Very disappointed overall! Knowing it was a Sunday (8/16/15) that the place would be packed. However, I was not expected to only be able to go on two waterslides and the river pool from 1:30-to close! 25$ for parking is insane plus the admission which is around $40 per person and the woman would only scan one coupon when it was for 2 people! Talk about ripping you off, but it doesn't end there! We were waiting in line for tubes, but we decided to get out of the long line and rent a tube. The line just to rent the tube took about 30-45min.. maybe even longer! We were in the middle of the line when the employee tells everyone that other people have put their tubes on hold and they were extremely low on single tubes and basically no double tubes and we were 5 all together! (They should atleast notify people at all times when tubes are available instead of making people wait forever in the lines and waste their money as well!) When we finally got to the front desk we asked for only single tubes because that's what they had and the person tells us that there were no more! So, we're all upset and someone in my group asks to speak to the manager and she said "oh we do have tubes left!" Luckily, he talked to the manager and we rented our tubes (waste of $14!) What they didn't tell us was that the rental tubes can only be used on certain rides.. so the big rides with the family sized tube, the slide that looks like a snake, and many others, we couldn't even use it so we wasted our time and money! Even in the slides we were able to get on.. they closed off some entrances to make the lines even longer! Staff and management need to step up their game to avoid complaints from people! I would want to come back on a weekday when it's not overly crowded, but won't be returning anytime soon! This water park has been advertised to the MAX which is why there's crazy amounts of people there! read more

Price-gouging ridiculousness at every turn, with extra charges for being in the shade (okay, I'm making that up, but they really do tack a cost onto almost everything), unbelievably long lines, snide 17-year-olds enforcing the rules, and godawful food. The biggest problem here is, well, me, quite frankly: I'll probably go back because I'm a major sucker for a good water ride, and OMG THE TORNADO! read more

We made a reservation which I thought would allow us to enjoy the park without tremendous crowds. But the lines were all very long. Tubes were in very short supply. Even though we were willing to rent tubes and there were tubes available, We were not permitted to rent those tubes. All I wanted to do was float in the lazy river. We had purchased all season drink cups but they were not honored at a spot that posted an advertisement for unlimited refills of these cups throughout the season. Has been a huge disappointment. I have been on hold with guest relations for 20 minutes read more

Pros: Tornado attraction ride, Close to Jackson Premium Outlet Cons: Print your own maps, Long wait times, Hurricane Bay (weak wave pool) Neutral: All other attraction rides, $32 online ticket special read more

By the price I paid online I thought that most of the experience would be included in the price... I was wrong. I had to buy tubes to ride the overcrowded lazy river. After riding in that smelly lazy river for less than half of the way through I had to get off it. (Waste of money for a tube) The food: $9.99 for a overly fried corndog and fries. The fries tasted like they were fried in week old oil. The corndog was not the best tasting either. A water bottle was $4 for a 16oz bottle. So after me and my friends spent about $40-$50 collectively. You'd think with all that money they make off that over crowded park that they would keep it clean??? Not at all. I looked behind that counter and I regretted getting that food. I was starving so I forced myself. I waited on a line for a slide after all that and it was such a wait that after that I was too tired to do anything else. So after spending $300+ on tickets, parking, a locker and food I was expecting a better experience. read more

Sixflags should have notified people that the wave pool was broken. ..No waves in wave pool, it should just be Called pool full of screaming kifs. read more

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor - Kiddy pool - Amusement Parks Near Me - Jackson Township, New Jersey

We have season passes, but today was the first time we went to Hurricane Harbor. My kids had a blast! We also have the bracelet for unlimited refills of the souvenier cup, which is so worth it, for 4 dollars every time we come. The rides are a lot of fun. read more

Absolutely amateur bs. The inefficiency of this place is unbelievable. It took 1.5 hours just to park..at $30 a car

