Post #776273 by Prikli Pear on Thu, May 25, 2017 11:58 AM

Mike, have you ever been to the South Padre 'Bahn? The logistics there are incredible--the vast majority of the rides are connected to the encircling river so that for all practical purposes, you never have to get out of the water. We went back in the day when a season pass could get you into all of their parks. The aesthetics of Schlitterbahn parks can't compare with monster productions like Volcano Bay, Blizzard Beach, etc. There's plenty of thatch and tropical nods, but not much of a unifying theme (the German aspects are mostly confined to the names, not styling). I can't recall ever seeing anything close to tiki in the NB, Padre or Galveston parks. There's a reason Schlitterbahn annually tops lists of best waterpark in the U.S., though. The Henry family has built a very lucrative parallel business in design and consulting with these other parks.