Horrible. It's so expensive. Purchasesd tickets for grandkids but I had to buy mine at the window to show I was over 63. The line was extremely long only 2 kids working. Then they have you fill out paperwork. Didn't have to do that online but in person you do. That takes forever so I guess the catch is if you pay $40 mire For my ticket online I would save the the time. The food stands hardly had employees working. Not coming back! read more

Wild Rivers in Irvine is a fantastic family friendly spot we visit every season, always well organized and clearly maintained. The main food court disappoints though, especially the burgers, which could use real improvement. Still a great atmosphere for beating the summer heat in OC read more

I want to give a shout out to Mauricio at the food court! He had a lady being disrespectful to him and he composed himself very well. He deescalated the situation and made sure that the people before her were attended. read more

If anyone has been to the old Wild Rivers back in 2011, it was much bigger and adult friendly. The rides were wilder and the wave pool was bigger and deeper. The Wild Rivers now is much smaller and great for elementary through middle school kids. I can see it being easier for parents and teachers to wrangle their kids because of how contained it is. Slides were almost relaxing in comparison to the old Wild Rivers. Very similar to Soak City. I wouldn't recommend paying full price as we went their last week of the season at $30/person from 3-7pm. A little disappointed that their lazy river was closed due to their staff going back to school but understandable and they did mention this online. The staff was very friendly and tried their best with what they had. I think it would've been beneficial to move the less busy staff around periodically since the entry staff slowly had less customers whereas the slides staff were running solo. I felt bad for the ride operator who was handling the Tortuga and Typhoon rides by himself. He definitely needed more help but did a great job. The wave pool only went up to 5ft as I'm guessing was also due to lifeguard staffing issues. However, no tubes allowed in the wave pool which was my favorite part but I'm sure it makes it easier for the lifeguards to watch everyone. Lots of kids were horsing around which probably stressed out the staff. It looks like the majority of their money is made through concessions. I recommend bringing food in your car instead. Their online FAQ spelled this out quite clearly. Don't bring your nice sandals because people were just leaving them everywhere so I can see how easily it would be to walk off with someone else's. Overall, definitely kid friendly but I recommend the high school kids to adults make the drive to Raging Waters or Hurricane Harbor if they want more action. read more

Great day of friendship and fun at Wild Rivers! The whole park is very well kept, staff helpful and lines for rides not bad at all. Huge shot out to Elise, our cabana waitress, who was literally one of the best servers I've had in LA/OC. She was so attentive, always making sure we had what we needed! Thank you wild rivers! read more

Wild rivers is the first waterpark I've been to and I love it! We quickly got into the park and put our bags down at Kontiki cove. First I went on Typhoon, and it was CRAZY. The wait was around 15 minutes right after lunch. No drops, but you may feel like you are flying. Second, I did the Pelican Plunge. There is a big drop and a small drop, and again, you might feel like you are flying. I like it, but it's one of the scarier ones. Cook's cove is certainly not my favorite because I have glasses and that makes it a horrible experience. The wave pool is great! It's so fun, especially as you get closer to the big waves. The highlight is the lazy river. It can be hard to get a tube but keep trying and generous people give up their tubes for you, which is so sweet. Once you're in, you just never wanna get out! If this is what every water park is like, I would definitely be coming again. read more

Wild Rivers - Wilds rivers Typhoon-Tortuga line - Water Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