Ive been coming since 2014, every single year it seems their employees lack training resulting in extra unnecessary charges and confusion. My last recent visit this month i decided to buy a sports cup, i was not given a wristband and was not told refills were free for the day of purchase. when i was asked for my wristband i said i was not given one, the lady accused me of lying and made it a whole situation in front of the entire line. Also when picking my food there's like a supervisor or head food worker making their co workers rush the customers. Sixflags is a tourist attraction it will be busy always so it makes no sense to have a poker face when I'm reading your menu, it's there for a reason why can i not look at it? This place has become such a negative experience every worker i can across came off short fused, confused and un-trained. Two stars because even if it was a crap experience, it was my 6 month olds first trip that went very well in the water he loved it. read more

Went to hurricane harbor last week it was not crowded at all. Made use of my season pass before summer is over by swimming in the lazy river for a Few hours. Only downsde this visit was as soon as I arrive they closed part of the lazy river for maintenance. It reopened about 20 minutes later for everyone to enjoy. The food is mehhh. But the giant Turkey wing is soooooo good a d the churro. Customer service and the park workers are all friendly. Rode 2 water rides waited on line only about 15 minutes per so that was great. Will be back for fright fest baby! read more

I never write reviews online but after a terrible day at Hurricane Harbor I felt compelled to warn unknowing people about this place. When we (a group of 5 young adults) arrived at the park we were Very cheerful and open minded, we left amazed that this place is still in business. Putting aside how drab and unhygienic the place looks, the lines to the rides were just impossibly long! Long lines at amusement parks are a given, but what sets HH apart is how wretchedly inefficiently they are resolved. Even the simplest rides needed more than a minute per person (yes we timed it!) and when you have a 150 people in line, well you do the math... Waiting in line was like watching paint dry, while a tattooed park employee sprayed it with water. After a very disappointing day at the park, we foolishly thought we could end our suffering by leaving but NO it took us a mind boggling 2 hours to exit the parking lot because of how crowded and badly organized the place is. In the end people where literally driving through the fields to escape the godforsaken place. Bottom line: Take your business somewhere else! read more

I've initially used to think this park was spectacular, but as of my last visit, I realized that they only way to have a good time at this water park is to spend lots of money and deal with the not so into it workers... Lines are way to long, they take forever to get on a slide... The workers act like they don't really want to be there... There is definitely not enough tubes or rafts for certain rides, which makes there wait times disastrous. I mean, you want to pull your hair out waiting in those lines... The only way to have a good time is to buy a flash pass... Its disgusting that it's gotten that way. Everything is way over priced too... Six Flags needs to go back to the drawing board with this one. You should be ashamed in yourselves for robbing the general public. Look into some other water parks that do a good job if you need to figure out how to do it.. read more

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Staff is mostly kids. Some friendly and courteous while some oblivious and trying to entertain themselves more than work. Overall, too crowded and it looks like there is no attention to capacity. 2+ hours to get on rides should be sign of overcrowding and possible safety concern from over heating. Most courteous and friendly staff associated with pricier upgrades. Even here nothing extraordinary. After spending $25 to park and over $200 just to enter with family it seems ridiculous. I lost a phone while there, totally my fault. However, you can't reach a live person in guest relations or lost & found by phone. Each time the phone call rings for several minutes then drops call. Overall, very disappointed after spending several hundred for a day trip (parking, entry, food, cabana, etc.) not including lost phone. Save yourself the headache and spend your cash elsewhere. read more

Overall, my visit to Hurricane Harbor was good. I had an issue with a locker not working and it was resolved promptly. The rental for the locker was outrageous. It's a rip off since you more or less have to get a locker. There should be more signs to show where the rides are. Since I didn't know my way around, I spent awhile walking around in circles. Some more directional signs would help. I also think it's absolutely ridiculous that a water park charges extra for tubes if you don't want to wait for the free ones. What a gimmick. read more

Close too early during summer. We have to get out of Wave pool almost every 20 minutes ; how aggravating. 3 stars for food options, long lazy river and good season pass pricing read more

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor - Wave pool - Amusement Parks Near Me - Jackson Township, New Jersey

