Whale's Tale Water Park

berky
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The Whale's Tale Water Park

  • August 15, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by berky from Nepean, Ontario
The Whale's Tale Water Park

We had one day to visit the water park, and although it seemed a little cool in the morning when we arrived at 10:30am or so, we decided to pay the fee and take a chance on its warming up. There were two windows open to pay, but one was only for people paying cash (who pays cash for anything these days?), so the line up in front of the other window seemed fairly long, but it only took about 10 minutes to get in.

It was a weekday, and though we did not arrive at opening time (10am), we did manage to find lounge chairs for all of us. Half an hour or so later, they were pretty well all spoken for, so it is probably a good idea to get there early if you want to stake out a spot. The park itself was compact—you could pretty well see the whole thing from anywhere in the park. There was a good-size wave pool that had the waves going at regular intervals, a lazy river, two flume slides, two speed slides, a tube slide, and a multi-passenger slide. My kids got a kick out of the one that spits you out like a flushing toilet. Little kids got their own area with splash pool, sand box, swings, and mini slides.

Lines were quite manageable, and we were able to go on several slides more than once. The flow could have been managed differently, but maybe they were short staffed—one girl looked pretty grumpy—perhaps she was asked to do more than she was used to. Food was served at two separate areas—one served hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, onions rings, and sandwiches—not cheap but greasy. The other place served pizza. There was a bar, slushy stand, and a stand that sold these funky ice-cream treats—it was like a bowl full of frozen ball bearings.

This is definitely a good place to spend a hot summer day.

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