Yesterday we visited Oceans of Fun, a waterpark here in Kansas City. It marked only the third time I have been there this decade, in part due to prohibitively high prices. Luckily we found a coupon online to give us some relief from the normal $28.90 admission price.

The visit caused memories to flood in from my own youth, since my family visited a couple times a year growing up. Many of the water slides are still exactly as I remember them, only not as scary. There is now a lot more kid stuff in the park than when I was younger.

In the days leading up to our visit, we told Levi where we were going and he wanted to know if there was going to be sand and a beach house. We had to explain that there would only be pools and slides. He was a little hesitant at first, but Levi ended up really liking the baby pools and slides. The wave pool  freaked him out–It must have brought horrific flashbacks of the real ocean screaming back in his mind.

A waterpark like Oceans of Fun will be more fun for all of us when the kids get old enough to ride all the same slides that the adults want to ride. Being stuck in kiddieville most of the day is not much fun. I did manage to ditch the kids and ride several slides over and over again about 45 minutes before the park closed. That’s the best time of the day, and the time when the park really lives up to it’s name.