Mountain Creek Water Park

Con and I enjoyed Mountain Creek this winter, so we decided to check out their summer waterpark, a safe, family friendly park (or not)! We arrived about 11 am, and after a long wait to purchase tickets, headed to the wave pool to cool off. The pool was well guarded and life jackets readily available, however crowded conditions caused both good and bad swimmers to be dashed against each other when the waves began.

We decided to stop for a quick lunch, but the line at both (self serve) restaurants was almost an hour. We settled for hot dogs on the run and proceeded to the kids section of the park, restricted to those under 48 inches tall. Jack's first ride was a two slide ride supervised by one teenage lifeguard. The guard monitored one slide and the other was complete mayhem. At one point, Jack and the other little ones almost fell onto the cement below after a group of adolescents (over the height restriction), shoved them aside at the top of the slide.

These same adolescents later terrorized the kids on the Lazy River ride, ambushing them half way around the river and stealing their tubes. Despite repeated complaints to life guards, this behaviour persisted so we called it a day after a couple of hours at the park. Needless to say, we'll be sticking with the "mountain" and from now on, not the "creek".