7 Best Water Parks in Dallas

Located in North Richland Hills, NRH_²O is the perfect place to have a fun day with your family.

Designed to suit the needs of every member of the family, this water park is filled with pools, slides, rides and play areas for everyone.

One of the most thrilling attractions at NRH_²O is the Green Extreme, the largest uphill water-coaster in the world. Accelerator, Viper and Thunder are some of the rides that would attract thrill seekers.

Endless River and Beachside Bay are for those who are looking for some lazy moments, while the tiny tots would have a fun time at the pool and play areas. Plus, NRH_²O has cabanas and picnic areas too.

Not too far from Downtown Dallas, Bahama Beach is home to some amazing rides. Go down a tube at the Riptide Slide & Bahama Bullet, race with your friends on the Torguta Express and have fun sliding down the Bermuda Triangle here.

Kids would have a great time at the Coconut Cove, which is an interactive fortress complete with 1000 gallon dumping bucket, rope ladders, pulleys, geysers and slides. If you feel like doing nothing, the Calypso Cooler would be perfect for you.

Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine is home to an 80,000 square feet indoor water park that is accessible only to hotel guests.

Home to rides, slides and attractions for toddlers, kids and adults, the Great Wolf Lodge water park is worth the entry fee. There are plenty of things to explore, including the 9 water slides and 6 splash and pool areas.

Fort Mackenzie (water tree house fort) is made of four-stores and offers amazing interactive water toys and splash areas. Howlin' Tornado, Coyote Cannon, Raccoon Lagoon, Crooker Creek, Whooping Hollow and Cub Paw Pool are some of the best attractions of Great Wolf Lodge.

Spread around 47 acres of land, this is the largest water park in North Texas. The park opens only during the summer season, between the months of May and October. Some of the exciting attractions of Six Flags Hurricane Harbor are The Black Hole, Blue Raider, Dive Bomber, Geronimo, Hydra Maniac, Sea Wolf, Mega Wedgie, Typhoon Twister, Tsunami Surge, etc.

The park also has private cabanas, a lazy river, a surf lagoon and a suntan lagoon. You can also catch a kid-friendly movie while relaxing on a tube in the pool.

Hawaiian Falls does not have one but five water parks in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Located in Garland, Waco, Mansfield, The Colony and Roanoke, the Hawaiian Falls has state-of-the-art attractions like wave pools, slides, inner tube rides, lazy rivers, etc. Although each park is unique, all of them offer unlimited fun to kids and adults.

Dedicated to young children, Bedford Splash is a water park that opens only in the summers. Apart from the usual water park attractions, it offers swimming lessons, movie nights and other fun attractions for kids.

Bedford Splash has Guppy Cove (a tot pool) with a boat slide and Splash Beach (zero grade entry pool) with an interactive play area, raindrop waterfall, slides, coconut palm trees, etc. There is also Snorkel Bay and a multipurpose recreational pool that includes fun slides, thrilling rides and water sports activities.

The roof of the park is retractable, and some of the slides in the park are first the water park industry.

One of the highlights of the place is the Lassoloop, which is the tallest indoor AquaLoop slide in the world. This water park is also great for hosting birthday parties and other private events.