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Rapids Water Park
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Categories: Amusement Parks, Tours [Edit]
6566 N Military TrlWest Palm Beach, FL 33407
(561) 842-8756
- Good for Kids:
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5 reviews for Rapids Water Park
Gosh, I love water parks!!
I went to Rapids with my usual crowd of coworkers on a sunny Sunday and had a BLAST!
There are rides for every type of person: the lazy who like farniente, the adventurous who likes to jump into a black hole, and the semi scared who tries a ride feeling it could be the last thing he does... I am with the third type and managed to do everything except one... ouf!
Seriously, this is a fun park! I even did the kids ride because they looked so cool!
So many tubes and pools. The only problem is that it gets crowded very quickly. We waited 45 mn for one ride. The best time is to arrive early and do all the "big" and "scary" rides first... than eat while everyone is in line or chill-out in the lazy river and then go do the other rides.
I liked the yellow tubes... looked very scary from far but very nice once you are in them. I forgot the names of all the rides but they are all nice especially if you go as a group.
Like everyone mentioned in their reviews it is a bit dirty, the waves pool and the lazy river are the dirtier... the rest is good except the restrooms..
The lockers are 5 dollars and the food is ok for the price. You can bring you picnic with you too. You can really have a good time there.
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"Oh hellllllllllllll no. No he di-n't."
-"what you mean just because i weigh more than 225 I can't ride this slide? mm mmm."
The tides were turning at Rapids Water Park. Security had been sent to extradite 2 large men from the line at one of the premier slides. Their group of 20 started to hoot and holler. A weave was dropped 3 floors. The ghetto had been brought. And I couldn't have been happier.
Apparently you have to weigh less than 225 lbs to ride some of the more ambitious slides at Rapids Water Park. All for safety reasons, I'm sure since your body is flipped up and down and around like a floater in a commercial toilet.
Now, 225 lbs is not an unreasonable weight for men. I know a lot of big guys that weigh more than that. And boy was I glad that there were 2 in front of me. The commotion made for the best wait in line EVER.
As for the rest of the park, meh. There was one slide that was very fun and the rest were just ok. The lazy susan river is a little dirty. But since I am sans children, my review is a little biased.
If you have kiddies this place would be great for a saturday outing. Get there right at 10am. The park closes promptly at 5, and you'll wait in lines for everything.
Parking is $10 (rip off)
Lockers are $5 (another rip off)
admission- $37 (i was there for a mere 2 hours, so this ticked me off a bit)
Pack a cooler- the food is expensive too.
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It's not often that I can find a water park I don't like. But I don't like Rapids. The slides are incredibly slow and winding. None of them will offer you a thrill. You will also be painfully uncomfortable most of the time because every water depth is only 3 feet so you have the upper half of your body out of the water at all times. It is cheap, but you get what you pay for. Maybe it's because I'm used to Orlando powerhouse water parks but this is an experience I would like to never repeat.
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i love this place however it is very dirty there are random hairs attached to you at all times the lazy river is dirty with debris and the steps to all of the attractions are always filled with bandaids and weave!! It is also expensive for what you get in my oppinion you need about 100 for 2 to get in and eat, they only have junk food the chix strips are some of the best ive ever had lol the rides are really fun as long as you dont get a mouth full of hair or shit!!
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Man, waterparks are expensive! I suggest you bring your own food here but they have strict policies on not bringing ice-chests and the like so I suggest you check their website or call before you go in and spend $6 on cheese fries or whatever. This waterpark is fun and the lines are nothing compared to Raging Waters or Hurricane Harbor so I like that part already. They have this new ride which is totally crap-your-pants (bathing trunks, bikini, tankini, speedo, whatever) worthy called BLACK THUNDER. It's a totally 100% in the dark, tunneled, multi-person raft ride that drops you into those funnels where the raft works like a skateboard on a half-pipe, launching itself back and forth high into the air. I was screaming for my life because of course I went backwards the whole time and on those high, fast ascents up the funnel sides I was getting launched and had to cling on to that raft or else I'd be thrown off and slide down solo, bruising my butt along the way. Try getting your scared mom to get out of the lazy river and to go on the rides, it's pretty funny. We tried making my mom go on Baby Blue, we told her the ride was for babies ("Baby Blue") and that it was gentle and we all stood attempting to obstruct her view of your fate at the ride's end (launches you into a toilet bowl where you spin around and drop out the bottom into a pool). She finally got a clue and screamed "YOU LIED TO ME" and ran down the stairs. The lifeguard yelled at her. We eventually got her to go down Riptide Raftin', a multi-person raft half-tunnel/half-open ride. The whole time she was yelling "I'M NAUSEOUS! STOP KICKING ME! SH**! F***! *Heavy breathing trying to control herself*. Four stars for funny reactions alone. I like the wave pool too.
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