![]() The South passed the Midwest this year for the most outdoor waterparks (285 versus 283), while the Northeast has the fewest at 74. The Midwest and South are home to the most waterparks in the United States, with 407 and 362, respectively. The remainder of the increase comes from previously unreported properties that were identified through our continued monitoring of the ever-evolving national waterpark market. ![]() Seven openings contributed to the indoor supply, and three resorts opened new outdoor waterparks. Most of this gain was in the standalone outdoor segment, with four new private facilities and 11 new municipal facilities. The 80-acre adventure park and waterpark will include water slides, a wave pool, a lazy river, zip lines, a climbing wall, and a ropes course.Īs of February 2018, the United States has 1,058 waterparks, an increase of 29 waterparks over last year’s reported 1,029. Grand Texas is an entertainment and shopping development that will offer the largest theme park in Texas, a sportsplex, RV resort, racing park, factory outlets, adventure park, and Big Rivers Waterpark. SoundWaves Waterpark is a four-acre, $90 million indoor/outdoor waterpark featuring a wave pool, lazy river, rapid river, slide tower, double FlowRider, rock climbing wall, and an obstacle course. Two of this year’s most anticipated new waterparks are the SoundWaves Waterpark at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee, and Big Rivers Waterpark at Grand Texas in New Caney, Texas. ![]() We foresee increased growth in the indoor segment, where an additional 464,000 square feet of waterpark space is planned. We project 14 municipal and eight private outdoor waterparks will open, outpacing 2017’s nine municipal and four private outdoor additions. Nearly 60 expansions and new facilities will open in 2018. In closing, what was initially supposed to be a fun weekend getaway became a frustrating experience with little time to enjoy what we came to see.The waterpark industry continues to expand in North America, with more than $1 billion in new investment in indoor and outdoor waterparks and their related resorts in 2018. However at 2am, many tired individuals, and knowing we could see the lanyard, it was not time for playing cute games. Finally, security did find the keys in lost and found but wanted to play the run around game and hide them behind his back until they could be “described” again. Since they weren’t able to show them, as the women had them, security was suspicious of their intentions. They were stopped and questioned by security about having a room there. As if this wasn’t enough, my boyfriend and his brother were walking around attempting to find a set of keys we somehow misplaced. Even after I was put on hold to attempt to contact them, my representative came back with no definitive answers. They were also unable to answer ICE questions, aside from the basics. We were given the wrong information, and until we did our own research, we’re stuck at 10pm trying to find a place to eat in the massive resort. We called the Make-it-happen to inquire about dining times. After all this we went on to attempt to enjoy our stay. I am my boyfriends family support person and with him being a veteran and suffering from PTSD and physical injuries a King bed is essential for any rest and reprieve from nightmares, aches and anxiety. We booked this room a month in advance, with a Military discount, expecting a king room for a reason. What no one bothered to ask, nor think about, was why. I never wanted an upgrade, yes it was nice, so of course we took it, however the bed size was the issue. We later found this was not true since they were then upgraded to the “presidential suite” which ironically has a king size bed. My sister in law was given a credit as we took the last “upgrade”. I was offered an atrium view room, technically an upgrade, which was nice but did not fix the problem of the bed size. It was not until I came back to the front where they explained there were none. We quickly realized they overbooked the King rooms and we were given a room with two queens. He said nothing further and sent myself, and my sister-in-law up to our rooms. Upon check-in the employee helping us began mumbling about no more King beds. ![]() However, us and our brother and sister-in-law were hoping for a magical Christmas couples weekend and we’re greeted with issue after issue. I guess we should have learned from our previous experience. ![]()
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