Water slides 5stars Wave pool 4stars Food 3stars Customer service/Guest Relations 2stars Took my family to Wild rivers yesterday to celebrate the 4th of July. We got there at 9:40a and gates opened at 10a we go through the security check point. They do the same thing Knotts Berry Farm does looking through your bags with a drum stick.. Then we waited another 20-30mins past the lockers waiting for rope drop. We found chairs to place our things and began going on the water slides. Everything was great 12:30 we broke for lunch and opted for Burgers and chicken tenders. We purchased the refills all day souvenir cup cus it was $10 and a regular fountain drink was $5.50 so anything other refills after the 2nd one would be free in theory. When I went to get my 3rd fill the sensor wouldn't read my cup. I thought maybe I bought the wrong cup but an employee informed me I was correct "free refills all day with that cup" he took my cup to an employee only area next to the dipping dots booth to refill it with sprite but what I got instead was soda water. I informed him the syrup must be out. So I asked for a lemonade instead. Got that. Hours later I went to the sundae rootbeer float booth and asked for a sprite. Again it was filled with soda water. So either every soda fountain in the entire park is using the same pump room under ground or the water park didn't order sprite BIBS before the holiday weekend or it's option 3 what I strongly believe. These "kids" didn't want to give me another sprite and gave me soda water. I never gave them a reason to be petty to me. Idk why they didn't just replace my cup so I could use the self serve soda fountain. I won't be buying the refill cups and wouldn't recommend them to anyone if this is how the water park operates. There was also an incident on the lazy river where a supervisor( older gentleman in a company branded pink Hawaiian shirt was saying something to me. I couldn't hear him because of the music speakers along the river. But why would he holler at someone he doesn't know who wasn't even looking at him while they minded their own business trying to enjoy the day on the lazy river. My wife said she thinks he said something about "sneaking shots" on the river if you'd like to get his side of the story. Bald gentleman with a goatee read more

We visited the water park a few weeks ago and received the BEST service from Madeleine at Pacific Grill. We had a pretty large party of hungry kids and teens so we placed a huge order there- chicken tenders, burgers, wraps, salads, drinks. Madeleine was so sweet and professional- she got the order right and was so helpful and accommodating. The food itself was decent normal park food but the five stars are for Madeleine and her excellent service. My kids had a lot of fun at the water park. We will definitely be back soon. read more

I was pleasantly surprised by our experience, of Wild Rivers on a hot weekend. There were slides for all ages and levels of excitement, enough seating for everyone, food was not bad (we even found vegan/vegetarian options), kids had a great time and the staff were very good, even though many staff were teenagers, those kids were well trained, most if not all, were diligent, friendly, pleasant, and seemed to enjoy their job. That's not always the case, especially from what I've heard in the past, but really glad they hired and trained effectively this time. The supervisory staff, adult aged, were also very good, helpful and really seemed to have a customer focus. Just as a warned if you choose a weekend, especially in July or August on a hot day expect to be waiting practically 45 minutes to over an hour for the popular slides by around noon. But that should be expected as you find that at almost every amusement park in Southern California. But if you have young kids and we're talking around five years and under, you'll be fine as those kids will probably want to just do the small waterslides at the splash pad area the wave pool and the lazy river. That was really little to no lines all day. And those will be where you want to spend most of your time when the lines start getting long. I guess the one item that people have complained about still seem to is the number of rafts available in the lazy river, I have to agree with this, I probably waited 5-10 minutes before I could find one and there was not a good system to get it, they really should have a line up and someone collecting them for patrons (they do this at lazy river at Legoland waterpark). There was just people standing everywhere and if you happened to be standing in the right place you get one, but you could be standing there for 15 minutes and have somebody else for just arrived. Grab it from you if you didn't speak up. Just not efficient and inviting conflict among guests. This happened a couple times on a few of the water slides that involved rafts were people were cutting the line and causing arguments. This could've easily been addressed with a staff in the proper place taking care of raft distribution. I noticed many of the really bad reviews are from past years, so it's nice to see that the park addressed a number of the issues this year and now in 2025, a few years later, they have finally gotten a lot of operational issues sorted out. Well, it's not the best experience yet, Wild Rivers seems to have reached a level that is close to and approaching being on par with its larger competition, such as Raging Waters, Knotts and Legoland. For that reason, we'll be coming back and hoping to see even more improvements in future years. read more

