Wild Waves Theme Park Reviews

This year I opted to get a season pass for my kids. I think they have updated the perks. And it is very much worth it! we went opening weekend and collected our wrist band/cup and coupons that they load unto ur bracelet. It's for all ages small ones and adults. I suggest wear something comfortable because it is alot of incline (up hill) walking to get to certain rides and mainly the kiddie rides! Cant wait for the water park to open end of May! Cost of Parking is $15 per car. I would go online and try to get the discount tickets while there still available. or better yet if you plan on visiting more than twice. you may as well as get the season pass which covers: admission, discount admission for a friend, 6 dive-ins movies and into October Fright Fest

Always a fun time! Clean park, decent food, and their holiday events are great! Especially fright fest

2 adults a 7 year old and 13 year old both over 48 , parking and convenience fee =$185. This park is NOT worth this price.

We visited on a warm Tuesday in August. It was busy, as expected. Let me list out why we will never return to Wild Waves:

-The lines for the larger slides did not move. We stood for unusually long periods of time without movement. Possibly due to disorganization? While waiting for one slide I saw the lazy river line did not move at all.

- the wave pool does not work and they clear the pool way too often, to, I assume, make sure the wave pool is still broken?

- the activity pool was closed (it was closed the last time I visited in 2009 perhaps get a new attraction already?!)

- the children s play area was understaffed with 2 of the 3 slides closed causing ridiculous lines and frustrated littles ones

- half of the rides were closed, including the Log ride. The sign said they were preparing for Fright Fest- again, we visited in August HOW long do they need to prepare for Fright Fest?!

- I watched several rides shut down mid operation.

- the restrooms were filthy, I do not think these are maintained throughout the day.

-the food is overpriced and limited in selection and quantity. They actually ran out of dipping dots!

For the cost of admission, this park should be fully operational. While it is understandable for one or two rides to be down, more than FIVE is ridiculous and should be noted on your website!! I paid for a full experience.

Save your money and do not go here! If you want a WONDERFUL experience, visit Silverwood in Idaho.

Really bad customer service, lady that is miss her upper tooths at the will call with bad manners to treat people, this after I bought season pass

After paying $500 for our family of six to get in, eat, park and wait in lines we where able to go on 2 slides and 4 rides in six hours. Extremely overpacked, overpriced and under serviced.



On the day of our visit two roller coasters did not work. The wave pool closed for 2 hours because of an incident . They did not have enough staff to support the amount of guests and even charged for tubs to use in the lazy river.

TOP TIP: Drive over the Cascade Mountains for 2 hours and go to Slide Waters in Chelan. Way less crowds, you can bring in your own food and the cost is 1/3 less.

FOR MANAGEMENT: Might want to do some investing in your staff. My entire adult and teen family found them to be either incompetent or rude. You don t have health food options either, just fried, sugar and more sugar. Train your staff to make a wait online enjoyable. They offered no information on they very long delays. Go visit a few other parks, come back and make 2020 a better season.

Never again will my family or friends go to Wild Waves.

Ring of fire gave me nam flashbacks. But the pool water tastes good so i think overall it adds up to about a 2 star review but i must say the dippin dots are quite overpriced though on the other hand, the food truck burritos were fantastic. All the rides in a 100 meter vincinity of the lumberjack are out of comission and half the rides are potato kiddie rides of some type of vehicle rotating around in circles. So at this point there are some pros and cons to wild waves but i must say it would still balance the total experience to a very noice and crisp illustrious rating of 2 five pointed polygons with 10 vertexs (five concave and five convex vertexs).#mleped

All these years of living here and never explored this place, let's just say "WE LOVED IT"

Wow. I don't even know where to start. To put in one word - avoid.

Great rides and water rides. Food was expensive and mediocre

It was ok. Waves were not as big as I would have liked. The non water parts had the feeling of going to a fair. But there weren't enough games for me to want to play them multiple visits. The rides were too short and had a very rickety feel to most of them. No music to the merry go round which is lame. In fact I am curious why there is no music in the rides area when it is all over the water parts? For the rides and non water activities I would much rather just go to a real fair. For the water side... if I lived closer it might be worth it. I would much rather forsake the wave pool and swim at one of my local pools, even if it means forsaking the sun. Granted I did not try any of the water slides or the lazy river. Nor any of the roller coasters. So maybe those make up the difference? The log ride would have been cooler if it was longer. If you have never been to Wild Waves I would recommend it at least once. I have been many times so it is just getting a bit old to me. I will return in October and December if they are open then. And I will probably go a few more times in summer now that I have a season pass. The normal prices are absurd but maybe they have to have them high to keep the place from getting too packed during summer.

