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/ June 30, 2026
Soak City is the water park at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati. Sprawling across 35 acres, the park offers more than 50 water attractions including 36 slides, two wave pools, a lazy river, and multiple children’s play areas —
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/ June 30, 2026
Soak City opened in 1988 as the water park companion to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, offering a splashy counterpart to the roller-coaster thrills next door. Originally home to ten water slides, the park steadily expanded through the 1990s and 2000s, adding a wave pool,
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/ June 29, 2026
Raging Waters Sacramento brought 25 water attractions to 20 acres of the Cal Expo fairgrounds at 1600 Exposition Blvd in Sacramento, California. The site first opened in 1980 as WaterWorld USA before cycling through several operators — including Premier Parks and Six Flags Waterworld from
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/ June 29, 2026
Raging Waters Los Angeles, located in San Dimas, California, is one of the West Coast’s premier water parks, covering roughly 60 acres in the Puente Hills foothills of Los Angeles County. The park opened on June 18, 1983, on the site of the former Puddingstone
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/ June 28, 2026
Wild Waters was a beloved 6-acre water park in Silver Springs, Florida, opening on April 28, 1978. Built by ABC Television as a sister attraction to the adjacent Silver Springs Nature Theme Park, it ranked among the first parks in the American South to use
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/ June 27, 2026
Oceans of Fun is a tropically themed water park in Kansas City, Missouri, that opened on May 22, 1982, as a celebration of the adjacent Worlds of Fun amusement park’s tenth anniversary. Spanning more than 60 acres, it was the largest water park in Missouri
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/ June 25, 2026
Noah’s Ark Waterpark in Lake Delton, Wisconsin — at the heart of the Wisconsin Dells resort corridor — has carried the title of America’s Largest Outdoor Waterpark since 1987, when the opening of The Wave gave the park enough scale to claim that distinction. Spreading
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/ June 24, 2026
Adventure Island Tampa is a 30-acre water park located in Tampa, Florida, directly across the street from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Opened on June 7, 1980, the park grew from an original 7 acres into one of Florida’s most-visited water attractions through near-yearly expansions across
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/ June 24, 2026
Aquatica Orlando opened on March 1, 2008, as SeaWorld’s dedicated water park — a 59-acre Pacific-themed playground built for roughly $50 million adjacent to SeaWorld Orlando. The park attracted about 950,000 guests in its debut year alone, ranking as the fourth-most visited water park in
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/ June 23, 2026
Universal’s Volcano Bay opened on May 25, 2017, as Universal Orlando Resort’s dedicated water park, replacing the longtime Wet ‘n Wild as the resort’s primary aquatic destination. Built at an estimated cost of $600 million and spread across 27 operational acres, it was the first
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