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Having attractions open. We purchased a day pass to bring our 4 year old. Under 40" is extremely limited at the park but usually lazy river, captains cove and one other small water area will appease and entertain for the day. The website had absolutely no warning that 2/3 of these things would be closed the day we went. My son could only do the one small baby area. He got bored in 30 mins. We paid 200 bucks for a splash pad essentially. Just close completely or the very least lost what's open and closed when people buy tickets. RIPOFF. The food was trash too. 20$ for a burned dry little burger. Only 3 food options too. read more

This review is to commend the security guard Kaden. I experienced a theft at the park. Kaden made sure he got my items back and did everything in his power to make sure I received my belongings. Most security would not go above and beyond like Kaden did and I am extremely grateful for his service! read more

Management is so rude and abrasive! They harassed this family trying to enjoy a child's birthday, up until they had to clean up and leave! If that's how they treat others I can't imagine how they manage other aspects of the park. They clearly have no care for their attendees. read more

If you have a disability of any kind do not even bother coming here. Besides the required parking they do nothing for people with disabilities to make their visit easier. Food is limited and overpriced. Rides malfunction and lots of time wasted with their "you're sol line policy". Horrible expensive day. read more

How do you sell " stadium nachos " for EIGHT DOLLARS and not serve them with JALAPENOS?????? Do better millionaire CEO's !!! Complete rip off for chips and cheese... SIX DOLLARS for a bag a chips ??? What in the world is happening?? read more

I had a great time at wild rivers, my nostalgia of water parks as a kid, came true. I was happy to find out there was a flash sale for tickets and each individual ticket was 48 instead of 65. I decided to call off on a Tuesday, knowing this would be my best day to go and avoid crowds since I heard it gets crazy on weekends. It's located in the great park of Irvine. I tell everyone it's located next to the big orange air balloon and then they know. Plenty of land and space. Parking is easy access but entry is 25 bucks. Upon arrival or entrance, they do a bag security check to make sure you have no food or drinks/alcohol, smoking. You're allowed to bring empty bottles since they have water stations. As you enter after having your ticket scanned, be sure to get a locker to put your belongings. It's 18 bucks or 25 for a bigger one I believe. This makes it easy to come back and forth after rides. My favorite things to do while there was chilling on the lazy river with a tube. It can be tough to get one if its busy, just be patient and someone will hand you one after they're done. Next, the tsunami was pretty fun, I went all the way in on the side and felt all the strong waves. Be careful if you can't swim well since I someone swallowing a lot of water and had to be pulled out. I recommend the big seat rides that can hold more than 2, it makes the lines go by quickly. Tons of fun rides but I tried to avoid the long ones. Construction wasn't fully done when I went but mostly all the good stuff was. There's a bar for drinks and food area. What saved me was the dip and dots ice cream station. It was perfect on a hot day. I'll definitely be back to go on everything else I read more

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Relatively small park, okay good for a park food. I think they need more seating if im being honest. Rides were fun. My family and I had a great experience in navigating the park. read more

Wild Rivers - Water Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

I love Wild Rivers! It is very fun and I love to go with either friends or family! The rides are scary but not too scary. The lines are pretty long and it can get boring, but if you have someone to talk to in line its fun. The lines on weekends are super long and on week days it is not to crowded. It has nice treats such as ice cream and Dip in Dots. The food is not to great though. Overall, I would recommend it. read more

Came here over the weekend. Got a cabana it's worth getting one so you're not just leaving your stuff on a random chair or having someone watch your things while you go on a slide. I got the Hawaiian burger and it wasn't cooked all the way through. It was still raw. It came with oregano and Parmesan fries and they didn't taste like anything, neither did the raw burger. Not sure if they forgot the salt or something. I'd skip the burger and order something else. The burger was $22 with fries. Overpriced. Less stars for the raw burger. read more

