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31 reviews for Raging Waters
I think everyone is crazyyyy for rating this lower then a 4! Are you g uys serious?! you mustve been part pooooopers or just dont know how to have fun. Although I disagree majorally i do agree about the whole gangsta tatoo things goin on there, security serioussssly sucks, ppl brought in "whatever" they wanted...Its a theme park people, with that comes PEOPLE! did u expect the lines to be 2 min long? Its all about timming and knowing what to sit on first to get it out of the way.
We got there early!!!! sat on all ate had ice cream sat on the rest of the rides we hadent and in the end THE RIVER!!!! we sat on alll the rides! It was 4 guys, (although we cut ALOT) loll it still possible to have a very sick time!!! oh and u get $5 back when u return the locker key, we found 3 keys on the floor ;) kinda smart huh!
TFR
Yes, I know what you're thinking. You reading the reviews and reading 'em twice asking yourself, why am I even considering coming here? The reviews make RW sound disgusting.
Yes, i too fought long and hard about going to a hotel pool instead. But in the end, what's a leisurely Sunday at Viceroy sipping mint mojitos when you can go down 30 mph on a 7 story foot slide and maybe catch a mouthful of adolescent pee?
Tips/Notes on a successful Raging Waters experience.
- Mind over matter. Do NOT start thinking about what's in the water. Yes, it's a bit salty. Yes it may burn. Yes your hair will smell like urine and AJAX. Yes, if you have a cut, it may develop into full body herpes. Focus. Focus on how nice the cold, cold water is in this hellish heat.
- Park in preferred parking. I know what you're thinking. 5 extra bucks just to park next to the entrance? Yes. You avoid the line, the tram ride, and most of all, if you pack a cooler, you avoid paying 7 dollars + tax for a lemonade.
- Once again, the lemonade is SEVEN bucks. There's tacos, bacon wrapped hot dogs, pizza, chicken fingers, etc to purchase at Raging Waters but the idea of eating food and going back in the water sort of disgusts me. I can only imagine the wet farts people are releasing in the wave pool.
- Carry and wear as little as possible. The standard locker only fits 2 big towels. Returning your locker key gets you 5 bucks or cotton candy. Yes, this was an actual option.
- Enjoy yourself! It's 115 degrees. It's a waterslide. You can't replicate this at home. The best rides are High Extreme and The Dark Hole
- The lines aren't as bad as the other reviews seem to imply. Even during a hot weekend like yesterday, the max wait time for a single ride was 30 minutes.
- It's pedo island. (pro? con?)
Despite all it's faults, RW is a fun experience. It's a cooling experience. Just make sure you douse yourself with bleach when you get home.
When a person gets out of prison in California, they get a free ticket to Raging Waters. That is the only possible way to explain the army of cholos and cholas that I saw in the park.
If you like reading gang tattoos, you are going to love standing in line at Raging Waters. What I learned on my trip to Raging Waters is that shirtless Mexicans really like images of women wearing bandoleers and sombreros . . . and the LA Dodgers. GO DO-YERS!!
I haven't been to a water park since i was 7! but i finally came here on a sunny 90+ sunday afternoon.
i arrived around 2pm. the park didn't look that big, i thought i'd be able to go through all the rides, but i was wrong.
the
lines
are
so
long
literally takes like an hour, and waiting in the sun. omg, burning feet. by 4pm, i've only been on two rides. but it did speed up a little towards the end, and i ended up going on a bunch. it was a fun day. and i love thrills. for some reason i'm never afraid on roller coasters, never really scream from fear at six flags. but with water parks, i do actually get a lil scared, maybe it's cause i can't swim, maybe it's cause i hate swallowing pee water.
here are the ones i went on:
speed slide - the first one i went on. bad choice, should've gotten wet before waiting for an hour for this. this one was actually the scariest one to me, cause i think i flew up a couple times.
dark hole - 2 ppl ride, fun stuff! actually lasted a while too! line is long.
dragon's den - 2 ppl ride, pretty chill, pretty fun. you swish around the bowl for a while and that was fun!
drop out - pretty crazy! super fast. one of the more thrilling ones to me!
high extreme - this one is one of the slides that is most worth it! long wait tho, but it lasts a while, and some parts were actually quite scary!
