Rapids Water Park

I wasn’t even there for an hour, only was able to go on one ride before they closed the park for hours due to a thundertorm. They don’t do refunds or a rain check! We spent almost 200 $ for three people. Money down the drain. You tell me Rapids, how is that fair???

Entered at 2:30. Closed at 3:40 for no reason and issued no refunds. Was a beautiful day. Blue sky. What a scam. And won’t respond to email from director. Poor mgmt. Inexcusable.

what a great park. get there 15 minutes before opening because you will do more in the first 2 hours then in the last five.

What a blast. Awesome slides. Personable staff at the rides. The brain drain is their newest ride, and it’s fast. Bought a season pass on the way out. I’ll be back soon.

THEEE WORST EXPERIENCE EVER.
First of all this is extremely overpriced for what it is. the water smells like piss and there’s hair in the water. The worst part is the rides are run by rude teens/​young adults. I’m a thick curvy girl but I’m definitely not 250lbs nor do I look like I am. On June 3^rd around 4:00 pm the first ride I decided to go on the black and white slide. I waited in line with my boyfriend for a while and as we were next in line this skinny dark skin guy with a hat and shades looked at me and grinned and asked me if I 250 lb or if weighed over it. I was caught off guard… He said I needed to step aside and weigh myself while he was laughing. I felt humiliated… I walked down the stairs and started crying because of how objectified I felt.
Its completely embarrassing that they stop production so you have to weigh yourself in front of everyone. After I stopped crying I decided to just get the stupid yellow bracelet that they make «big people» wear as an ok for riding a ride. By asking one of the girls for one after I volunteered to weigh myself to show her I don’t weigh 250 even though she seemed surprise that I asked for one because I clearly don’t look like I’m 250lb. So I wouldn’t have to go through that humiliation again. Rapids your system is flaw. Using a bright yellow bracelet to label larger people is humiliating and not ok. There has to be a better way to do this. Well believe it or not this wasn’t the worst part. The next ride I went on the guy told me to cross my hands on my chest as I go down as a safety proaction while the sign said put hands on head and cross feet. I have a big chest so since he said it didn’t matter if I crossed my hands on chest or head, I decided to cross my hands on chest to avoid a nip slip. And so I went down and banged my head really hard so much so that I heard a long beep sound and I saw double. I wish I could SUE you guys! But I didn’t go to the hospital and I know corporate scammers like you guys always win anyway.
But I will make sure everyone learns about how fucked up this place is.

Not a bad experience despite the rain. The lazy river is my favorite adult activity The black and white slide is intense and anyone should proceed with caution. From time to time you can smell animal pee and bathroom urinal smell in the breeze which is very unsettling. I guess if you are a child, this park is excellent. Be prepared for a day of screaming children. The park is safe. There are tons of lifeguards scattered around the park. They have food and an adult tiki bar that serves pina coladas and strawberry daiquiris. There is a wave pool and a surf board wave pool as well.

Loved coming here it was fun its 50 i believe for each person. I am from kendall and love coming here even though its a far. Theres a booth inside that makes amazing elephant ears i think the one we choose was the smores My GOD it was sooooooo good lol

Worse experience ever. Me and my friends drove an hour to go to this waterpark. For me and my boyfriend admission came out to over 100 dollars for regular park admission. We started riding the water slides in the morning when the first opened. By 12pm the workers started pulling out scales and weighed my friends. Some of them couldn’t ride because of the weight restrictions. One pound over 250. When we are seeing fat people get on these rides. So I had spoke to several people because this was inconsistent weighing, since we had rode all these rides earlier. I had asked to weigh my friends again and for a refund. The guy said «we could give you more 2 for 1’s». How can we come back when we can’t ride anything? Stupid. We eventually all got refunds and left the park.

Rapids… Since I live in Sunrise, the almost 1 hour ride to get there was torturous. The parking was $ 15 to $ 20 on a Saturday and the tickets weren’t cheap. Once we were there, there was enough water fun for all. The food was okay, but over priced. They had adult beverages at the tiki huts which at $ 8 — $ 10 a drink was high, but it helped make a hot day at a park full of screaming kids, bearable if not great.
The rides are fun, water slides for all levels. They are very safety conscious, attendants everywhere. They don’t allow outside food.
Maybe my expectations are not high for this type of theme park, but for the fun level I gave it a 5, but for price a 2 at best. Sounds like a solid 3 to me.

Take it for what it is– a water park. For a fun day in the sun and watersides what more could you want??? We were a little hesitant to go as we heard horror stories of floating Band-​Aids everywhere LOL, but we were pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness. It’s a little on the expensive side at almost 50 $ a ticket for general admission and parking ranges from $ 10 – 20. You are allowed one water bottle a person and no food. However you can bring a cooler and there is an area right at the entrance to set up, and you are allowed to re-​enter the park all day.

So much fun! I hadn’t visited Rapids in about 8 years and the park has changed and improved considerably. Lots of fun water rides, totally recommend it.

Wednesday in April. 10.00 to park is my biggest knock but overall a pretty good deal and fun park. 42.00 for all day access. Very short lines (most had no line at all) good mix of big kid rides and little kid rides. Tubes, matts, multitube and bare rides as well as a skim board ride. Food ok priced and fairly good for park food with a wide selection of food. Service friendly and efficient. We rented a cabana that gave us more of a vip treatment.

Unfortunately, this water park is too over priced for what is offers. It is $ 42.00 per person to get in, and the lines are always so long you don’t ever get to experience the slides you want to ride. Sadly, my family and I will not be going back to the Rapids, and instead we will await the arrival of the new water park in Ft. Lauderdale.