The park is pretty clean. The rides are a good mix with some interesting ones. It would be great if there are a few more food areas with more selections. I would give a 4 star if one of the main slide did not break down close to end of the day. We waited for 1.5 hr for the ride. There was nothing given to people waited that long. Also the reason we waited that long was cuz either a lot of people did not wait in line and they just had one person waited in line and came later or ppl who was at the shorter line switched ride when reaching the top. We saw ppl do that and the staff just let them, which I don't think it's quite fair. Our line did not move at all for a good 20 something mins, which is very bizarre, since 3-4 groups came down and it's 3-6 ppl per group. Maybe having a better sign for the rides will reduce ppl changing when reaching the top to the rides. read more

As GPN residents, we've enjoyed supporting Wild Rivers and watching it evolve each season. It's clear the park listens to feedback and works to improve the experience year after year. 2023: Waiver forms were filled out on paper, which caused long lines and generated a lot of unnecessary waste--not the most environmentally friendly system. 2024: Waivers went digital, and guests used wristbands. My wife lost her Google Pixel in the wave pool during play, but the manager we spoke to handled the situation kindly and asked the staff to keep an eye out. We were relieved and grateful when the phone was found and returned the next morning. 2025: The system improved even more. Guests could set up their own accounts and upload family photos ahead of time. No more wristbands needed, and I rarely saw any bees or wasps this season. Our kids love enjoying the water during summer vacation. read more

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Most modern and thrilling water park I've ever been too. There is something for all ages. read more

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Five stars for Sajan!!! The customer service I received from Sajan was fantastic. He went above and beyond to ensure that I got the best food possible. If you have the opportunity to run into Sajan at the waterpark, you will be in great hands. read more

This place used to be such a hidden gem! Now it feels like Raging Waters/IE vibes. So overcrowded, definitely not just Irvine locals anymore, and just not the same. I literally watched a mom have her son pee in the bushes instead of waiting in line for the bathroom. It went from classy to ghetto real quick. read more

Unacceptable Cabana Service - Avoid Server George. Today my friend rented a cabana expecting a premium experience, but the service was completely unacceptable. Our server, George, was incredibly slow to take our orders. I saw him multiple times sitting at the bar chatting with another employee, and he would randomly disappear for long stretches of time. Worse, whenever George finally did show up, his behavior was entirely inappropriate. He was highly unprofessional, flirtatious, and extremely pushy about trying to get us to buy shots of alcohol. Paying extra for a cabana should guarantee a comfortable, high-quality experience, not uncomfortable behavior and aggressive sales tactics. Management needs to look into George's conduct in the cabana area immediately. read more

I went towards the end of the season last year there was a lot of drinks/food items they didn't have and the reasoning was that since it's towards the end of the season they aren't restocking. Also I paid full price for tickets just for 3 rides to be closed because they didn't have enough people working so why keep tickets at full price when you aren't restocking food/drinks & have rides closed because you enough people working? Doesn't make sense so I guess don't go towards the end of season. read more

This is an overall review for summer season for which I had platinum passes for. Soda machines were broken for which I had a refillable cup that came with summer pass. This meant walking halfway across park to find a working machine. In two occasions when it wasn't even that crowded, the ratio of inter tubes to patrons was about 1 - 3! My son and I after waiting for about ten minutes for a free tube just chose to wade through the lazy river which makes it not very lazy. I don't know if tubes broke and were not being replaced but a huge let down. The there was the wave pool. If you've been you'll know that once inside the gate there is a small wall to far right. Mind you it's not in the water and at the very end of towards gate of wave pool. I (a grown man) sat down and was instructed via whistle blow that I couldn't sit there. Makes no sense at wall because it isn't in water and not in an employee area or anything! Like seriously wtf! There is no where to sit and my knees make it tough to get up if I sat in ground is I chose small wall. Lastly, I take some prescription meds that are needed at certain times during day. Upon checking the girl sees them in my bag and says I can't come in with those. I explain that they're medically necessary and clearly labeled and she calls someone over who is probably about 18. I get some pushback but tell him I need to talk to as these are medically prescribed and how is this an issue! He finally lets me through but seriously again, why are the employees such hard asses with no common sense! Oh and before we checked in and were waiting to come through, there are only two lanes which made it about 15-20 minutes before we got to security check. Then onto gate where they scan your tickets or wristbands where only two gates are open when about 7 more are physically available but not being utilized. Only positives are that the park is clean but because of the subpar experience this summer, I will not be buying passes next year or even going for the day. Very disappointing and I've take with other people that have had less than stellar experiences. Food isn't cheap here either and good luck trying to bring in so much as a packet of crackers cause they will have you throw it away. FYI, 3 review is out of kindness read more