raging racer - pretty cool, kinda short though
bermuda triangle - the fastest slide i rode on. i dunno how it got a 3, kinda deserves a 4! drank a lot of water. 1 and 3 are faster than 2. short line, went on at 6pm. HOLD YOUR BREATH, i swalloed way too much water from this.
splash island - really fun actually!!! and no lines. definitely try it out for like 5 mins even if you're not a kid! probably a good place to get wet before venturing to a 1 hour wait.
lily pad - i actually tried to 3/4 then gave up cause i was too tired. did this right before the park closed
tip: get wet before waiting in line. wear flip flops for as long as possible, but leave them strategically so you don't bring them with you. pineapple smoothie that everyone gets is $11. not worth it. it was a good idea to rent out a locker, i was gonna be stingy, but it's good to have stuff at the park. bring food/water, they don't care!
favourites: the dark hole, high extreme
do not want: long lines. waiting in the sun, i wish they'd put some sorta shade where you line up. or make lining up more efficient. i dunno, they need an extra ride, i guess it's good they're careful, but do they really need to wait till the person gets off the pool to send the other person down? i guess this is america. also sometimes they don't even make the 2 ppl go down together, ahhh.
last words: despite everything, i had a blast. i just wish the park could be improved upon.
I'll never come here again. Its very poorly managed and they let in waaaay too many people.
I knew it was going to be a long day when it took over 30 minutes to get into the parking lot. Then I arrived at the parking lot and realize the reason I just sat in a line fo cars for 30 minutes is simply that they dont have enough people managing the parking lot and the few who are there are clueless.
The lines for the different atractions were sometimes close to an hour long. And then you get to the top and the teenage kid who is managing the line is stuck in first gear. Every slide could have had double the capacity if it were properly staffed and the kids were trained and/or motivated.
Same story with the lines for food. And there were no healthy options, Just crap.
And how about limiting the number of people you let in? By 3 in the afternoon every ride had at least an hour wait.
This place is brutal. Do yourself a favor and find something else.to do. Unless you read somewhere that this place has totally changed ownership and or gotten some management in there that gives a flying f**ck about the customer experience.
PS I think this is my first 1 star review after using Yelp for 3 years.
I HATED MY EXPERIENCE AT RAGING WATERS!
-- $10 to park
-- $35 tickets
-- 45 minute line to get into park
-- 1 hour wait for every slide
-- $12 for locker
-- 45 minute wait for food
-- $9.00 for a slice of pizza and small coke
-- Low-rent 80's waterpark with unspecial rides
I will never, ever go back. It is a junky, expensive park with HORRIBLE service.
Raging waters proves you can still have fun even if you're a full time working adult. Just make sure you still got some time to play like a kid again. =)
I haven't been to Raging Waters since middle school and that was the location in San Jose at Lake Cunningham Park.
This place is better I'd say since they have this little attraction that shoots out a constant stream of water that allows you to boogie board. The rides are pretty fun and enjoyable. The drop is scary as shit as it does feel like you literally just drop off the slide. (O_O)
The rides each explore a different fun factor in their own way. One ride had us twisting and turning in the dark in a 4 person tube. One ride was just a straight forward thrill ride with a very steep drop down a water slide. One ride, you can race against 7 others on your way down your own lane of 8.
Decent place to cool off in ridiculously hot LA weather. The bathrooms could definitely be upgraded with more stalls and more frequent cleaning...
Overall decent and chill experience. =)
Raging waters is a great place for kids and families. However, if you're an adventure-seeking adult, I would steer clear.
We made the mistake of going 4th of July weekend. After paying $10 for parking, we were made to park 1.5 miles from the water park and then waited 20 minutes for a tram to cart us in.
The park itself was jammed with people. You really get a sense of the obesity problem in America when you go to parks like this - there was not one healthy food option that I could discern (plenty of pizza, ice cream, pretzels, burgers etc.) and the results showed on the bodies of the visitors all around us!
Minimum wait of 30 minutes for every ride, even into the evening, these kids just didn't get tired and they didn't leave...amazingly! Finally, the rides were not interesting. The drop was pretty scary, but every park now has the drop. The other rides were ho hum, even the wave pool was way too mild and didn't have fun waves. Believe it or not, the Mandalay Bay in Vegas has a scarier and more fun wave pool!
