We got a phone call requesting that we come spend a weekend at one of our resorts for our annual owners survey. We decided to go ahead and go to Schlitterbahn waterpark since we were going to be within half an hour from it. It has been something we were interested in doing since the first summer we moved out here and we saw commercials for it. So we invited some friends (only one was able to make it) and we headed out for a day of fun. The place was great and even though it was crowded, most of the lines weren’t that bad.
Because we hadn’t been there before, we went in the wrong entrance and then spent a good chunk of time walking all the way around the park to find the lockers for our towels and what not. We found the lockers and then headed to the bar to grab a drink before going to wait in line for one of the bigger rides, Master Blaster. Master Blaster is one of the rides that shoots occupants uphill. The ride was fun, but the wait was not. We were so glad that we had gotten the drink beforehand as we were in line for about 2.5 hours. They did sell water and beer at the top right before getting on the ride(at about the 30 minute wait mark), but it was a long wait until we got there.
The new side of the park was closed loop rides with treated water. We spent about half the day there and half the day on the original side. The original side uses non-treated water pulled from the nearby Comal River. It was really nice since the water was cooler and at the end of most rides, you were dropped into the river. Some rides you were able to float down the river for a little while before the end of the ride. We personally enjoyed that side more. There were a couple of fun rides on the new side, but we enjoyed the slow/fast mix of the original side rides.
So we had fun and it was worth the price once we figured things out. Neither of us got really sunburnt. The food in the park was actually decent. The drinks were ok. I’m not sure exactly what I think of a strawberry daiquiri made with wine instead of rum. It tasted good though. We might end up going back at some point if we are still here next year, but at least we can mark off one item from our list. We have a few more and haven’t decided when we will go ahead and mark those off. Knowing that we are coming up soon on our exit from Texas makes us realize that we need to do some of these things while we live here instead of traveling back here. We shall see. 🙂