Tagged: water-parks

This Season Pass Gives You Access to All the Six Flags Parks in One Region. Is It a Good Deal?

A silver lining to living in an age of corporate consolidation is that loyalty rewards and points programs have increasingly long lists of participating locations. Ominous—but…

The Icky Truth About That Chlorine Smell in Swimming Pools

Chlorinated water is one of the most evocative scents in travel, recalling cannonballs into hotel pools and the echoing confines of balmy indoor water parks.But here's the thing:…

San Diego Water Park Reborn as the West Coast’s First Sesame Street Theme Park

To the venerable query "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?", a new theme park in Southern California has an answer: by inner tube. SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is…

The Best Ways for Families to Explore the Great Smoky Mountains

The most visited national park in the United States is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where more than a half million acres of craggy peaks and forested ridges are caressed by the…

Now Streaming: A Social Media–Themed Water Park near Orlando

A new water park with a social media theme has just opened next to Margaritaville Resort Orlando in central Florida.Dubbed Island H2O Live!, the park has eight water slides with names…

New Great Wolf Lodge Water Park Opens in Chicago Burbs

Midwesterners in search of chlorinated fun have a new destination in the Chicago suburbs. Great Wolf Lodge Illinois, the 17th outpost in a chain of Northwoods-themed indoor water park…

Huge New Atlantis Resort Opens in China

The world now has three Atlantis resorts to overwhelm visitors with an ocean's worth of watery amenities and maximalist architecture. Joining sister properties in the Bahamas and Dubai…

How to Get the Most from a Great Wolf Lodge Vacation

If you’ve never heard of Great Wolf Lodge, you probably don’t know many 9-year-olds. This pack of wilderness-themed water-park resorts has been steadily expanding since the 1997…

Universal Releases Water Park Details

Universal Orlando has released some details about its new water park, Volcano Bay, which the company promises will be up and running by June 1, 2017. The park will feature 18…

4 Surprising & Spectacular Family Destinations in St. Louis

Driving into St. Louis at sunset, I was awestruck by the site of the imposing arch, glistening against the orange-hued sky and reflecting on to the Mississippi. It only took that…