SplashDown Beach

If you are bringing small children be prepared to be your own life guard staff, or maybe rely on some of the other parents around. I brought my son to the pirate ship slide and he almost drowned because the life guard on duty was not watching the pool. I was not allowed to go down the slide after him which is a terrible rule, so I had to walk around the feature to get to the point where my son would end up after he went down the slide.
To my horror, I arrived to some person holding my son who had pulled him out of the water after witnessing him not come up after exiting the slide.
Luckily there were some folks in the pool at the bottom of the slide to witness the event. The life guard on duty didn’t even notice.
I’ll never return to this place. Parents of small children please take note.

This is a good place to go to if there are no other, more exciting water parks around. They have a couple of decent things here, but, really, no WOW ride. The Bullet Bowl was nice, but, for instance, I ve seen similar rides at other parks which are bigger, longer, more exciting. The bathrooms here are not pleasant, and it seems like nobody is there on a regular basis to clean them. The kids water area is ok, and the lines are average. That being said, we were here after 3 on a Sunday, weather was cloudy. If was regular day, and sunny, I am sure waits would have been out the door! Overall, if there is nothing else closer, and you want a water place, this is good. But, again, definitely not great.

This park is run pretty well and is enjoyable, but man, it is expensive. I know it comes with the territory, but wow. $ 35 to get in– ok fine, but the food (though not half as bad as what I expected) was so crazily priced. My iced coffee (which was hot coffee on ice and really disgusting) was…5.99. If this give you any indication of where I am going here. Pools seemed clean, and we got there right at 10am– it wasn’t too crowded at all. It was totally fine and fun. Someone mentioned ‘salty’ water. Pretty sure that they do a combo of salt water filtering and chlorine at these places now. Very typical and actually better for you than all chlorine. We had a good time with a bunch of 5years old. I’d go back.

This place was ok. We went on a Saturday and got there about 30mins after the park opened and it wasn’t too crowded. But after about 12pm the place was packed! Unpleasantly so.
It’s a good size: not too big and not too small. My 5 year old enjoyed the little kids’ pirate ship area and its slides. She also liked the Bob the Builder ride. My mister really liked the water guns and squirting the heck out of people on the ride. Haha. The Arctic Mammoth ride was really fun.
We also had a nice time on the lazy river.
The wave pool was disgusting. The water was salty! Ugh!
I was however, pleasantly surprised by the food. We had pizza and it was pretty good. They also had these yummy funnel fries… like a funnel cake but little sticks that looked like French fries. They were delicious.
The jury is still out on whether we would return. If we do, we will try to make it a weekday.
One last thing, and this may seem ridiculous, but they had country music playing the entire time! It was terrible! We’re in New York, not Nashville! Get some pop music in there!

Great place to go for adults and kids. The new mammoth ride is fun. Season pass is $ 90

My only complaint is that there’s no showers to get the chlorine off your body. Otherwise, everything is of reasonable price and very clean. This is our third year back and will definitely go back again!

I LOVE this place. I go every year at least once. I was there on Saturday August 1, 2015. Yes the place is small, but the fun is big. I recommend buying your tickets online. You avoid the long line and you get $ 5 off. Hey! A dollar is a dollar. I started taking my daughter here in 2003 when my now 14 year old was 2 years old. Talk about tenure. Things have definitely changed over time. I wish they would bring back the water bumper cars. Hey splash down! Just a thought. They were so MUCH FUN. I can see this park getting bigger and more famous little buy little. The staff is friendly and very helpful. Will see you again soon Splash Down Beach! Keep up the good work :)

