Staff is great! The place is very busy on summer weekends but fun. It's nice that they have food…read moreand it's not too expensive to get in

Water parks near me in the Philly area are usually huge, with major traffic, and thereby annoying…read moreand gross! I was so relieved to find Summer Waves offers a smaller, cleaner, more-personal, less-dangerous water park experience. We found it to be exactly that. Though Jekyll is close to a tropical climate, the water park is only open in warmer months (May-Sept). Inclement weather is an issue in their part of the country at that time of year. At least a month of the time Summer Waves is open is hurricane season. There are clear rain policy rules, which kinda stink but are for everyone's safety. One day we called to verify they were open only to show up TEN MINUTES LATER and be turned away at the gate due to thunderstorms. Luckily we were staying 5min away but can you imagine driving farther? And paying $10 island toll for that? The next day weather was great and my husband and son had a ball. They'd planned to stay 2 hours but lasted 6! My 7yo was a little intimidated by the enclosed taller slides but he got over it after trying them and they covered every attraction in the park except the baby/toddler stuff. They did the lazy river over and over! I saw pictures/reviews of the traffic and chaos in July, wow! Go in late August (when local kids are back to school and the park is only open weekends) and it's perfect! They waited 5min at most, and that happened once. It was just step up and go! It's not huge but it's up-to-date, clean, uncrowded at the right times, and very reasonably priced under $30pp. No bugs (Jekyll has a huge dragonfly population to rid pesty bugs), good breeze on most days. Make sure to reapply sunscreen. My son got burnt for the first time in his life despite full application of spf 25 (which kept him white as a sheet for weeks prior on Jekyll's beaches), but the park uses salt water and is very exposed to the sun so take heed. All in all a great experience!

Great park, pleasantly surprised. Lots to do, staff was friendly, clean and not overly crowded.read more

I'll start out with three tips…read more 1. Bring gnat bug spray. If you're sitting around the pool area, they'll start to eat you alive. 2. Buy your tickets online. The line can get pretty long at the front, but the online ticket line takes 30 seconds. 3. Bring sun tan lotion of something to cover you from the sun. If you're staying for longer than 3 hours, I'd highly recommend looking into getting one of those cabanas. My 2 year old had the time of his life in this place. There was a lot of things to do there for kids his age. He enjoyed the wave pool, the little kid slides, the kids squirt area and of course the lazy river. You can easily spend 2-3 hours here with kids. They don't allow outside food or drinks, but they do allow one "water" bottle per person. The food is priced average and it's not too bad. The pizza slices were like $6 or $7 per slice, but on slice was about a quarter of a pie. This seems like it'd be a great place for a little kids party. I wish they had more shaded areas or pools that were shaded. With a newborn it's important to keep them out of the sun, so a small area for them would be nice to play in a pool.