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Good day for the most part. Some rides show their age but over all good. I'll come back in the future.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY on this shitty park! The line was long for no reason because the gap between people coming down from the slide is too wide. My friends and I were in line for 2 hours and there were many people fainted due to the extreme heat. Beside, the staff let the toboggan slowly float to the tip of the conveyor and it needs few other to push forward while hundreds of people were in line under the hot sun. They don't have wave in the wave pool, not enough tube for lazy river, don't have enough tables for lunch. The person who designed the park did a horrible job. Finally, it took us an hour to take the shutter bus back to great adventure. There was a grandma driver driving in snail pace and took a huge circle to get to the shuttle stop when the entire parking lot was empty. We had a horrible experience and NEVER want to go back there in our life time! Finally, I wish I can put ZERO STAR for this review. read more

Decent. Definitely not the greatest water park I've ever been to. The slides were fun although we only got to go on a few. The crowds were TERRIBLE. We went on a Wednesday toward the end of summer, and there was not one chair available. We looked throughout the entire place for about 15 minutes until some people kindly gave us one of theirs. The wave pool was was like a sardine can with the added bonus of rowdy kids running around you and pushing past. Definitely a tight place to be and a little scary to bring small children into. Some of the staff worked efficiently and others not. Some were polite, some not so much. What can you say though? It's like anywhere else you go. The worst part about the park would have to be the way they scam you. For each slide you had to wait in line to get a tube and then go to the actual slide and wait in the line for that. The park doesn't put enough tubes, making the lines longer, and making you think it's worth paying the $8 to rent a tube. Besides that, like anywhere else you go, the food is overpriced ($5 for a medium soft drink, $9 for a slice of pizza, $11 for a beer), Sanitation was pretty terrible. I was stepping on random objects in the wave pool, there was sand all over the ground which stuck to your wet feet, the bathrooms were nasty, the food tables were dirty, and I stepped on a piece of gum and a band-aid (barefoot). All in all, If I were you, I'd just go to your community pool. That'll probably be a better experience than that of Hurricane Harbor. read more

Last trip only lasted 1 he. And heard from other guest the frequent there more than myself it wasn't an isolated occurrence. Not worth the trip. Just glad I had season passes. But ok here's why- lazy river closed half the slides closed- making wave pool over crowded and what was open. Just not much fun. Even my 8 yr old mermaid after a hour was ready to just go back home. read more

I normally come here once a year when family visit from out of state, and we always have a good time. There is plenty to do between the wave pool, lazy river, and various slides. Lines can take a while (30-45 minutes or so), Food quality is typical for an amusement park, so be ready to spend $15 for subpar food. Overall, I recommend coming here - it definitely is more relaxing compared to visiting Six Flags Great Adventure. read more

Way too crowded during the weekend. The only reason I was okay with it is because we had season passes. Otherwise, I don't think it would've been worth the money. Water in the wave pool was disgusting. Someone lost their bandaid and it was floating around. I had to tell my children to get out of it. read more

The park opens in an hour.. & there is already traffic backed up into the highway. *** 2nd post you have to runnnnnmm to get a chair in the shade. Lol read more

I have been coming here for years! I love it! The new slides (tornado and cobra) are a blast. However, beside for the new slides the place has gone down hill a bit in other aspects. Charging to have a tube?! ridiculous. There was not enough tubes in the lazy river, I guess they took some out to make you buy more? Also the lockers are way over priced! Surprisingly, the food is a decent price for an amusement park. Overall, I would recommend going here. Be weary of crowds, but thats at any good place. Go on the weekday, and the later into the day it gets...the less crowds. read more