Wild Rivers - Water Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

A good solid fun experience. Didn't have any issues with check in our Groupon redemption except that it was confusing but it ended up working! Took my 6 year old and she had a blast! She Loved the wave pool and the lazy river, I loved the slides and the wave pool as well! I recommend bringing your lunch in a cooler and leaving it in the car. We did that as I saw others reviews to do so and glad we did! Locker was $18 but it was ok because I didn't want to leave my keys or phone on lounge chairs. Can't wait to go back next summer, I recommend the Groupon to save some money as the place is small and the lines can get long. It did feel clean though which was a plus! read more

Wild Rivers - Entrance to WR inside - Water Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

Lifeguard Miles Barren heroically saved my son's life when he was choking on a glizzy that he was hawking down.

Place isn't ran well. We went Monday morning and multiple things didn't open on time. Wave pool was way late opening. I was stung by a bee. The food took over an hour for chicken n fries and a pizza. The soda comes with the food so an hour wait for that too and guess what? The food made us sick. Cold fries and definitely not cauliflower pizza. I asked 3 people and all 3 said absolutely yes. Well guess what? Out of ketosis and thinking about legal action. Ridiculous read more

Love that they brought this place back, but they either need to lighten up on the food policy, or do better making sure they have enough stuff for everyone. Lunch lines are crazy, workers seem stressed, and there is barely any food! We waited 45 minutes for chicken tenders. If you can't accommodate feeding people, let them bring food in???? I won't be back until I see that this has changed. Prices are high and lines are long. Only got an extra star because the rides were pretty fun, but not after waiting an hour... read more

I'm literally here for the after wave adult night where we have been standing in line for a drink for for an hour and 20min. We haven't even got wet. They have 2 ppl working 2 lines and are moving extremely slow. I paid $59 for this. $18 for a locker and for a babysitter. I'm highly pissed off. Update: After finally getting a drink, I downed it and went to get on the slides but they closed them down (8:00) all that was open was the wave pool with no waves. And they closed that down before 9. I'm so disappointed in their lack of coordination for this event. I saw so many employees standing around especially by the bar and not providing no help. This could've been an amazing event had they've done so. read more

I had a blast and I'm a grown adult! First of all to get there, note that your GPS might try to take you through a neighborhood in the area that is still under construction and has streets blocked off. Your safest bet is to not take the 133. Take either the 405 or the 5, and exit at Sand Canyon Ave. Then head north to Great Park Blvd and take that east, all the way to the water park. This place has cabanas that you can rent but there are also plenty of public lounge chairs with lots of shade provided by fabric suspended overhead. The cabanas are just simple tents with a concrete floor and a couple basic chairs inside. Nothing special. Furthermore I find that you're so active while you're at the park that the only time you're going to sit down is to eat a snack. In that case there are plenty of picnic tables with umbrellas located near the wave pool. They have lockers for rent that you can put your valuables in like your cell phone and wallet or purse. Besides that just bring a beach bag with towels and stuff that you can leave poolside. The concrete ground throughout the premises is incredibly hot and you can burn your bare feet. So I suggest wearing water shoes the whole time you're here, even when you go on the slides. The lazy river was probably our favorite. It is incredibly long and winding. It is 2.5 feet deep. There are only enough tubes for half the people but it's still fun to do even without a tube. There are entrances/exits every so often along the river. You need to wait in those areas hoping somebody is finished and willing to give you their tube. There is no official process for obtaining tubes. Interestingly most of the large waterslides use tubes as well. But those are different tubes and there is an orderly process to obtain those. In fact they have elevators that bring the tubes up to the top of the waterslide for you. I took my 10 year old nephew to the kids area where there's a multi-level water fortress. At all levels there are water cannons and buckets dumping water down on you from above. Then there's one enormous bucket at the very top that slowly fills up and starts ringing a bell once it's almost full. Everybody runs underneath it and it dumps a ton of water on them. Lots of fun! read more

