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Raging Waters San Jose
4.0(1,350)4.0 out of 5 stars, 1350 reviews Sunnyvale, CA
About Raging Waters San Jose
Raging Waters San Jose offers a fun-filled water park experience for children, who particularly enjoy the slides, kids' pool, lazy river, and weave pool. The staff are highly regarded for ensuring safety and enjoyment. However, parental satisfaction is often impacted by operational inefficiencies and high costs.
What parents should know
Summarized from real visitor reviews.
Best for: Families seeking a fun day out with a focus on water slides and various pools.Parents with children who are content with the available open attractions, even if some slides are closed.Those willing to overlook operational issues for the sake of their children's enjoyment.Visitors looking for a destination where a season pass could provide good value for frequent trips.Primarily suitable for 'kids' who enjoy water slides and pools, likely elementary to pre-teen age range given the mention of various slides, kids' pool, lazy river, and weave pool. No specific areas for toddlers or older teens were explicitly mentioned.
Why families love it
- Staff is amazing and ensures everyone's safety and enjoyment.
- Kids had a blast on the slides, in the kids pool, lazy river, and weave pool.
- Lots of places to sit and relax, including cabanas.
- Can experience super short lines if visited before it gets too crowded.
- Season pass can be highly enjoyable for frequent visitors.
- General cleanliness seems to have improved recently, addressing previous concerns like 'geese feces'.
Insider tips
- Arrive early or on weekdays to potentially experience shorter lines for slides and other attractions.
- Be prepared for high-priced food and snacks, as outside food is strictly prohibited.
- Consider eating before or after your visit to avoid long food lines and high costs, or budget accordingly for park food.
- Wear water shoes or sandals to protect feet from hot cement sidewalks.
- Call ahead to inquire about slide closures to manage expectations for your visit.
- If concerned about cleanliness, note that recent maintenance efforts seem to be addressing past issues.
Good to know before you go
- Visiting during peak times or very hot weather if sensitive to long waits in the sun for slides and food.
- If you have a strict budget for food and snacks, as the park's options are expensive and outside food is not allowed.
- If your children get easily frustrated by closed attractions or long waiting times.
- If expecting all advertised attractions to be open, as multiple slides are frequently reported closed.
- Frequent closure of multiple water slides (3 attractions consistently reported down, including the 'endless river'), leading to long wait times for open slides.
- Crowds
- Can experience long wait times for slides, especially if multiple attractions are closed.
- Value
- Food and snacks are consistently described as 'high priced' and 'WAY overpriced', leading to customer dissatisfaction. There's an implied request for allowing outside food due to these prices and long wait times. A season pass was considered 'highly enjoyable' and offers good value for frequent visitors. No specific entry fees were mentioned, but the high cost of in-park food is a significant hidden expense.
- Food
- Strictly no outside food or snacks are allowed (specifically mentioned carrots, apples, peanut butter, Goldfish as prohibited).
- Safety
- Staff is praised for being 'amazing' and actively 'ensures everyone's safety and enjoyment'.
What parents say
"Reason for 3 stars and not 5 stars: Although the staff at the park is amazing and ensures everyone's safety and enjoyment, there are a few issues that led to my rating of 3 stars instead of 5. Firstly, three water slides were closed, resulting in long wait times for the remaining five slides. It was challenging to endure the sun while waiting in line. It would be greatly appreciated if all the slides were fixed so that visitors can fully enjoy the park and make the most of what they have paid for. Secondly, the wait time for food exceeded 45 minutes to an hour, which was particularly inconve"
a year ago
"The season pass was highly enjoyable! My daughter loved it! It was really fun at Raging Waters and I stayed for the hotel. It was a memorable experience and would gladly go again!"
3 weeks ago
"We were worried to see the recent bad reviews (e.g., geese feces everywhere) but it turned out so much better than expected and we had so much fun. - They’ve been closed during covid and reopened last month (2022 May), so they’re ramping up - didn’t see geese feces, and didn’t feel it’s extra dirty. It seems they did more maintenance recently. - 3 attractions were down (including endless river) but other open attractions were enough for us to stay there for 4 hours - a huge advantage is line is super short so your waiting time significantly decreases. Go before it gets too crowded - we didn’t "
2 years ago
Reviews sourced from public Google data.
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