I haven't been in water park for the last 2 years. Finally my employment discount had 30 % off. I should be able to buy tickets for 29 dollars but with fee and taxes it went to 37. We arrived at 11 am. All beach benches were booked. No even chair available. Thanks again for Russian lady that gave us one bench. Thanks a lot. The park was busy due to Saturday, huge an hour lines for all water slides. Even the lazy river was full. We rented a double seat Baloo to avoid long lines on few slides. In overall I personally spend good time, my kids too. I want to advise owners of park. First it need to be renovated? Everything is old. Paint chipped and not enough umbrellas or sun shades. We went on 90 F degree day. It was hot. Bathroom was not renovated since 80s.also get more well known food vendors like DD, MC, Cipotle or Carwell. I will recommend visitors to come first in opening. Also bring your own lunch and snacks and water. You can go back to your car and eat and come back because food in park is expensive and I don't trust. I had my home made sandwich and salad and soda in large cooler. But I have enjoyed it read more

I enjoyed my time here at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. We got on about 3 rides. There wasn't many new water slides or attractions. King cobra which was advertised a lot throughout the season was closed. We waited a while at the top to go down one slide for about 25 minutes because someone lost something in the water. Cleanliness of the water park was not up to par at all. I would just do the safari and amusement park next time. read more

We are annual season pass members and have been for several years. We loved the facility when under Wet n Wild management yet since Six Flags took over, the facility lacks any appeal. Rides are constantly breaking down (my children have been on once, myself once as well mid ride and had to retrieved by staff), the rafts are always almost flat even at the opening of the park, the food kiosks are never open leaving excessively long lines for the lukewarm food in the cafeteria (talking 1-1.5hrs long lines), poor young staff left to fend off angry customers with the managers no where to be found. We will save our money next year...Big Surf way more appealing, fun and clean. read more

Hurricane Harbor is great! We love to take the kids on weekdays or overcast days for less crowds and short lines. There is something for everyone at this water park on a hot summer day. We have season passes, but with coupons Hurricane Harbor is an affordable day. read more

Super fun but the lines are brutal even on a Sunday. The cost of food and beer are brutal to so eat and drink before hand haha

Very over priced for what your getting. Very little for younger kids to do under like 8 and older than 13 there's still only a few they can ride- just overall pricey and no value. Luck I scored free tickets to go otherwise I'd be beyond upset that I spent that kind of money read more

Very...very disappointed!! Attended Hurricane Harbor park September 2, 2018 with my family thinking this would be a great end to the summer. I was so wrong. Purchased tickets online nowhere did it mention the park was not at full service. Once at the park I realize not only 1-2 rides were out of commission for service but 4 main attractions out of service for full price tickets cutting our experience in half. My family was bored and disappointed after only 2 rides. We tried enjoying the wave pool however it was overcrowded due to the lack of attractions available this day. Next time maybe they can take the time to inform their guest before the actual purchase of tickets, that the park is not operating fully or offer a discounted rate. Shameful for a major theme park to not be prepared for Labor Day weekend, most likely one of the busiest weekends of the summer. read more

The only way you will like this park is if you have season passes and a meal plan. Do not drive over an hour here with none of the above and think you will have fun. Do not come here on the weekend and think that you will have fun. If you come during the week it is bearable, the lines for slides, food, and the bathrooms are dramatically less. I try to come at opening, you get the best chance of a good seat and contrary to a lot of other reviews I have never seen them throw out someone's belongings. Also when it is busy, they try their best to keep everything clean, it is your fellow man littering and peeing on the toilet seats and having their poorly potty trained children pooping in the pool, so look at each other instead of bashing the employees because I have never found an employee at six flags to be unpleasant but I also don't treat people like animals. read more

