Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark
Galveston, TX 77554
Phone: (409) 770-9283
- Cross Street:
- Piper Street
- Hours:
- Oct-Mar: weekends and holidays 11am-6pm, Apr-Sep: Sun-Sat 10am-8pm
Editorial Review for Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark – by Andrea Loera
In Short
Kids of all ages can enjoy Texas' third Schlitterbahn featuring rides, slides and year-round entertainment. This 15-acre themepark next to Moody Gardens offers fun for the whole family, including Wasserfest, an indoor/outdoor convertible waterpark. The first operating area of the park features heated pools, tube shoots, speed slides, an activity pool, beach area and hot tub. The second section includes uphill water coasters, wave pool, playgrounds, whitewater rapids, surf ride and the exclusive Transportainment river system.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoBe sure to call the waterpark for the day's schedule and operating hours. The park hosts the occasional private event, and the operating hours can change during the less busy months.
User Reviews for Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark
04/01/2007 Posted by citystar1
The galveston schlitterbahn has poor customer service. I strongly believed they misrepresented the terms of their year passes when they opened last fall and are completely inflexible. I discussed with Catherine Slight what happened and her opinion was essentially my way or the highway. I witnessed a similiar misrepresentation after I purchased the season passes near the time and did not think much about it except that the representatives had the same attitude. In the summer lines are slow both at the window and the food lines. The food is below average for amusement parks. The park clearly does not come close to the standards of the original in New Braunsfuls by any measure.
01/11/2007 Posted by txtiger78
Schlitterbahn Galveston Island water park will be constantly compared to the original Schlitterbahn site in New Braunfels, no doubt... I've never been to that huge park in central TX as of yet, but still know it is hugely popular state and region-wide. The Galveston park on its own, however, seems to provide a great amount of summer day fun...that is, until noon rolls around... Here's the deal: the variety of attractions are great - there are many slides, more than a few of which are intense and thrilling. There are attractive zero-entry "beaches" connected by NBGS Internationals popular Transportainment river system. If you and your family and/or friends are smart, arrive at the park no later than 8:30am (on the days the park opens at 9am), and buy your tickets ahead of time online. I think the season passes are frankly about $25.00 more than they should be, unfortunately, but if patrons who have them trek to the park enough times, the cost is obvously worthwhile... I think the day tickets/two-day packages are reasonable. On more than a few occasions, my friends and I arrived very early in the morning, we spent about 2 hours enjoying all the attractions without any or much of a wait, and would leave just before or after the lunch hour. The park got pretty swamped by 11am, which forced us to really only be able to enjoy the river system (definitely the most relaxing, enjoyable attraction, worth the price of admission anyway in and of itself...). When we left around the lunch hour on more than two different occasions, the line to buy tickets/enter the park extended past the property grounds - HUNDREDS of people in line, coolers and whining kids in-tow, just to enter. A really miserable sight. Bottom line - great, clean, fun, attractive park. Come early. Leave early.
Pros: Clean, attractive, and thrilling
Cons: HUGE crowds after 11am
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