Altogether a great experience. Only downside to anything is, the concession stands are always out of something. The teens running them need to stock up better.

Worst experience ever. They call it wild waves I cal it wild Grave, I expected to have fun with my family, but it turned out to be the worst experience ever. Long lines for everything including the restrooms, lockers, food, gift shop you name it! U can't get anything done without waiting in a ridiculously long lines. It was extremely overcrowded. I wish i have read the reviews first.
#WildGrave
#WorstExperienceEver
#WillNeverComeBack

Fun place for the whole family despite some bad press lately. Fright fest is a fun mix-up.

Very low supply and VERY HIGH DEMAND. Was only able to get on 2 rides in 3 hours. Not worth the 30-40 bucks to get in. Disney Land has a much better ratio. Parking can be a pain also. If you like long lines and tons of people this is the place for you.

A good place to take the kids. Make sure you get there right as an opens and plan to spend the whole day there, because there is lots to do. Many water slides to choose from, and there's also the amusement park rides to enjoy later on. The lines can get hectic depending on the day that you go on.

A lot of fun for all ages. Parking can be a little tuff sometimes but definitely worth having to walk for 1 or 2 minutes.

Wet & Wild; bartender makes the best flaming long Island iced teas!

Had lots of fun, the waves could be better, bigger but was nice .

It s super fun, but definitely showing the age. The buildings need some love, as do the grounds in general.

I went here as a kid a ton and promised my kids we would go - well it is LONG past it's glory days of the 90's! They have removed all of the slides that you can sit down on; now all of them you have to lug a tube up 5 flights of stairs. They are now ripping out the best ride (Raging River) nothing on the website or map that says this - many people were very upset. They removed the ability to just play in the activity pool - you jump in and have to get out immediately.
They removed the use of floaties in the wave pool, so now I'm not so sure what the point of a wave pool is if you can't ride the waves on anything? They removed a couple of hot tubs, so screw you if you want to warm up. There is no reason to rent a tube because there is no where you can use them (not allowed on any rides or pools)-so it is purely a way to steal your money. They removed all the grassy areas to install $200 rental cabanas so there is no where to just sit and relax. The signage is so bad it is difficult to figure out what to do (example: the Konga Slides you have to walk a really long way to find the area to get the tubes and then walk back to the stairs. But there is no sign anywhere that tells you this). They have a new lazy river, but I saw two long lines of people waiting for a tube - but there is no rule that people have to get out, so you just wait forever until someone decides they want to get out and give their tube to you (of course there is no instructions on this anywhere). The lifeguards made me remove my WATER shoes to go on the slides, that is what I bought them for!! The lake where you could rent paddleboats and relax by is now a giant ugly hole full of mud. My kids were very bored quickly, so only take younger kids up to about 9 - they have a great kid water play area for little ones - but if you went here during it's best days, it will be a HUGE disappointment now - I will never drive two hours to go here again. Luckily, Tulalip is building an even larger water park. Unless Wild Waves gets some kind of substantial investment and better ownership, it needs to just die already.

Poor attraction labeling and lack of seating for those waiting for others. Staff can be very short.

I arrived when the park opened and very few of the thrill rides were running and still weren't an hour and a half later. Park stay were still running around with carts sticking the food stands, of which only half were open. This park send to have enough staff but they are not managed or have any direction on what they should be doing. This was only the first couple of hours of my visit (I'm traveling on business). But they sure have pitched their season pass several times on the overhead music playlist at least four or five times. If I were a local I would not buy one. Overall, not a great run park and most of the staff, although wearing the party "uniform" (khaki shorts and a t-shirt) is dressed sloppily. Take o look at other successful parks and emulate them. This is a management problem and can be easily fixed with just a little effort.

So fun every time. We rented a cabana, and it was perdect for four. Came with four free waters as well. Couple of chairs, a lounge chair, a table and a bench. Try to find the hot tub...lol...i did

The wave pool is a joke now. 4ft cut off line, the waves doing even go a foot high.... For a park named wild WAVES youd think it be better. Rides are the same ones from 20 years ago. Over priced. Over packed. Not worth the money.

Nice water park wait time is more on hot sunny days

BUSY ... BUSY ...BUSY the enchanted village was more fun for me because it wasn't as crazy as the water park!