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Wild Rivers was clean well maintained we rented a cabana for the day with such wonderful service with Rachel she was attentive quick sweet and made our stay amazing! Thank you wild rivers and Rachel hope to see you again! read more

OK, this review is mostly about the cabana rental, but I will also talk a little bit about the staffing as well. My family and I have been passholders for a year and we go every weekend to wild River's and have a great time for the most of the time I'm gonna talk about the staffing first because that's when things don't go well. For the two family rides there are times there's only one lifeguard that has to do two rides at the same time and the lines get super super long, which makes it a very unpleasant experience. I just don't understand when it's summertime That staffing cannot be done properly to know for the amount of people that are going to be attending the water parks when the weather is hot. So the waits become unnecessary long when you only have one lifeguard working two rides. Now regarding the cabana rental. I rented a cabana for my son's sixth birthday on Saturday in the summertime for $400! I thought this price was pretty steep considering you don't get much but I did it anyways thinking it would be fun and you also get your own server. Unfortunately, the experience was not worth $400 First of all, there's only one server for 11 cabanas in the area that we had reserved. It took almost 30 minutes to 45 minutes to track down a server. I literally had to walk down to cabana number 11 and wait until she was done with their order and have her walk back with me to take our order. There should be at least 2 to 3 servers. Secondly, the amount of bees that were in our cabana the whole time we were around was incredible. I know that bees are part of the environment and in the summertime they show up, but they are attracted to food. So after we got our pizza and our drinks and everything, the trash cans next to our cabana were full and trash cans do not fit the big pizza boxes. So we have to leave them in the cabana and there was just trash in our cabana . Whenever the server came back to ask for more order, she never picked up our trash never requested someone to pick it up for us. Actually during our whole duration of our time there was not one person from wild Rivers to come by to pick up our trash and so then we had a great amount of bees coming into our cabana and we could not enjoy that cabana. Our guests were not able to sit and relax and enjoy the shade. It was very difficult. And I could not find anyone to share my feedback with so I sent them an email once I got home. Unfortunately, after explaining my very bad experience, the response back was not helpful at all. The response was basically telling us that bees are part of the environment. We have done everything we can to get rid of beehives, etc. etc. We are increasing our efforts to do trash collection, etc., etc. But they never addressed why There wasn't somebody there to collect trash. And so the response kept coming back saying we have improved trash collection. And I said well that did not happen on Saturday. So it just seemed the person that was responding to me in the email did not address my concerns or acknowledge my feedback and just kept saying they are doing everything they can But not really acknowledging my concerns. I am very disappointed that I paid $400 for such horrible service and horrible post service feedback from their customer care. Honestly, not sure if I would ever recommend cabana Rental to anyone!! my feedback through email the response was not helpful at all. read more

Visited last year and had a blast especially on the lazy river, so much that we decided to return today. Giving this place 3 starts due to the following: not allowing food in despite the fact that you can go in/out of the park. What is the point of the insane restrictions when the food they sale inside is unhealthy garbage fried in seed oils and poor quality meats. Dietary restrictions should be respected and you would have loyal patrons coming for days. Otherwise offer healthy alternatives that make sense. Second reason warranting the 3 stars is the low amount of available inner tubes for the lazy river! It is uncalled for and a warzone! I saw a family of 4 with one tube....insane. i also saw people hoarding them and not even using them why create such chaos? Last year there was an abundance and was so easy to find them. It was very nice! Not sure i will be back as waiting hours to score a floatie is a bit too much. A few tweaks and you can be topping the charts Wild Rivers leadership/owners should take notes!!! read more