Pros:
- Fun rides (Neptune's Fury and High Extreme II are my faves)
- Large park
- Can purchase tickets online with a discount
Cons:
- The park attracts the ghettos from LA and Inland Empire. Felt like I was in gangbang central.
- All rejects from Fat Camp go here
- Expensive food. $9 for a SLICE of pizza
- Long lines with the ghetto teenagers invading my personal space
- Bathroom was dirty.
- People saving lounge chairs with their towels but 95% of the chairs are unoccupied
Maybe after watching Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, I was expecting to have my mind blown, but not so much. Still a fun time, and some good writes, I'd say it's about what you should expect for a water slide park.
Question: So what do you get when a doctor, lawyer, consultant, and accountant go to Raging Waters?
Answer: Four awkward 25+ year olds that smell like pee.
On a drunken Friday night whim, we all agreed to take the following Monday off to relive our youths. To say eff you corporate America! We want to live free again!
When we got there all we could talk about was "Gee, I wonder how many kinds of fungus are growing on this inner tube." Or "Man, would you even know it if a hook worm started drilling through your barefoot?" and "Ugh, I bet I could streamline this waiting line throughput to maximize customer ROI." Us = the lame.
Two things came to my mind as I noticed we were the only group of four dudes who were not in high school or with their girlfriends. People probably saw us and thought:
1) Wow look at those guys giving the finger to the Man on this glorious Monday.
Or
2) Wow, look at those d-bags. They look like ________. (Starts with a P and rhymes with audiophile). Creepy.
But, I'd be lying if I said going down the 7 story Drop Out wasn't wedgy giving fun or that I didn't laugh when we put on life jackets and floated down the 2.5ft deep Lazy Lagoon.
All in all a good fun filled day with some great friends. Would I ever go back? Probably not. However, if you are ok with possible ear infections and odd looks from parents, here are some tips. The pizza ($24) wasn't half bad, decent even. Order your tickets online, you'll save around $10 although the online vendor they use can be fickle with your printer. Get there by 10:30am to enjoy zero lines. Even the summer weekdays are crowded by 11:30am.
I'm going here in a couple days so my thought is, I'll review my last trip (last summer) and then if I have any new thoughts I'll review again in two days. I'm impatient.
So my friend that I'm going with is afraid to wear flipflops b/c what will she do with them on the ride? I said some rides they let you hold them. She said what if I get freaked out and I throw my hands up and my shoes go flying? And I said RIDICULOUS. Then I remembered when I went on Drop Out last time. No I didn't chuck my shoes out at the crowd. But I did accidentally disobey their strict instructions in the heat of the moment - "whatever you do, do not uncross your legs." Of course I won't. Except that I did. TOTALLY accidentally. Anyone ever had an enema? Yeah, me neither, but I imagine it's less painful than this. Holy butthole!
To make my own matters worse, shortly after arriving I promptly rubbed my eye with my sunscreen fingers and couldn't see for a good half hour, which was a real grouchy half hour.
For this coming trip, I brought little tiny lady swim trunks. Only marginally larger than my bathing suit, but they make me feel better about standing half nude next to masses of other half nudes and added bonus, they have a little swim pouch for your cc & keys.
So my plan, based on my own previous experience, is to 1. wash my hands after sunscreen, 2. concentrate on my legs remaining crossed (probably good life advice in general - lol), 3. enjoy whatever moderate ass coverage I can get without looking insecure/butch, 4. def bring cheapo flip flops, 6. ride as many rides as I can - I love rides!, 7. drink in the parking lot (please don't tell).
I'm back at work, sitting at my desk, and I swear my fingers are still pruned from yesterday's adventure at Raging Waters. I reek of chlorine too. And I'm coughing the occasional pint of water up on my keyboard. AND my head WON'T STOP SPINNING. What more could one possibly ask for from a waterpark? Sure I was swimming in pee-tainted waters. But it's no worse than your average public pool, and it's soooo much more fun.
The five of us got there at around 10:30. Hank and I were a little bit worried 'cause we bought $10 tickets off craigslist, but there were no problems through the turnstiles.
