My boys won some tickets to Zoombezi Bay at the Columbus Parent Expo so we spent the afternoon at Zoombezi Bay with the family. We even dragged along my in laws so they could play.
The Zoo purchased and renovated completely changed what had been Wyandot Lake two years ago, and we hadn’t been since. We had a blast despite being warned of bad weather by the Columbus weathermen.
The park has a bunch of big slides for the adults and has a large childrens area which was great for both boys. Divided into a few areas, the kids can choose from a small area for the very little ones and a larger area for the older kids including a pirate ship and slide tower great for ages 3 and up, or venture into the large structure from which multiple water slides pour out and a gigantic barrel dumps a hundred gallons of water every twenty minutes.
Heath had a blast in the smaller kids area and also had some fun in the older kids area. There was a few things he couldn’t do, but overall it was accessible to him.
I was also glad we did not have to rent life jackets for the boys. The park has them available free of charge, which is good considering the price tag to get in ($30 for adults and $20 for kids – glad the boys won our tickets).
Alissa and I were able to leave the kids with grandpa and grandma and ride some of the bigger slides (woo hoo).
The one big issue I had with the park is that the big kids area (“Barracuda Bay”) is left over from the old water park and it seems like it has not been very well maintained. The area is supposed to have all these levers and nobs that kids can use to turn on and off water spouts, sprayers and waterfalls. Unfortunately I think about 80% of them did not work. This was very disappointing because this is something Heath really would have enjoyed.
We did end up having to pack up early. They kicked us out of the water when they saw some lightning. It was a bummer because we were just about to take Cedric on one of the bigger slides.
Overall we had a great time and the boys were completely worn out by the end, but the fact that the kids are has not been well maintained was disappointing.