This place is insanely small but it’s a nice park to have in the suburbs. It only has about 7 major attractions, wave pool, large donut slide that you see when you come in, lazy river pool, some speed slides and a shallow swimming pool (3.5ft). Arrive early and you’ll have a great time but after about 1pm it does get insanely crowded. You do get some ghetto visitors from neighboring areas such as Newburgh and Poughkeepsie so be weary of crowd. I saw at least two incidents where people wanted to beat up staff members just because they lack home training in civilized society.
The park offers gazebo rentals for about $ 100 which are nice if you want to spend the extra coin but they do have very small shade tents with two chairs for reserve for about $ 45 which didn’t seem to get as much shade as I would have liked to see for a «paid» spot. Full gazebo’s are really nice but for $ 45 the shade spots are not terrible for two.
The park is kept really clean however my only complaint is that all the pool water could probably use a more powerful, better, filtration system because the pools did seem to have cloudy almost borderline dirty water. Don’t get me wrong it wasn’t blatantly filthy but the water everywhere did start appearing cloudy because of the volume of customers. The wave pool for example had water that tasted like salt water so keep your mouth closed. It’s not supposed to be salt water but it may taste like such because of the amount of sand that makes its way into the wave pool from people walking from the sanded areas into wave pool.
Overall not a bad place at all, just don’t come with huge expectations of a Six Flags water park or other mega park. Arrive expecting a small water park where you’ll have some fun and leave refreshed.

Fun, Fun, Fun. Great water rides! We all had a blast! Highly recommend! Great new rides. My 6 and 8 year old loved the wave pool, toilet bowl slides, etc… My favorite ride was the Bob The Builder ride where you get to squirt people with water.

I dont normally write reviews but for this place I had to because it will benefit our children.
This place is small, maybe 6 attractions the most, 2 areas for toddlers. The 1^st toddler attraction is so small, the sprinklers at my local park is twice the size. The 2^nd is the kiddie pool, that was dirty with countless dead bugs in the water. My 3 year old threw up in the pool whiles we were there, and no one cared. I had to rush her out the water myself. No one evacuated the area, so whiles my childs puke is floating in the water other little children were still playing in the same water! Mind you the life guard was right there. I would never recommend this place for anyone’s child. It a joke for waterpark. They make you pay $ 9 for toddler diapers that do not even protect your child’s pampers. and If you need a new one you have to walk all the way to the front of the park and join the admission line. On the plus side, the food isn’t as expensive as you would assume for a water park. This place seems like a last minute idea put together park just to charge people. your better off at the beach or public pool.

I visited Splash Down Beach for the first time and was pleasantly surprised! Splash Down Beach is very clean and there are many employees walking around constantly cleaning should there be any litter. There are many places to eat with ample seating. There is a lazy river, wave pool, regular pool, and numerous slides of various thrill levels. I visited on a weekday and the lines for the slides were not unbearably long. There is an adorable area for young children and toddlers as well. I will absolutely be back to visit this summer, and next summer, I may even buy an annual pass.

Good place to take the kids for several hours. Safe rides, pretty clean place. Close to home and season pass makes it a bargain. On the weekend it’s JAM PACKED which causes a bit of chaos on certain rides. A bit more organization from the staff during these busy times would make the experience even better.

A good water park for families with young kids and tweens looking for a relaxing day. It’s small enough so you don’t get worn out running around. There are lots of seating, especially by the «Beach» and the Lazy River. There is a shaded area with tables by the grill.
Minimum height requirement is 42 inches for all slides. Toddlers can wade around in Bob the Builder Splash Works, Shipwreck Lagoon, Wave Pool, or dig in the sand at Rock Beach.
The best slide by far is the Artic Plunge. It’s like sliding down a wet slide at the playground. There are no sudden plunges. The kids loved it. They went at least 10 times. There are 4 tubes so the line moved quickly.
Dizzy’s Water Whirler was not fun. It hurt when you get hit in the face with water. Most kids were careful not to hit us in the face, but the water guns were not easy to control.
Overall the rides are rather tame. Even a chicken like me would like Pirates Revenge. The only really scary ride is the Humunga Half-​pipe. Teens and adults will probably get bored quickly.
There aren’t a lot of food options beyond the usual theme park fare: pizza, hot dogs, burgers. They ran out of the frozen coffee drink and ice cream bars by mid-​afternoon. And we were there on a slow day.
We did not enjoy the show at Safari Outpost. The trainer seemed annoyed with the tigers. They did not want to cooperate with him. The whole show was uncomfortable to watch. I hope they take good care of the animals.