We started with the biggest, baddest mamajama in the whole park: Dropout. There were maybe six people in line in front of us when we got to the top of the structure. Four outta the six looked scared shitless, two actually crept back down the staircase, the Raging Waters equivalent of "the walk of shame".
I was hot from the car ride and my adrenaline was pumping. I bombed over the edge without a second thought, and the the "oh shit" moment happened immediately. I was 80 feet in the air and my ass was just barely affixed to the slide over a 3 foot pool of water. Talk about a rush! This was the best ride in the park, and because it was also the scariest I never had to wait more than 90 seconds to take another slide down - we did it three times!
There were at least six quality slides in the park. Waits were short compared to a typical amusement park. Maybe 25 minutes max.
The food was awful. No real surprise there.
We saw our share of disgusting things: the bathroom (poop-stained TP next to the toilet...good job boys), a stretcher with a blood streaked piece of safety paper on top, toddlers in droopy Huggies, etc. BUT whatever...grosser things happen in restaurant kitchens all over Los Angeles on a daily basis.
Rides set aside, I think that people watching was the most fun/interesting/educational part of the day. Apparently no one in San Dimas knows there's a recession on. Blue-collar folks were spending more money on pizza, coca-cola, hot dogs and souvenirs than I'd spend on a night out at four-star restaurant. 15 year old girls were already sporting silicone-enhanced chesticles. We saw kids as young as 3 and geezers in their 80s having all sorts of wet thrills. Latinos, Black folks, and Whitey all intermingled in harmony.
Call it gross, call it white-trash, but for my money Raging Waters is the happiest little melting pot in Southern California.
Pretty awesome, but not the best!
Pros:
* Large, clean park.
* Not overcrowded!
* Tucked away in beautiful green surroundings.
* Nice selection of rides. The tubes, when needed, are custom designed for the ride - awesome!
* Not too expensive.
Cons:
* According to their website, they were open until 7pm on the day we went, but that morning they decided to close at 5pm due to "weather conditions". We were obviously quite disappointed when we arrived at 2pm and they told us.
* The slides aren't all that exciting. The most exciting ones are moderately thrilling at most.
The good ol' days I spent my Junior and Senior year of high school summers here literally EVERYDAY... My best friend was a life guard here so I would just come to work with her... I never attempted Drop Out but I do love the lagoon its so relaxing...
I think I need to plan a recent trip it has been about 12 years LOL... I'm sure there are a lot of changes One I know being the 10 and the 210 no longer meet LOL...
So when I was a little pre-teen boy I would get a season pass every summer and go like 2-3 times per week. It was SOOO much fun!!!
My cousin and I would do our morning circuit of rides, then eat some pizza, then do the afternoon cycle... Then relax for an hour in the amazon... :-D
I never attempted the drop out ride.... I made it about halfway up the stairs once then totally stanked out when I looked down.
Sure you're probably swimming in a lot of pee BUT... the entire place smelled of chlorine and it made my hair SO blond lol... I wasn't too worried about catching anything from that water.
I haven't been here in YEARS... it might be kind of fun to check it out some time and see how it's changed.
I went to Raging Waters today and I have to say it was a great experience.
The bf and I arrived around 10 am and people were already in the park! We were able to ride every single ride the place had to offer and I think the best rides were the Vortex, High Extreme and Drop Shot. I also liked swimming at the beach replica they had going on.
The only negative thing was that lifeguards were all young, mostly high school students and were disrespectful to some people as well as cutting in front of the lines to ride the rides.
Overall, I had a lot of fun and I came home happy and RED.
This is the best water park after Disney World's Water Parks. Just don't go on the weekends. If you work, steal a personal day or a sick day to come here for an all day water fun. Just slather on lots of sunscreen, because you don't want to come to work the next day looking tan and healthy while everybody else thinks you're home sick with the flu. Better yet, take the sick day on Friday, so you have time to heal your sunburn over the weekend and come back to work on Monday utterly refreshed.
Leave most of the contents of your wallet at home as you have to rent a locker for all your belongings. Prepare to spend more than the usual cost of food than average, as this waterpark sells expensive pizzas, burgers and drinks. Well, why not? People grab them still. There's nothing like a day in the sun & pool to arise hunger.
I just have two tips:
1. If you're planning to come here more than once for the summer, get a season pass. At $49.50 per person (compare to $34.99 one time pass), you only have to go twice to break even.
