On a beautiful, hot summer day that felt perfect for a water park, my wife and I went to Water Country USA. What a disappointment.
* We got 2 one day tickets for $81 total. Seemed like a decent deal. But ...
* A medium sized locker cost $30 to rent for the day
* The lines were long and slow. 1 hour after arriving, we had taken one ride.
* We waited in line 1 hour to pay an upcharge, essentially doubling the price of our tickets, for "Quick Queue," the fast line for rides. There were 3 windows at the help desk, but only 1 worker, thus the line was painfully slow.
* Quick queue lines were shorter but still quite slow.
* Several rides were operating at half capacity, i.e., one slide was running instead of two, or two instead of four. This obviously added to wait times, sometimes doubling them.
* A manager said rides were operating below capacity because of a shortage of workers.
* Food and beverages are comparable to movie theaters, e.g., $6.50 for a soda with no refills
*The park is clean and nicely landscaped