Prices are ok online..GREAT family fun this summer!!

Ive grown up going to wild waves, and i always have a good time

Was a fine experience. Granted it was for a job application for fright fest coming up and not to enjoy the park as a water park.

Staff is reasonably diligent and courteous for what they get paid, but compared to a "real" amusement park, everything just seems sort of mailed in here. Of course, it's also the Seattle-Tacoma metroplex's only choice. The park is clean and safe enough, but the food's quality, selection, and value are comically bad. And parking should definitely be free. Parking cost is far and away the number one thing that keeps us from visiting much more often.

Lots of fun even my 3 year-old enjoyed the park. There are more kiddie rides on the theme park side than the water park side.

Everything just seems so slow, great for small kids I would imagine. Had a 13 year old that didn't find it fun

Tons of slides for the kids. The lazy river is great for parents who just want to relax.

We had a company picnic at the tents above the venue and had a great time. The food, hamburger and hotdogs etc was good! The staff kept the food coming so we didn't run out, there was 60-70 people. Impressed, but had even more fun at the rides and the water fun at the park. It's an old, somewhat dirty park that needs to be repainted and signs cleaned etc but the boys had fun.

Clean and safe- great security presence. It's been years since I've visited and it seemed much cleaner.

My kids had a blast. Get there in the morning when it first opens for your best experience.

I used to come here all the time as a kid and it was amazing. It is very disappointing it has gone so downhill.
The roller coasters are fine. The mine carts are nearly always closed, the gambler was closed, and the scrambler was closed. We came for the water park for when it got hot too. We rented tubes to go down the raging river water falls. They were closed due to understaffing. So was the riptide. The wave pool had the wimpiest waves and they wouldn't let us go past 4 feet deep. They added way more food stalls by the water, but the actual water park is lacking. If I come back, it will probably only be during the holidays due to park being cheaper as the only thing that is slightly worth it is the roller coaster for that price.

I do like Auntie Annie's though.

Lovely waterpark and amusement park. I thought it was strange that all the slides require intertubes now? Wonderful children's area! Wave pool and lots of other options. I wish there was a better map or directions to find all the rides--we had a hard time finding the trail to the wooden roller coaster and other ridea in the back.

Its a great park, bugs are a concern though later in the day near the water park. The rides are fun, yummy food, Everything is a little pricey, but you don't expect cheap in a theme park. The wave pool is cool, but it can get crowded, I think that's how that one guy died... The lines for the water slides can be a little too long for the shortness of your ride. Its better to go when it won't be as busy earlier on in the year, when it's too hot and you know it will be busy, just find an indoor pool.

Cool place for younger people. I miss the non tube rides.

It was fun, but the lines were kinda long, fun though

We came here tonight for Halloween haunted house. All three are awesome. The makeup and characters are good! The sites are great!
I would recommend getting a fast pass!

Best water park we have been to. Heated water is the reason..

Has a water park and a theme park with rides galore

We love coming here! Can be a little spendy so make sure you look online for the discounted tickets!

Enjoyable and easy to spend a day with a young group at, the lines can be expected to be overflowing if not gone to early morning or near closing heavily detracting from the experience; however, there are a great variety of rides and attractions that will keep people preoccupied despite the wait.

So much fun, come early before the lines get to long

Only good if you like very crowded parks with massive line's. Food is good and lots of game's, but the water rides are especially crowded and not usually worth the wait.

Had a good time. Not what it use to be. Some fun new slides and a lazy river. Wave pool no longer has big waves. All old slides have been removed. Roller coasters are good and usually little wait as everyone is at the waterpark. Lockers are expensive and parking is $14. I recommend packing a cooler and lunch and leaving in your car, food not so great

Great fun for the family. Don't forget the sunscreen

Great place to spend a day in. Summer splashing at its best!

Unfortunately it is getting really really run down seems as if the owners or the management team do not want to maintain the facility whatsoever! Very sad been going there since it first opened.

super nachos are the only food worth getting. I'm mad that they took out the speed slides

Good locally owned amusement park with some good water slides and a couple good rollercoasters

Great place to goto "Kool Off"!! Could be cleaner in the restrooms. The "Grubs" (Food) a lot cheaper. There you have it, MY Opinion.

Amazing place for the family was here all day from 8 to 8

This place is disgusting. They need to do a much better job at cleaning the park and restrooms. Definitely a one time visit for me and my family.