2. Arrive EARLY.
If you like swimming in kids' pee, this is the place for you.
It's really big. It's got some interesting slides and other water-related things.
It's filled with annoying kids who pee in the water and even more annoying teenagers who do all kinds of whatnot in the water.
Even when I was a kid and teenager, I didn't like this place. It gets a bonus star for memorable advertising (it used to be located where the 10 and 210 met except I don't think they meet anymore).
I took 6 teen-aged girls with body image issues here during their summer vacation. Do you have any idea how hard it is to not point out that them inhaling a slice of pizza and then complaining that they're not full isn't going to help their weight that they complain about on an almost hourly basis?
Or how funny it is to listen to them whine "I don't want anyone to look at my butt!". Yeah, everyone's looking at your butt, honey.
Or to constantly be asked "Am I getting darker yet?". You've been in the sun for 15 minutes, no you're not darker yet.
Yeah, good times!
Good fun for taking our pre teen nephew and 4 year old son... something for all ages. They don't let you bring in food, and theirs is pretty expensive (and not the most healthy, as with most theme parks) - but there are picnic areas outside so its a good option for a family.
You have to pay to get in, pay for food, pay for parking so anywhere you can save is good. We bought our tickets online in advance and saved $10 each.
Their best slide, THE WEDGE IS GONE!
(Only a few years after it debuted too!)
Dear crappy waterhole,
Grr I despise you so much.
I should have listened to my intuition, when you disagreed with me.
I discovered faired skin individuals do not belong here.
No T-shirts in the tunnels?
No climbing back down the stairs?
No changing your mind?
I want to vomit every time you guaranteed a happy environment.
I suggest you provide more shade for people who can't tolerate the sun.
Apparently, you're not aware of people having near death experiences.
Mine was nine years ago; thank shade that I haven't returned since.
I hyperventilated when floating down one of the highest tunnels.
My fragile body swished and turned and almost flew out.
When finished, my heart raced so fast swallowing tons of dirty aqua.
I thought I had a heart attack and had trouble breathing.
Of course everyone assume I was "acting" and thought it was funny =(
It didn't end there.
Your hot, dirty, concrete burned the BOTTOM of my feet so bad I couldn't walk. I had to crawl from ride to ride.
I bet crawling isn't even allowed at your park.
I applied sunscreen all over and still managed to get burned.
I should have pissed in your brown kiddy pool.
I suggest you invest on getting a new filter.
It didn't end there.
Some stranger thought it would be funny to dunk random strangers in the wave pool.
I was not only dunked but on the verge of drowning.
I was washed ashore.
Never again I will visit you.
I repeat: never again.
The highlight of this adventure, was watching a girl in HEELS try and sit on a tube without losing them.
Hey, she was smart (and dumb!!) she took care of her feet, unlike me.
So let's wrap up my wonderful experience.
Got badly burned including the bottom of my feet, swallowed and choked on dirty water and floated to shore.
Wow thank you so much for providing the best experience.
I will be sure to add you to the list of places NOT to visit.
Thank you for your scars and time.
Your favorite fan,
The short-tempered redhead, Miss J.
P.S. I will never stop "raging" about you!!
Git Your Head Outta Yer AZZ!!
Have you read the other reviews about euuuuu "swimming in kid's pee, someone dunked me, the water tube hurt my arm. . . . . ?!"
Git a grip people, you are going to a water park to have fun!!
"The ground was too hot. . ." Wear flip-flops for Goddess' sake. Leave them right in front of the ride before you start to line up, don't worry about anyone stealing your $1.99 shoes.
Get there early, I'm talking 10:30 am, park really close to the entrance and stash your cooler in your car. At 2:00 we walked out to the car and had sammishes and some liquid libations. - Get your hand stamped and walk back in.
If you are a complaining, whinny AZZ person - you don't like anythang so just don't go and save yourself the $30.
Hey, I'm a 50+ year old woman who drove an hour and a half each way with two teenagers to get there and I had a blast on the "relaxing rides." Do I care I walked around in a bathing suit with my flab probably offending everyone??
