Waterparks...

[Jimbo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jimbo]

If you stay in the Poconos, there are Camel Beach and Dorney Park. I haven't been to either one in years, sorry I can't give any reviews. I remember Camel Beach as pretty big (not like the giant ones!), with a lot of good slides, but I had small kids then so we were probably only getting wet up to our ankles.

You could always stay at Hershey, PA and go to Hershey Park. They spent millions renovating and creating a water park inside the amusement park. The lines get amazingly long, though. If you stay here then you can hit Allentown for Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom within an hours (plus or minus 15 minutes) drive!

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

I couldn't believe I made it to the bottom of this thread before seeing Wisconsin Dells! Check it out, they have water slides galore! On top of that, Odyssey Dells is actually connected by a skywalk to Mt Olympus Water and Theme park, we just got back from there. The room comes with 4 wristbands which give you access to that park for the duration of your stay! The whole family had a blast, we spent 4 full days at that park alone.

We went to Mt. Olympus a couple of years ago. But what we remember isn't the water park...it's that roller coaster that goes UNDERGROUND!

Hades

Hades, voted "Best New Ride" by Amusement Today in 2005, is a record-breaking extreme wooden roller coaster with a 65-degree drop, the world’s longest underground tunnel and the rush of reaching speeds up to 70 mph. Hang on for dear life as you scale the 160' heights of Hades, then scream all the way to the bottom of the first 140' drop, make a 90 degree turn underground in complete darkness, blast out of the ground, just to dip and spin around to do it all over again. HADES, the master of the UNDERWORLD will give you an experience you won't soon forget!

Single Riders only: 48" or taller (122cm)
Height - 160' First Drop - 140' Length - 4725'
Top Speed - 70 MPH

They're right it's an experience you won't soon forget! My poor DH still gets a little trembly just thinking about it. (Can you tell I was the big chicken who didn't go?)

[AGRADELEOUS Member Find all posts View Profile Close AGRADELEOUS]

That is a great wooden coaster. I bet I rode it 10 times, very front, and very back. Great one!

[GeoPatSK Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close GeoPatSK]

While we are talking about Water Parks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the past two decades reports seeing an increase in the number of Recreational Water Illness (RWI) outbreaks associated with swimming pools, water parks, hot tubs, lakes, and rivers. The CDC's Healthy Swimming program offers information and resources to raise awareness about RWIs and how to prevent them by practicing "Healthy Swimming" behaviors.

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Typhoon Lagoon Re-Opens

The "surf’s up" again at Typhoon Lagoon! The Disney World water park re-opened on March 22