17 Philadelphia Area Water Parks (What Parents Think)

Tim Ponisciak:  Hersheypark is a must-do for families who love roller coasters and water rides! Thrill enthusiasts will love the wooden roller coasters, and there are plenty of kiddie rides (and character greetings) for families with young ones. An 11-acre outdoor waterpark with several attractions is open seasonally.

What started off as a local swimming hole, Knoebels Crystal Pool is where the amusement park got its roots! Now it’s surrounded by a variety of rides, attractions, food and fantasy! While the pool has expanded and changed over time, on hot summer days the crowds still flock to cool off in nearly 900,000 gallons of refreshing mountain stream water! 

Duke's Lagoon is the splash pad located within the Dutch Wonderland amusement park, featuring a multi-level waterplay platform, kid-sized slides, a variety of spray nozzles, jets, tipping cones, and a large tipping bucket.

Sue Krawitz Tandoc:  You won't get bored at Wildwater Kingdom at Dorney Park with attractions including extreme slides, wave pool, wildwater rapids, kids lagoon, runaway river and more.

In the heart of the Poconos, Kalahari Resorts offers both indoor and outdoor waterparks featuring tons of slides, a lazy river, and a wave pool.

Here you can slide the slides, ride the rides, and enjoy the mountainside setting of the Poconos at the biggest outdoor waterpark in Pennsylvania.

Enjoy water-play adventure year round at Camelback Resort's Aquatopia Indoor Water Park in the Poconos. With 84 degree water, enjoy the pool, rides and slides from mat and tube slides to aqua launch capsule slides to kiddie slides. Reserve a cabana or enjoy a bite to eat or drink from the poolside restaurant.

Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Water Park offers fun for the whole family with water rides and slides, including a special kids area, water fort treehouse and hydro plunge slide.

Clementon Park & Splash World boasts thrilling coasters in addition to classic family amusement park rides like a ferris wheel and carousel. Enjoy water park fun with a wave pool, lazy river, rapids, slides & splash pools.

Big Kahuna’s Indoor and Outdoor Water Park features a lazy river, water slides, a water adventure playground, and more!

Escape the heat at Land of Make Believe Amusement Park and Water Park. Stay cool with the Pirate's Plunge slide, Blackbeard's Pirate Fort, River Tubing, Pirate Ship, wading pool, and the ultimate downhill water slides.

Splash into family fun at the Funplex’s outdoor water park, Splashplex! Relax and soak up the rays as you wind through the Lazy River or twist and turn through tube slide fun.

There are plenty of water rides to choose from at Sesame Place Water Park, including body slides, tube slides, a family raft slide, and more! Admission includes the regular theme park, entertainment and shows.

Tim Ponisciak:  When visiting the Jersey Shore with kids for your annual vacation, and want some water fun beyond the waves in Ocean City, Sea Isle or Avalon, head to Morey's Piers to enjoy their water parks! The Raging Waters Water Park is at the end of Mariner’s Pier and has a lazy river, a couple of different kids water activity areas and a float up snack bar where you can get root beer floats.

Tim Ponisciak:  This water park at the end of Surfside Pier run by Morey's Piers has it all! There is a slide that drops you five stories, another slide that lets you race your family and friends, and a great lazy river.