EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Indoor water parks are becoming more popular, and why not? Indoor water parks allow visitors to keep splashing, sliding, and having a good time, no matter what the weather is outside.
In 2024, USA Today released its "10 Best Readers' Choice 2024" for Best Indoor Water Park, and three of these indoor parks across the area have made the cut.
According to USA Today, the way the contest works is a team of experts nominate their top picks for water parks and then readers vote for their absolute favorite hot spots.
Can you swim at Seven Tubs nature area?The following Pennsylvania indoor water parks that made the Top 10 are:
- In fifth place: Great Wolf Lodge Resorts - Scotrun, Pennsylvania
- Great Wolf Lodge Resorts is a chain of indoor water parks located in the U.S. and Canada. The resort in Monroe County includes indoor and outdoor activities like tube rides, wave pools, waterslides, hot tubs, and surfing simulators.
Great Wolf Lodge
- Coming in fourth place: Aquatopia Indoor Waterpark, Tannersville, Pennsylvania
- Aquatopia at Camelback Resort in the Poconos is 125,000 square feet of aqua-filled fun, featuring seven pools, a wave pool, 13 slides, the adventure river, and a "water play structure" with over 80 gadgets and elements to enjoy.
- Aquatopia also features Storm Chaser, one of the longest indoor, uphill water coasters in North America. And for those who wish to relax the transparent roof allows visitors to work on their tan all year.
Aquatopia Indoor Waterpark
- And in first place: Kalahari Indoor Waterpark, Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania
- Kalahari Resorts in Pocono Manor is just one of multiple locations, but there is a reason they were voted number one.
- Kalahari Resorts is an African-themed waterpark resort chain with four locations throughout the U.S. The Pocono Manor resort includes uphill water coasters, surfing simulations, waterslides, and a unique virtual reality waterslide.
Kalahari Indoor Waterpark
Summer is just around the corner so don't hesitate to book your trip to some of Pennyslvania's "10Best" indoor waterpark.
And as an honorable mention, one more park in Pennsylvania made the list, a bit further away.
- Coming in at number 7: Splash Lagoon - Erie, Pennsylvania
- Splash Lagoon is a Polynesian-themed indoor park that is home to one of the biggest wave pools in the eastern U.S. Visiting guests can challenge themselves to rope courses high above the water or simply float along the lazy river.
- Although for those looking for something a bit more exciting, the Black Holw waterslide is for you as it submerges the rider in total darkness.
- Splash Lagoon features nine different waterslides- tubes reaching up to 40 mph and of course restaurants, bars, and shops.
For the full list of "USA TODAY's 10BEST READERS CHOICE 2024" visit their website.