Epic Waters: Grand Prairie, TX

We love indoor waterparks! There's something extremely satisfying about putting on a swimsuit in the middle of Spring and splashing around in the water. It reminds your soul that summer is coming soon!

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure to experience Epic Waters. in Grand Prairie, TX.

We went for Family Fun Friday. For $99, you can get

• 4 admissions after 4pm
• 1 pizza
• 4 drinks
• 2 $20 arcade cards

We typically spent this amount for dinner out and a movie, so that's a great deal for a waterpark! Plus, when we went (mid-April), it wasn't at all crowded.

The temperature inside was just right, and there were tables everywhere.

We've been to Great Wolf Lodge, and I would say Epic Waters is more geared toward the older kids/teens. Great Wolf Lodge has a larger water playground for young children, but Epic Waters has more thrill slides. In fact, some were so scary that none of our kids even wanted to attempt them. 

They have a wave pool, lazy river, several larger slides that even Hannah could ride, a surf simulator, and several slides that we were too chicken to attempt.

The surf simulator did have a line, but we didn't wait more than 15 minutes for a turn. It was a big hit! 

The food there was also surprisingly good. Timothy is very picky about his pizza but gave this a thumbs up. It was nice that a pizza was included with our Friday passes, but I took a look at the menu and found it to be more affordable than many theme parks. They really thoroughly search your bags on entering, so don't think you can sneak in any picnic supplies. Instead, feel prepared to spend money on their food. At least it takes good!

The entire family had a great time. Even though we couldn't get in until 4pm (and actually didn't arrive until more like 5), I found the evening pass was enough time for us. We would have stayed about that same amount of time anyway; we were all so tired! 

I have a love/hate relationship with the Epic Waters arcade. Who puts an arcade at the water park?! The kids kept asking, "Can we go to the arcade?" I promised them we would before we left, but apparently that's what all the other parents did, too. It was packed the thirty minutes before closing. While the games are fairly awesome and the $20 arcade card lasted much longer than I expected, the line for the coveted "arcade junk prizes" was extremely long. I still have our tickets and promised the kids we'd cash them in next time.

So, go to Epic Waters. Don't pack food. Plan to buy food there. Do the arcade first. And enjoy!