Soak City Palm Springs Review

I took my first visit to Soak City Palm Springs in 1996. Yes. I've been going here for the past 14 years of my life. Of course, it was the Oasis Water Park back then. I remember in 2001 when it became a Cedar Fair Waterpark. I remember the transition from the black and white Oasis Water Park to the Colorful Soak City Palm Springs. While it may be a tiny out of the way water park far far away, I have alot of memories here. I have far more memories of this place then I do of Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. I really enjoy the few slides they have to offer and the whole atmosphere of the place with the desert nearby. If you are in Palm Springs or Palm Desert, I highly reccomend visiting this small waterpark. I may have conquered the place in 30 minutes, but my last visit was good. And even though it's technically a Cedar Fair Waterpark, it doesn't feel like it when you're there.

The Major Waterslides

There is a link to a review of all the Major Waterslides at Soak City Palm Springs.

Pacific Spin Review

Surf Rider Rapids Review

Tidal Wave Tower Review

All the Other Waterslides

Here are the reviews of all the other water slides at Soak City Palm Springs. While Soak City Palm Springs is a small waterpark, there are alot of waterslides I didn't feature in the Major Waterslides Section. The best waterslide at Soak City Palm Springs without an offical review would be Sea Snake. Sea Snake is an enclosed tube slide. You go through alot of turns on the ride. It's a nice fun slide. The pitch black also makes it better. They also have the Pipeline Point Tower, which includes 3 slides. The best of those slides is Undertow. Undertow is fun because it actually has a little speed and tubes where you can reverse yourself on. Unfortunetly, the speed bumps at the end of the ride really piss me off. But oh well. The second slide there is Pipeline. Pipeline is not a real fun slide as it is just such a backscratcher. Not to mention it's hot and humid in the tube and it's not very fast. But the worst slide of them all is Wipeout. Wipeout has got to be the MOST FORCELESS PEICE OF S**T EVER MADE!!!! I seriously got stuck multiple times on it. I think it has a blood relation to the Abyss and High Extreme. In addition to those, there are alot of slides in Kahunas Beach House. However, 90% of those slides are closed 90% of the time.

Here's the beginning of Sea Snake.

Here's Pipeline Point Tower. The white slide is Undertow, The orange slide is the awful forceless Wipeout, and the blue slide hiding in the bushes is the backscratching Pipeline.

Dining

Here are the reviews of all the Resteraunts at Soak City Palm Springs. I've got to be honest. The food here is expensive and terrible. Although most places don't have any better food. They pretty much have one food joint and that place serves your typical amusement park crap. I usually just eat lunch in the parking lot when I go there. You can bring whatever you want there. Sunchips are tasty and addicting.

Emily, Rachel, and Celeste eat in Soak City Palm Springs Parking Lot.

Theming and Other Attractions

Here are the reviews of all the other stuff at Soak City Palm Springs. Well, aside from pretty colors, there is NO theming at Soak City Palm Springs. If you look around, you'll just see Desert everywhere. (From the top of Tidal wave Tower, you can see the Palm Springs Windmills.) As far as other attractions, there's just a typical wave pool and a simple lazy river. However, at a place like Soak City Palm Springs, you can see everything in less than an hour. So if you're staying for 2 hours or longer, I'd reccomend checking out both their lazy river and wave pool.

Soak City Palm Springs Lazy River.

In Conclusion

Soak City Palm Springs is a great waterpark to visit if you're taking a vacation to Palm Springs. It's a small little water park with not very many slides, but alot of fun. You can get your speed fix on Tidal Wave Tower, Enjoy a just overall fun waterslide on Surf Rider Rapids, or you can just float around in the parks lazy river. And while it's a great waterpark to visit if you're in Palm Springs, I wouldn't go out of the way to visit this little waterpark. But if you're taking a vacation to Palm Springs, be sure to squeeze a couple hours for Soak City Palm Springs.

Tips

*Get to the park early for walk ons. If you wait later in the day, most slides will have 5-10 minute waits

*Wear flip flops and sunscreen. It'll most likely be hot when you visit.

*Have Fun!!!

Location

Palm Springs, California, USA

Last Day Visited

June 26, 2007

You can find videos of Soak City Palm Springs in Volume 1, and Volume 3.

Here's a Soak City Palm Springs Downloadable. (Volume 1)

Here's a link to the parks website.

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