admit — not mine, thankfully, but guests' phones that took a swim they w...
I've been road-tripping to water parks since before most people had GPS, and New York State keeps surprising me. You've got a Long Island park that could p...
I've worked a water park shift that started at 7 a.m. and ended at 11 p.m. I've seen every version of the crowd — the eager families lined up before the ga...
Most people grab whatever cheap sandals are by the door on the way out. I did the same thing my first summer working at Oceans of Fun in Kansas City — unti...
Pennsylvania keeps surprising me. Every time I think I've got the state figured out — a few solid indoor parks and Hersheypark's splash zone — I find somet...
I've driven the length of this state more times than I can count chasing water parks, and New Jersey genuinely surprises people. Most visitors assume the J...
Most New Yorkers assume a water park day trip means sitting on the LIE for three hours, paying $40 to park, and fighting a crowd the size of a small countr...
I've watched people walk out of water parks looking genuinely stunned — and not because of the rides. It's the credit card receipt. They budgeted for ticke...