Kids had fun is all that matters. For adults, definitely get a cabana at castaway river. Hopefully you'll get Elise as your server to make it more enjoyable. She's awesome! read more

So far satisfied with the services. Carlos helped us setting up the wristband (if no QR code) to get on the park everything went well :) read more

Wild Rivers - Water Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

for the price of admission, i had higher expectations for my first visit. park was easy to navigate, but was also relatively small so you can get a lot done within the first few hours. a few key issues i had with my first visit: #1) locker kiosks had trouble accepting payment-- tried apple pay AND physical card, had no luck using both. figured out it was easier to scan the qr code on whatever lockers were available prior to use. #2) NOT ENOUGH TUBES FOR LAZY RIVER. I swear I only saw less than 20 inflatable tubes. there needs to be a better system for tube distribution instead of having several people wait at the entrance points in hopes of getting a tube.. very annoying system esp when you have to strategize #3) food was so terrible. I get that its a water park, but after paying $35+ I would hope my food is edible.. you could tell they reheated the phillycheesteak several times given how dry it was. also, workers allowed people to cut in front of the line when it came time to pay. there was no organization #4) most slides had separate lines depending on which ride you wanted to do.. as a first timer, signs weren't clear indicating which line you were in so you had to hope for the best. #5) absolutely very minimal shade. peak July weather and I came out sun burnt due to lack of shade. overall, not a bad Waterpark but definitely not the best there is to offer. facility was very clean, rides were fun, and there is a little bit of everything for everyone. would i come back? maybe. only during non peak days. tip: lines for rides died down 1-2 hours before closing, so take advantage of the time if you plan on staying back. was able to get a lot down within the time span, than the entire time we were there (between 12 and 6pm) read more

We came here for my daughter's birthday and the kids loved it! Every water slide, wave pool and lazy river were in excellent condition. Staff members are friendly and helpful. It did not feel overly crowded and everyone visiting the park was nice. They could benefit from more water floats in the wave pool and lazy river. Food is typical overpriced, mediocre theme park food, but the kids had zero complaints! There is a bee problem but I doubt they can control that read more

Wild Rivers - Water Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

We just went here this past Wednesday and it was awesome. Not crowded or overly busy at all, although that could be because we went on a weekday. We also got a cabana, which I would highly recommend for anyone who visits. You get 4 beach chairs (2 loungers and 2 regular chairs), you get protection from the blazing hot sun, you get a cooler filled with complimentary water bottles (our family of 4 was given 6), and there's a safe located in the cabana to keep your valuables locked away while you're out and about in the park. They even put up a cute little chalkboard sign with your party's name on it to welcome you during your visit. You also get an assigned staff member for any food/drink orders, including alcoholic drinks. Ours was Elise and she was the best! Super sweet and friendly and willing to accommodate any reasonable request. She also rounded frequently so we didn't have to go searching for her. There are plenty of clean restrooms available, and kiosks located throughout the park for incidental purchases, snacks, souvenirs, etc. I didn't get to go on too many slides because of my kids being too afraid, but the few we did get to go on were awesome. The wave pool was also super fun. The ONLY reason I'm giving them 4 stars instead of 5 is because of their lazy river. The lazy river is one of my absolute favorite parts of any water park, and there were virtually no tubes available for anyone when we went. You could see a handful of people laying on the few tubes they had and not giving them up, going around multiple times over, despite the fact that there were tons of us standing at the entrance waiting for someone to get off. If I had to guess, I'd say at least half the people I saw in the lazy river were actually walking it because there was no other option. Despite everything else being great, the lack of tubes and subsequently, the inability to actually be lazy in the lazy river, really disappointed me. Hopefully it was just a bad day and they'll have more available the next time we go back. read more