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My local dry cleaner, watering hole, deli, cafe,…
Rainbow Falls
- Hours:
Mon-Fri. 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sat-Sun. 11:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
3 reviews for Rainbow Falls
For a community park I was certainly impressed. This weekend's heat index was up in the triple digits, so we headed out to the 'burbs for some water park fun. Everyone and their mom had the same idea, because the place was a hot mess of crying kids and drunk white trash sassin' the life guards. Despite that, I really enjoyed myself! The lines for the long slides went fairly quick,* and the facilities themselves all seems to be new and in good condition. As an adult, I kept away from the wading pools and spent a lot of time in a tube going around on the "lazy river" and flying down the bigger slides. They were certainly modest compared to what you'd find at a corporate water park, but my group of friends still had a blast.
Then a thunder storm rolled in and they had to clear everyone out of the park because of a lighting threat.
Midwest life.
*Note: I guess a lot of people who never learn to swim properly still decide to go on slides that splash you down into deep water, because the line got held up a few times when the life guard needed to intervene to save someone.
We took a fairly large camp group to this park. We spent a few hours there and no one got bored. The lazy river was a big hit. Only about 25% of our kids were over 48 inches tall, so they couldn't try any of the bigger slides, but our staff did and they really enjoyed the big one that dumps you into a bowl, and the very fast purple one. The big bucket over the fun house is a lot of fun as well... the anticipation factor was intense for our kids.
Allowing a lower fee for residents and letting us enter a half hour early are nice features. I wish the park did not close weekdays as of Aug. 20. It would be nice for us adult residents to have it open a bit longer. My niece and nephew LOVE this place. The pools are huge, the lazy river is a hit, and the slides are lots of fun. The onsite cafe also offers pizza, nachos and other snack fare for reasonable prices.
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