Rapids Water Park is probably the closest thing near to Disney Typhoon Lagoon. Since Typhoon Lagoon is too far away from most Southern Floridian’s, Rapids servers the best of both worlds.
Things to know:
— The park is mostly closed for the winter season and it normally reopens around March. When it gets around September and October, the park doesn’t open daily and it only opens on Saturdays and Sundays. But overall its expensive to get into the park. Its around $ 10 for parking, $ 13 for a locker (if you want to put your wallet, purse, and phones in to keep them safe), and around $ 15 — $ 20 dollars (per person) to get into the park. You can bring your own food, but it can only be eaten at the covered picnic tables near the entrance.
Pros:
— Variety of slides for all ages.
— There is a wave pool and a lagoon/​lazy river if you need a place to chill and relax.
— Decent food
Cons:
— Long lines. They don’t have a limit on who they let in. If you don’t get to the park early, the lines will be long so it will take you a while to get on the slide. On a bright sunny day on a Summer day… lines will take around 1 hour so be sure to put on some sunscreen.
— Prices. Entry fee should include your parking fee, but it doesn’t.

My very first visit, since living in Miami, thank god for being a county worker, I was able to get admission tickets for half price $ 21.95 per person. From Miami it took me pretty much an hour due to the delays on I-​95. When I got there, there was two parking lots, preferred for $ 20 and regular for $ 10, I went for the $ 10. I was under the notion that I couldn’t bring food, but they do not want you with food in the park, just the designated picnic area, I know for next time when I go in a couple of weeks. Since I had bags, and personal belongings, I rented a large locker for $ 17.95, and at the end of the day they return $ 5 if you return the key. I bought a souvenir cup for $ 9.99 with the first drink is free, and after that refills were $ 1. Most of the rides were pretty exciting. I got completely soaked, also the more popular rides were like a 10 – 20 minute wait, but it went pretty quick. As far as food, my god those prices, three cheeseburger combo were $ 9.95 each, the food was okay, nothing out of this world. I let my kids run around, while I enjoyed my much needed Vitamin D rays, received a nice sun tan. I going to try going during the week, to see if it’s less congested with people. I enjoyed myself, even though any type of attraction is a money pit.

Overall a nice park, not too small, not too big. After spending the day in the sun I’m almost falling asleep as I write this. LOL. LOTS of stairs to climb. Nice rides and plenty to choose from.
Be warned, some serious nickel’n’diming is going on here: 10 dollars cash for parking upfront (surprise!!!), 13 dollars for a small locker, 4 bucks for a water/​soda. They acutally CHECK your bag to make sure you buy THEIR provisions. Pepsi anyone? By the way, the burger was mediocre and the fries were soggy and plain bad.
We came early and were able to use all the rides with minimal wait time (until about noon). After that, the lines became VERY long. Too long for me to bother.
Kept eyeing the Tiki bar (ETOH!!) but had the little one in tow all day. She loved it and was unstoppable, significantly contibuting to daddy’s post-​trip exhaustion. Did I mention the stairs?

My kids and I are water park junkies and love all things water slides. So decided to take a day of (Wednesday)and head to Rapids and avoid the weekend crowds. Although not as packed, lines were still pretty long. I’d say at least 30 min for each slide. The slides where super fun! In order of thrill seeking is the Black Thunder, Big Thunder and Pirates Plunge. All the other ones were just as fun just not as intense.
All you need for your day is a towel and sun block. They have lockers to store all of your belongings. Cabana rentals are also available.
The food was mediocre.
Pizza, burgers, chicken strips and wraps. All of which I wouldn’t even recommend. I did see people with coolers and all their own food and beverages, which I think is a great idea. You just have to leave them in designated areas of the park. They do have a bar for adults with cold beer and frozen daiquiris. The piña colada was good. Pretty strong I’d say.
All in all I had a great experience with my family. The kids absolutely loved it and can’t wait to return.

I read some negative reviews about this park and their policy about weather condition and I couldn’t believe it could happen to me. Driving to the Rapids from Miami takes 80 minutes. I got there at 11am, got 2 expensive tickets, paid for parking ($ 10) and locker key ($ 13).
The weather was great but some clouds were building in the distance. The park has a no refund no raincheck policy and that’s where the scam begins. If you are not familiar with the South Florida weather, the rainy season last 6 months from June to November and it’s likely to rain every day. The park happens to close all the slides when the weather turns to rain, and it shuts down when they spot thunder in a 13 mile radius. This is exactly the experience I had that day: they shut everything down at 1pm and after 2 hours of sitting under a shelter, I gave up and lefts. $ 100 down the drain. Thanks to the Rapids.

Pros: Great slides, very clean facility, plenty of staff members around who really appeared to care about the customers’ safety (really impressed with all of the slide lifeguards, they did an excellent and fair job), we enjoyed the evening deal which is $ 20.00 from 4 — 7 pm. We went on a Thursday and the lines were minimal.
Cons: After the already high price of the park, asking $ 10.00 for parking is ridiculous. The park should offer a SMALL free locker to all customers. We NEED a place to at the very least keep our car key and wallet so we can spend MORE money at your already high priced park. Not offering free parking and a free tiny locker is ridiculous. The park needs A LOT more showers.

Lots of climbing stairs. Stairs could use a good power wash. Staff very well trained and I was impressed with staff member who assisted me and answered my questions about saftey training and water testing. Lots to do for all ages. Outside food not permitted and food is expensive. Spent entire day here and overall we had a great time. I really recommend it and ignore the review that talked about the CDC. Its a water park. It’s safe and we’ll maintained.
Great slides. Great family fun and I recommend it.