This is our 12th consecutive here at Water Country and I'm pleased to say that they've done some nice upgrades to the park. The only thing I do hope is they will invest a little bit more in the bathroom areas, and send staff members into clean them more regularly. I also would love to have some healthy snack options for purchasing, but otherwise we are really excited to see a couple of new slides this year and some general updates that have improved the overall appearance. It seems well staffed after a couple of light years during covid. If you're in the area and do you think you'll want to go to or more times and it's definitely worthwhile to get season passes and they can be found at a substantial discount a few days a year, one being black friday. Every month and look for New Deals.

We were very happy to see this year that instead of taking a rental fee for the life jackets, or making you put a deposit that is refunded later in the day, they are just leaving life jacket scattered throughout the park. This is so much easier for families that are coming in with young kids who find it very difficult to wait in line before their family can begin having any fun. Management seems to have changed their policies on this over the years, but we have really had a lot of frustration during years when we had to wait in that line for life jackets and had accidentally left ours at home or in the car, a very lengthy walk away.

If I had one hope for coming years aside from bathroom cleanliness, it would be to have more reflective paint painted on the pavement. It's kind of a pain in the butt to have to bring sandals in when you're coming regularly and collect them after every ride, so they often end up forgotten. It's better if we can not burn our feet while walking on the pavement. We have learned to avoid going on very hot days because the pavement is unbearable on your feet. I think maximum 82° is what we look for.

The other thing we were a little bit sad about this year is they have reduced the closing time to 5:00 p.m. instead of 6:00 p.m. mid-season, and we used to go 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. everyday, so it's been a little bit harder for us to use our season passes due to our kids camps not getting out until 3:00 p.m. but we are finding ways to acclimate and try to make it work for us, as we realize that this probably helps bring ease with the Staffing situation, and we want Water Country to remain open for many years to come.