Hayul NO, and if YOU care then you seriously have a problem. Go in the nearest bathroom, put your finger down your throat, and throw-up your Churro!!
i don't care if little kids pee in the water. i really don't.
i've been here plenty of times and never got a pee-related ailment.
go on a weekday to avoid the REALLY big crowds(but not friday because it's usually summer camp field trip day).
the rides are hilaious...you'll be giggling the whole slippery way down...except maybe on the one that goes straight down, shooting water up your ass and exposing nipple on the way down. on that one you'll be full blown laughing.
alot of these rides seem impossible to be safe but hey...if it hasn't collapsed in this long, i'll take the chance.
don't be self-conscious either. this is the most popular excuse for not going. trust me, once you get there, you'll feel fine. there are some FAT asses that do not have a problem jiggling their way around this place.
get a locker to stash your stuff but bring your flip-flops, the ground gets HOT. don't forget to slather on the sunscreen .
Disgusting.
I burned my feet on the ground.
The rides are shitty.
My aunts boyfriend went in the bathroom and there was feces smeared all over the walls and floor and toilet.
This place needs to go to hell.
Drove up from San Diego on Friday morning and made it under 2 hours. We arrived at 10am when the park opened and it was a little hard to get in because of the huge crowd and groups of kids. Early in the morning the lines are super short, so take advantage of it! We went on Bermuda triangle first and it was a great adrenaline rush to start the day. We went on high extreme next and I missed a step on the slide and cut my heel. Note to others, watch your step! That was a fun ride also. Skip neptune's net and the other rides where you are in an inner tube w/ other people. It's not worth the wait. Drop out was crazy! Definitely don't want to go on that after eating. The food wasn't even that bad, actually. The pizza was really good and for $7 you can get a soda and a huge-ass slice of cheese or pepperoni pizza. I tried one of the fruit bionicos and it wasn't worth it. We were saving the funnel cakes for the end of the day, but the ran out!
The wave rider looked fun, but not recommended if you are wearing loose bottoms or a loose top. The speed slide was also fun.
I would recommend flip flops because in the middle of the day, the ground gets super hot!!
As a kid, this was my favorite amusement park. Just bring lots of sunscreen! You can easily spend the whole day here with your fingers turning into raisins while riding down fun waterslides. They have tame kiddy parts and scary slides that drop almost straight down. Lots of room also to lay out and tan or picnic with food you can buy there. A must for a summer for any kid.
To me, no water park even compares to Raging Waters. The slides are great. There is one for everyone's comfort level and a couple that made me not-so-comfortable! Drop Out scared the crap out of me and adjusted my suit for the token ass shot. I don't think there was one slide I didn't enjoy here. It's also great for kids as they have a whole section dedicated to small slides and a play area. My favorite part about this place was the Amazon Adventure. I love floating lazily in the river.
best Water Park in Southern California!! Bigger Rides and More Space, But very crowded though go right when they open for the season and u will beat the crowds.
Grab your bikini, a towel, sunscreen and meet me at the wave pool! Raging Waters is one of my favorite water parks. Not because my daughters allstar cheer squad, shout out to San Diego Show, goes there annually for a cheer competition and I have to attend. No...I actually like the place. There is a variety of water slides with varying degrees of fun for all!! If you just want to get wet for the sake of getting something out of purchasing a ticket you can float throw the Lazy River on a big inner tube or you can try one of their many slides for a real rip roarin' time and get totally teeth-chattering soaked. They also have a wave pool that provides plenty of wave action. This park is just as much fun for the grown-ups as the kiddies. There are several play areas and a few that are age-appropriate even for toddlers. The food is priced like any other recreational facility's - high. My favorite fun food is Funnel Cake. A funnel cake with lotsa whip cream and strawberries was about $10.00 and a large 2 topping pizza rang up as $24.00, so be prepared to spend a lot for a little. An alternative is to make sure to get your hand stamp for reentry and pack the car full of food like your going camping. Raging Waters also has gazebos that are available to rent so you can chill in between getting soaked on water slides so try to call ahead to reserve one or scope one out once you arrive. Life Jackets are available for free and lockers are also available at a small cost for those folks who don't want to carry all their junk around. Several times during your fun in the sun you'll encounter the opportunity to have a Kodak moment. A camera man will be posted on certain attractions to catch you in the midst of it all. So if you're ever in the area, check it out!