We ve booked the hotel for my son s 7th Birthday. ...

We ve booked the hotel for my son s 7th Birthday. He was so excited, so as his little sister. The traffic from NYC was insane, it took us over 4 hours to get there, but we made it. We enter waterpark around 8pm on Thursday and the area was almost empty. The kids area was completely empty. My kids went to slides right away, but excitement ended pretty quickly, as the person with stick approached and told us that my son is too tall to use these slides. He is 49 by the way (we measured him at home after this incident). One inch taller (limit 48 ). We asked for the manager with disbelief (like, really? because of an inch? my son is skinny like stick too) and someone came with hand measuring tape, measured my son 50 in air and told us that he can t use any slides in this area. Not kids tube, no slides. So, the evening was ruined. His little sister wanted to play and slide with her brother, but sadly he was too tall. You know what s next level slide? 3 FLOORS UP!!! Yes, if your kid outgrew the slide, so the next one he can use going up 3 floors and use the big slide. We ended up using the wave pool.
The next day we went to the pool and noticed kids same his height (some even taller) using kids slides. He went on and had fun! Finally, my both kids could slide and splash and be happy till the evening shift came. In the evening, this happened again. He was not allowed to use any of the slides.
I understand the rules. But ONE INCH!!!!??? C mon .
I would not go back there, and definitely I would warn everyone about this inch strict rule.

Other than that, the pool is OK, much less people than in Kalahari. But, next time we are going to Kalahari for sure. I rather pay a little more, but have happy kids (and they way more stuff for little kids anyway)..