Our $475 day trip gave us a good lesson in how NOT to operate a water park. Thought it would be a great day and worth the money. Boy were we wrong. We arrived at 10am, on a Wednesday, confident we would get an early start before the lines got too long. Wrong again. Our first stop was Guest Services, where we thought we would get our flash passes, cabana, and cashless wristband. Wrong again; they don't do that. Not sure what they do there. We had to go to different places to get everything. Also had to get a locker. Took us about an hour. Cabana: it was ok, but we really didn't use it because we were in lines all day. We were happy for our 4 bottles of water and food voucher. Flash passes: We bought the Gold pass for $40 ea, plus an additional $5 security deposit that you get back when you return the pass at the end of the day. One of our passes was not working, so we had to go all the way back to the front of the park to get the pass re-activated. When you reserve a slide, it shows you wait times, but there is no map so you don't really know where to go. You end up running all around the park instead of enjoying the slides. You don't have time to do one slide while waiting for your flash pass reservation time. So you go to the wave pool, lazy river, or kids area to wait 10-30 minutes. But the wave pool closes down every hour for some reason. Your flash pass gets you ahead in line, but you still wait 30 minutes. Slides: The kids enjoyed all of them. But the lines are ridiculous even with the flash pass.They don't have enough tubes/ mats/ toboggans, so the loading time is very slow- it seems to average one rider every 5mins for most slides. The racer slide has 6 slides, but only 3 were working. And frequently only one or two people went at a time. There was a line for a mat, about 30 minutes. If you have a flash pass, you get in front of everyone and get the next available mat. Then you proceed to another line, and wait another 30 minutes to get on the slide. Some slides had one lifeguard to load up 6 different lines. The Tornado has a four person tube that is way too heavy to carry up all the stairs, but it was a fun slide. King Cobra was our favorite, with reasonable wait times using our flash pass. Food: We used our food voucher that came with our cabana. A cashier shift change occurred in the middle of our order. We had to restart our order and the new cashier didn't know what to do with our voucher. We did enjoy our chicken fingers and fries. If you have an allergy, bring your own food, no one here knows if the food is safe for your allergy. Play money (a.k.a. Cashless wristbands): works like a debit wristband, you determine an amount to put on it, and get refunded any unused balance. It didn't work at one place, the cashier didn't even know what it was. We decided to stay hungry because we didn't want to wait in line somewhere else or walk all the way back to the front of the park to the souvenir shop where we got it to have it checked out. At the end of the day, we had to wait in line to get the money refunded. And the cashier couldn't do the refund, so we had to wait again, until he found the supervisor. Rental tubes: There are not enough tubes in the lazy river, because they want you to pay for one! It was included with the cabana, but you have to go somewhere else for it and wait in line, then carry it around all day. The rental place is not at the cabana checkin, not at guest services, and not really near the lazy river either. Nothing is easy at this park, and you surely do not get your money's worth. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. The water park was understaffed. The food court was so dirty with food and condiments on the floor. Someone stepped on a ketchup packet and it blew up all over my legs and feet. After waiting for an hour in line to get my food the one register went down so my family got to enjoy our cold $118.00 worth of food. A lot of the water slides where down and the lazy river was closed too. I will never come back here again!!!! read more

This wasn't my first time here, but it was definitely one of my worst experiences here. While the theme park seemed to have improved in efficiency, it felt like the opposite for Hurricane harbor. Wait times were excruciating long, please do yourself a favor and grab a flash pass if you do come here. read more

Bought season passes for the first time to take my kids to the drive thru safari since it would've cost $90 for 1 trip. We did the safari once (kids became disinterested after about 15 minutes) the whole experience took about 1.5-2 hours. Went to hurricane harbor two times now. First time, it started raining 3 minutes after we got there so everything pretty much closed down so we left. Second time, we were able to enjoy the kids pool area and the lazy river. Lazy river was nice and long and not crowded. Because of covid-19, you have to make reservations to go, which is good since they can control the number of people coming into the park. BUT, masks are not enforced in the park. It's actually not recommended to wear one in the water anyways. I did see a staff member ask someone (probably late teens or early 20s) to put on a mask and he said no. read more

Awful in every way. I won't harp on the impossibly long lines (2+ hours for a water slide), or lack of anywhere to sit, or anywhere to stash your belongings. What I need to comment on is Labor Day 2018. They closed down half the park rides, including 1 of only 2 kid sections. Yet still charged full price, and let hoards of people in. On the way out I saw people parked on the grass. They let more people in then they even have spaces, yet only half the park amenities were available. To call this day a disaster is an understatement. People shoulder to shoulder throughout the entire park. Total disgrace. read more

