Kansas City Makes a Splash
Cool off this summer in
Kansas City. From fountains to water parks, KC is the perfect choice to help beat the summer heat. Watch our short video of what you'll soon find at the new Schlitterbahn Waterpark. Please note, only certain attractions are now open at the new waterpark.
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Waterparks: Water, Water Everywhere
Although our 200-plus fountains are tempting on a hot day, the fountain at Crown Center is the only place where kicking off your shoes and cooling off is really, well, cool. Nearly 100 water jets and shooters spout up to 60 feet in the air in a whimsical, synchronized show that makes summer in Kansas City so cool.
This summer, water fun has moved out of the city’s fountains and rained down by the bucketfuls, literally, as four waterparks drench Kansas City in good times.
The Newest Baby in the Pool
July brought the birth of Schlitterbahn Waterpark, hardly a baby at all, entering the pool with 24 acres and two million gallons of water. Located in Kansas City, Kansas, Schlitterbahn comes to these parts from Texas, bringing such fun as the Torrent River, a tidal wave of sorts through a canyon 20-feet wide and 10-feet deep.
After washing ashore, don’t bother getting out of the water. Just float through tube shoots to the Storm Blaster Uphill Water Coaster and more good times. Bring your own food here, if you like. Life jackets, inner tubes and parking are always free!
The Granddaddy of Them All
The most popular splash continues to be the Surf City Wave Pool, a million gallon good time where individuals and groups can frolic in the sunshine all day and night. A new group cabana and additional private cabanas are ready for more memory making in 2009.
Splash Down East of Town
The grand slams continue with the Shark Slam, Gator Gush and a whole collection of twisting, winding waterslides that bring the fun indoors or out, no matter what the weather, long past those lazy days of summer.
Howlin’ Away the Day
The good times go four-stories high at The Great Wolf Lodge, where 1,000 gallons of water can dump on your head at a moment’s notice from Fort MacKenzie, the focal point of Bear Track Landing.
With eight waterslides, five pools, two whirlpools, the fun transitions from indoors and to out in the north woods wilderness on the edge of the Kansas prairie.
Shoot some hoops from the deep blue and drift away in a toboggan built for three, before turning in for the night in your cabin-style retreat.
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