Raging Waters Los Angeles is a water theme park in

San Dimas, California San Dimas (Spanish language, Spanish for "Penitent thief, Saint Dismas") is a city in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 34,924. It historic ...

. The park is owned and operated by Herschend Family Entertainment. The park is generally closed during the winter season.

Raging Waters Los Angeles

Raging Waters Los Angeles opened June 18, 1983, located in

Los Angeles County Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles and sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,663,345 residents estimated in 2023. Its population is greater than that of 40 individua ...

in the city of San Dimas, near SR 57 between

Interstate 10 Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System of the United States. It is the fourth-longest Interstate in the country at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. It was part of the origina ...

and Interstate 210. At 60 acres, park management described it as California's largest waterpark (2011). The park was formerly known as "Raging Waters San Dimas" but, as of 2016, official media was using the name "Raging Waters Los Angeles" for this location. The park inspired the waterpark scenes in the 1989 movie ''

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. The first installment of the ''Bill & Ted'' franchise, it stars Keanu Reeves, Alex Win ...

''. In early 2025, the park was sold to Herschend Family Entertainment.

Attractions

Aqua Rocket is a ProSlide Hydro Magnetic slide that uses magnetic propulsion to propel a raft up hills. Amazon Adventure is a quarter-mile-long, , tropical river that runs through a section of the park. Riders sit in rafts as the current pulls them around the river route. Bermuda Triangle consists of three twisting, turning tunnels that recycle more than 2,500 gallons of water per minute, and make riders feel like they have ‘entered’ the Bermuda Triangle. Bombs Away are two WhiteWater trapdoor slides, one with an open free-fall drop, and the other with an enclosed loop; opened in 2023. Dark Hole is a system of two tunnel water slides with a drop of 52 feet. Riders formerly had to sit in a single-person raft (identical to the ones used in Amazon River), but as of 2016, riders sit in a two-person raft, speeding through total darkness. This attraction was the first of its kind in the country. Riders travel at a speed of 26 miles per hour. Dr. Von Dark's Tunnel of Terror is a ProSlide Trantrum slide in which riders experience a 40-foot drop into a dark tunnel. Riders will then drop into a small mini-funnel.

Dragon's Den is a slide which debuted in 2004, and is a two-person tube-ride that sends guests plummeting down a steep tunnel, circling around a bowl until they fall through a secret tunnel at the bottom. As of 2016, Dragon's Den is also ridden as a single-rider attraction, with tubes identical to the ones used in Amazon River. High Extreme is the name of two 600-foot-long (180 m) mat slides that reach speeds of up to 35 miles an hour (56 km/h). Kid's Kingdom is a small kids’ water playground with 4 small water slides. Little Dipper Lagoon is a kids’ splash area with a few small water slides for toddlers and very young kids. Neptune’s Fury is a 600-foot (180 m) long, pitch-black raft slide which can hold up to 4 people. Ragin’ Racer is a ProSlide 8-lane mat racer slide where riders experience multiple drops before a splash-down. Speed Slides are high speed body slides called Raging Rocket and Screamer. High Extreme

Splash Island Adventure is an SCS Interactive water playground with 4 water slides, a 1,000-gallon tipping bucket, and more than 75 interactive water features. Thunder Rapids is a five-person family raft slide that is open-air. Volcano Fantasea is a small volcano themed kids area. Wave Cove is a wave pool that produces 3-foot-tall waves every 12 minutes.

Other parks

Raging Waters Sydney

Raging Waters Sydney Raging Waters Sydney, formerly Wet'n'Wild Sydney, is a water park in the Greater Western Sydney, greater western Sydney suburb of Prospect, New South Wales, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia, that opened on 12 December 2013. The park was ann ...

is located in

Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west, south-west, central-west, far western and the Blue Mountains sub-regions with ...

, and was formerly known as Wet'n'Wild until being acquired in 2018 by Parques Reunidos.

Raging Waters Sacramento

Raging Waters Sacramento is located at Cal Expo and was formerly known as Six Flags Waterworld. Palace Entertainment would terminate their lease on November 8, 2022 "after a careful review of company priorities". In 2023, Silverwood Entertainment took over the park and announced a 3-year plan to completely refurbish the park. The park will reopen in 2025 under the name "Calibunga" and will include a year-round restaurant named "Cal Soleil", as well as a Chuck E. Cheese themed area.

Raging Waters San Jose

Raging Waters San Jose was located in Lake Cunningham Park in East San Jose, adjacent to Capitol Expressway, Eastridge Mall, Eastridge Transit Center and Reid-Hillview Airport. The park opened to the public in 1985, and was the largest water park in Northern California. On September 6, 2023, it was announced via Raging Waters San Jose's social media that the park would not be reopening for the 2024 season. On May 10, 2024, it was announced that the lease for the site was acquired by California Dreamin' Entertainment, a subsidiary of Silverwood Entertainment Holdings LLC, and that the water park would reopen as CaliBunga Waterpark. The park reopened on July 4th, five days after the original planned opening date of June 29th.

Raging Waters Salt Lake City

Until early 2011, there was also a Raging Waters park in

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

, later operated as Seven Peaks Salt Lake. The Raging Waters/Seven Peaks park in Salt Lake City would close down in 2018 with the site being demolished in 2021.

References

External links

* {{Coord, 34.0781, -117.8110, display=title Amusement parks in California Water parks in California Parques Reunidos Tourist attractions in Sacramento, California Tourist attractions in Los Angeles County, California Tourist attractions in Los Angeles