Open Dataset
The Water Park Height & Ride Requirements Index
The first structured, cross-park dataset of US water-park ride height requirements. For every slide we record the height to ride alone, the height to ride with a supervising adult, and kids-area caps — each sourced from the park's own published rules. Free to download, free to cite.
498
ride height rules
38
water parks
222
rides need 48″ to ride alone
117
allow a shorter child with an adult
Across the parks indexed so far, the most common solo minimum height is 48″, and 75 attractions (wave pools, lazy rivers, and toddler zones) have no height minimum at all.
Methodology
- Sources.Every height is read from the park's own published rules — official rider-safety and accessibility guides wherever available — and the source URL is stored with each ride. Where an official page was unreachable, we used a clearly authoritative third party and noted it.
- The two-number model. We record a solo minimum (ride alone) and, separately, a with-adult minimum — the height a shorter child may ride when accompanied. Most guides publish only one number; the accompanied exception is the detail families miss most.
- Heights in inches. Values are whole inches; metric figures are converted and rounded.
- Verification & freshness. Rules change every season. Each ride carries a “last verified” date, and a public correction process keeps the data current. Report a correction. Always confirm at the gate.
Use this data
This dataset is free to use for articles, research, and tools — we just ask for a link back to Water Parks World as the source. Suggested citation:
“Water Park Height & Ride Requirements Index,” Water Parks World, waterparksworld.com/water-park-index.
Parks in the index
38 water parks and growing. Each links to its full height chart.
| Park | State | Rides | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soaky Mountain Waterpark | Tennessee | 21 | Height chart |
| Rapids Water Park | Florida | 18 | Height chart |
| Wild Rivers | California | 17 | Height chart |
| Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix | Arizona | 16 | Height chart |
| Aquatica, Orlando | Florida | 15 | Height chart |
| Water Country USA | Virginia | 15 | Height chart |
| Wet N Wild Hawaii | Hawaii | 15 | Height chart |
| Adventure Island, Tampa | Florida | 14 | Height chart |
| Cowabunga Bay | Nevada | 14 | Height chart |
| Hersheypark Boardwalk | Pennsylvania | 14 | Height chart |
| Kalahari Resort Sandusky | Ohio | 14 | Height chart |
| Mt Olympus | Wisconsin | 14 | Height chart |
| Raging Waters San Dimas | California | 14 | Height chart |
| Raging Waves | Illinois | 14 | Height chart |
| Schlitterbahn Galveston | Texas | 14 | Height chart |
| Splish Splash, Long Island | New York | 14 | Height chart |
| Universal Volcano Bay | Florida | 14 | Height chart |
| Wilderness Territory | Wisconsin | 14 | Height chart |
| Aquatica Sea World, San Antonio | Texas | 13 | Height chart |
| Aquatopia at Camelback | Pennsylvania | 13 | Height chart |
| Cedar Point Shores | Ohio | 13 | Height chart |
| Kalahari Resort | Wisconsin | 13 | Height chart |
| Noah’s Ark | Wisconsin | 13 | Height chart |
| Six Flags White Water | Georgia | 13 | Height chart |
| Typhoon Texas Houston | Texas | 13 | Height chart |
| Disney Blizzard Beach | Florida | 12 | Height chart |
| Mountain Creek Water Park | New Jersey | 12 | Height chart |
| Soak City at Kings Island | Ohio | 12 | Height chart |
| Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon | Florida | 11 | Height chart |
| Six Flags Hurricane Harbor | Illinois | 11 | Height chart |
| Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles | California | 11 | Height chart |
| Dorney Park Wildwater Kingdom | Pennsylvania | 10 | Height chart |
| Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels | Texas | 10 | Height chart |
| Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Jackson | New Jersey | 10 | Height chart |
| The Kartrite Resort Indoor Waterpark | New York | 10 | Height chart |
| Zehnders | Michigan | 10 | Height chart |
| Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Arlington | Texas | 9 | Height chart |
| Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine | Texas | 8 | Height chart |