Castaway Island

I have to retract my previous great review of Castaway. We rent a cabana every year. The price kept increasing astronomically, and even then we said "fine", we still went ahead and rented because sadly, they do not provide umbrellas at all at the seating sections. So either pay for shade or get burned.

We have rented cabanas at different water parks along the East Coast, and I have to admit that Canobie Lake is charging the most in this area. A ridiculous amount considering there's just one lazy rive with a couple of slides in the center of it. And a water play area. So renting a cabana just to be there is quite expensive to just enjoy what they have.

And now that I am able to compare the amenities from different water parks, I realize that we get very little in return for the expensive cabana cost at Castaway. For one, you'd think for the price they charge, it would come with free water bottles like some other places. Fine, no free water, but at least provide towels that can be returned. But no, not even towels. We bought their very expensive towels instead: $15 each. Didn't end up using them at all since the sun dried us up so that was a waste. So when we got home, decided to use them as regular towels, why not ? Gave them a good wash. Let me tell you, they are worse than dollar tree towels. They just disintegrated on your skin as you're wiping, nothing but lint and particles falling off on you. Had to wash off again just to get all the debris off. They are thin and cheap. Very disappointed in the quality of the cabana rental. I can assure you that they will raise the price again next year. We won't be renting them anymore, but with the lack of shading, we'll avoid the waterpark altogether and just do the rides.