Please Read: Honestly the time I spent with my family there was really fun. We arrived a little after the park had opened on a cloudy Wednesday with questionable weather. Because each day the weather forecast would change for that day we bought anyday tickets. Wednesday ended up being sunny/cloudy but it was 80 degrees. I had a really good time with my family and because of the questionable weather it wasn't as full as I expected it would be. I also went on some rides more than once. There were plenty of rafts for the rides that had them, especially in the lazy river around 5:00 pm. Also the staff was friendly and pretty cool. Mostly composed of high school/College students. The maximum amount of time we waited for the tornado was 45 min, and I expected longer. I read the Yelp reviews before we went and my family was thinking of reconsidering going to the water park. But I honestly think that you should go and find out for yourself if you like the park or not. My experience definitely exceeded my expectations after reading so many negative reviews. My suggestion is to pick a day with cloudy/questionable weather but also make sure the day has a temp over 77 degrees (you don't want to be cold in a water park). Go on a weekday/off day. And arrive EARLY. We also left when the park was going to close and around 5:30 was when the lines on the rides got really short. Anyway. Pros: Friendly staff, fun, rides are cool. Cons: -ridiculous prices (locker is way more expensive than locker at Six Flags Great adventure). We ate in the parking lot. Don't even try bringing food in. -ads eVERYWHERE (staring at gigantic fruit snacks ad while swimming in the wave pool was loads of fun) -prone to injury (especially on the juranihmo and the two rides next to it. You can get scrapes on your elbows) Ok I'm done. read more

Terrible customer service. Went to Six Flags Hurricane Harbor (the water park). Even though it was barely raining (slight drizzle) all the rides were closed they were still admitting people into the park without notice. However, after entering the park all the rides and pools were closed despite the fact that there is almost no rain. When asked guest relations if I can get a free return ticket, they said no and refused to honor their weather guarantee. Never returning here again and will not visit any six flags. Stick with Universal and Disney. Very few water rides, and inefficient lines. read more

after reading other reviews on this water park, my husband and i were apprehensive to attend. our experience wasn't as horrible as others described, but we definitely don't feel any need to come back anytime soon. first off, everything here is extremely expensive. from admission to parking, god forbid you need to eat food, you can expect to spend over $200 for two people. there were lines for slides, but nothing horribly unreasonable. we probably waited an average of 20 minutes per slide throughout the 6 different slides we went down. the wave pool was neat but too crowded to be able to enjoy without having to worry about dodging kicking kids and miserable parents. the lazy river was long, and would have been relaxing if we didn't have to fight for a tube to float in. once we finally got one, it was nearly gridlocked in certain spots of the river. to conclude, here are pro tips from our experience that we would recommend: arrive at opening and do the popular slides first! don't purchase the $4 water bottles, or do the $20 refill gimmick - just ask the food vendors for a cup of water and they'll give you a nice sized paper cup of filtered water for free. if you arrive early you'll be able to purchase a locker without them being sold out. Don't fall for the $10 tube rental scam, as long as the park isn't overly crowded you'll be okay to grab a tube or wait a few minutes for one. bottom line, this place is definitely a scam but has some nice features if it's not busting at the seams with over-admitting people like the park typically is. the tickets are non-refundable as well, so make sure the weather is going to be good and that you won't have any change of plans last minute. read more

My experience here was enough for me to never want to go back. 1. There was a snake in the lazy river. Yes, a real garden snake in there. 2. My Husband and I ordered lunch at Surf Side Eats in the park. I ordered chicken nuggets and fries. The nuggets were raw inside. So gross. When I brought them to the cashier he did offer to refund my money or get me another platter, but there was no "I'm sorry" or anything. It was like I was annoying them. That's not all, but those were the biggest thing. There were a few other small customer service things that were annoying. Their staff is just not friendly. Everything is expensive and not worth it- like 11 bucks for raw chicken nuggets. I'd just go to the beach or a pool if you're looking for something to do with water. read more