Overview:
Please note that the resort is planning an expansion that will increase its water park to 70,000 square feet.
The WaTiki is tropical-themed and features a bowl ride, lazy river, some decent body and tube slides, and a whirlpool spa. Like most water parks, it also offers an interactive play center with small slides and a tip bucket.
The planned expansion would add an Aqualoop, which will release passengers into the launch chambers in a 50-foot drop and then launch them through a nearly vertical inclined circuit. Other additions include The Whizzard, a dual-lane mat racing slide, and Banzai, speed slides that use hatch launch cameras.
The resort includes more than 250 rooms and suites spread between two adjoining hotels: the LaQuinta Inn and the Fairfield Inn. In addition to the indoor water park, the complex offers a video game room and a bar and grill.
While WaTiki was the first indoor water park complex in the area, the second, Rippin ‘Rapids Resort offers competition.
Location:
Rapid City, Dakota del Sur
Indoor water park surface Video:
Currently 30,000. The planned expansion would increase it to 70,000.
Admission Policy
Open to registered hotel guests. Day passes are also available to the general public.
Addresses:
Exit 61 of I90. The water park is at 1314 North Elk Vale Road.
Indoor water park features:
Bowl ride, lazy river, tube slides, body slides, interactive play structure with dump bucket, children’s activity pool, whirlpool spa.
Official Web site:
WaTiki Indoor Water Park Resort
