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The Schlitterbahn Vacation Village opened this summer in Kansas City Kansas – or at least the water park portion of the village is now open. If you’re like me, you’re very tempted to go check out the water park.  I was discussing the park with a stranger a couple of weeks ago and he recommended waiting until next year because the park really wasn’t ready to open this year. Since that time I’ve been wondering if at least all the water park rides are now open. I recall the guy telling me that there wasn’t even grass around the lazy river – or something like to that affect.

Schlitterbahn Water Park In Kansas City

If anyone has visited the park please let us know how things went. Otherwise, I’ll be making a call to the water park before firming up plans to visit. No doubt, getting out to see the water park portion of a Vacation Village that is eventually going to cost $750 million is very tempting.  The park has been promoting itself as having the world’s largest tidal wave river, an uphill water coaster and a lazy river that doubles as a transportation system around the water park – and eventually around the entire Vacation Village once that’s completed down the road.

Eventually the 360-acre Schlitterbahn Vacation Village will include lodging facilities as well as shopping, dining and entertainment areas. Being able to eventually travel down several miles of rivers to get from the water park  to the hotel room will be great. For now, I’d settle for just knowing the rides are all open. The waterpark has free parking, unlimited intertube use, free lifejackets and you’re encouraged to bring your own food and (some) beverages inside the park. All of that sounds very appealing. The cost to get in is more expensive than Oceans of Fun, but saving $10 on parking certainly helps. And being able to bring in lunch and drinks surely appeals to families considering making a visit.

From what I’ve read, the water park will maintain five tubing slides, two tubing rivers, 13 mini slides for children, three beaches and an adult hot tub area. The Bahnzai Pipeline is a 40-foot open-air, twisting tube ride. The Black Knight is a pitch black, fully-enclosed tube ride. The Wolfpack is a wide, oversized tube slide. The Storm Blaster is  an actual water roller coaster propelled by jets of water. The Kinderhaven Kid’s Area is a shallow water playground for the little ones, complete with mini-slides and plenty of shaded lounging areas. The Torrent Beach is a wave area for cooling off in the sun, the Torrent Cove is an island for relaxing and the Torrent River is the world’s longest tidal wave river with ocean-like waves. I’m looking for some feedback so I can decide if we’ll get out there this summer or just make a trip to Oceans of Fun instead.

Posted by Jason A. Brown

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