pros: shorter drive than to great wolf/​splish splash
close to bear mountain, woodbury commons for more activities

cons: door check bags for food/​drink contraband
parking lot a ways from the entrance (shuttle service provided tho)
be careful of the walkway as certain areas have jagged rock traps
(like bob the builder area) some toddlers almost fell into it
–get tickets online to save $ 10/​per
–entrance fee base on height not on age, tyrion lannister ftw

We’ve been living in this area (poughkeepsie) for a few years and this is our first visit to this park (although we pass by it almost every day). The reason is our kids are not old enough to be able to swim yet. We got there at 3pm and found out they have a cheaper ticket if you enter after 3pm (like adult pays $ 23 and kids pay $ 20). It’s still a little expensive but after you see what’s inside you will feel it’s totally worth it. They have slides and pools for all ages. The bob builder section is for toddlers and bigger kids have a lot more fun. They even have an animal show with 2 bengal tigers which is awesome. Sadly, my 2^nd child is not tall enough for most of the rides and she’s very very upset. She actually sneaked through one of the tall slides (the one that you slide down on top of a blue foam matt) and enjoyed it a lot. On her second attempt she was caught by the lifeguard and was send down the stairs (crying). We have barely tried everything when the park is closing. I overheard on the radio that if you go to the frontdesk and exchange for a season pass, you can deduct the entrance fee for today’s visit, which makes the season pass a lot more seasonable. What’s more enticing is you get the 2015 season pass and then you can get the rest of 2014 free! Such a no-​brainer! I exchanged the ticket stub for season passes, and now our kids go to the park every day (each time just play there for 2 hours). They enjoyed it so much that they can’t wait for the afternoon time. The weather is turning colder so I guess we probably will just go there a few more times and wrap it up for this year. Next year we will try to send the kids there every afternoon (since my 2^nd kid should be tall enough for the rides she really liked).

This was our 1^st time here … Perfect for the 7 yr old… Staff friendly and helpful… All areas of park cleaned or being cleaned … Nice that you have an outside of park picnic area … Will we come back YES. !!!

We had a great visit today! This place has expanded and improved tremendously since I was coming here as a kid (15 – 20 years ago). Worth checking out if you haven’t been in a while. There were several areas that were perfect for my 3 year old and some more exciting slides for older kids too. It was a tad crowded when we got here around 230, but the crowd really thinned out and it was quiet the last hour and a half they were open and that was more enjoyable.

Had a great experience coming here The park is small but it has more than enough things to do with the kids. This is the perfect summer spot to spend with the little ones at a decent price. Place has a large parking lot and very accommodating. You can save money on food by bringing your own and eating at the designated eating area right outside the entrance. Looking forward to going back.

I was looking for something fun to do in Mid Hudson one summer. This place charges $ 30 per adult and $ 26 per child (not determined by age, but by height).
They do not have many slides and most of them were for kiddies. If you are a grown-​up, you would get bored with this place after 30 minutes. For little kids, this place would be fun.
Compared to all the water parks in Florida, this place is way too small and expensive. That being said, I give it 2-​star for being one of a few places where you can kill time in summer in Mid Hudson.

Today was a wonderful day to checkout a new water park, with the Boss, Dee and family ,
For a small park, it has a kick. LoL
So today started, by hanging out in the wave pool. That can knock you on your butt, with the power it compacted, then we ended up, at shipwreck bay, the boss loved this one, all you saw him, was diving and running about every chance he got.
We, all had so much fun, not so crowded I loved that part. LoL
Just to bake in the sun as the kids run a muck. Can wait to do it again.