DreamWorks Water Park Review & Overview, American Dream | North America's Largest Indoor Water Park
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- The DreamWorks Water Park finally opened to the public on October 1, 2020 after almost a year of delays (construction and covid-19 related). This is the largest indoor water park in North America. Themed to popular DreamWorks IPs like Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda, the park looks great and has some record-breaking water slides like Toothless' Trickling Torpedo (world's longest and tallest hydromagnetic water coaster) and Thrillagascar / Jungle Jammer (world's tallest drop pod water slides). This water park is expensive, but it may be worth the price. Find out why in this review!
If you're interested in the specific changes made for 2020 after the coronavirus/pandemic lockdown, please refer to the separate video that I made- • DreamWorks Water Park,...
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This turned out better than I expected. Looking forward to checking it out!
It was great!
I live in poland so i can't chec it but suntago opened a few months ago
@@jakubukasiak2425 You could check it out as soon as all this COVID crap is over.
That's some high praise! A week ago I was writing the place off as too expensive and skippable; now I'm working it into my travel plans next month. Great, detailed review!
Thanks! It's definitely expensive but the quality of the slides and minimal lines made it an enjoyable afternoon.
I live in NJ and haven't been able to find a good review of this park. I'm ecstatic I found your channel, great videos of all the parks in my area! Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
Dude, this place looks amazing!! Your descriptions on the slides and parks are great and making me want to plan a visit out here ASAP. Price don't bother me...it's what they have inside is what matters. I am a HUGE fan of turbo twister slides and other intense body slides and this place looks to have a great line up of them!
The drop pod slides will satisfy your craving.
Wow! I already planned going here this Wednesday, but this review made me even more excited! Thank you so much
You're welcome!
Thanks for the great review! I've been wanting to see how this turned out!
You're welcome!
Probably the greatest slide collection out there, but for that much you could get a member ship to six flags for almost a year
It's elite for sure. Of the ones I've visited, I prefer the Dubai Atlantis Aquaventure.
can see this being a creepy place years into the future if it gets abandoned like those abandoned amusement park videos lol
This whole mall could be if it fails.
I have a feeling this is whats going to happen. TBH , this waterpark looks amazing, but COVID has probably destroyed the $ making potential this had. ANd 100 bucks a pop? Seems too steep
@@BoRnMuSh Idk man, this mall is right outside Manhattan, and is the only place of its kind anywhere near NYC. So If it wasn't for covid, I think this place and the other attractions would be pretty packed. Also the parks and attractions are all indoor, so it's like a year round short vacation destination right outside the city.
@@isunlloaoll true maybe there will be an explosion of tourism later on this year , if the vaccines go according to plan
COVID is probably causing low attendance there and therefore not making any of the owners money, but if it does survive the pandemic, American Dream is probably gonna become a highly popular tourist mall like Mall of America. At least that’s what i think.
Nice review! Can't believe it was 'testing' when I saw it back in February
I remember when this was supposed to open back in November 2019 and then the park postponed the opening days before.
Great detail and review this place sounds like a ton of fun.
It is.
We just went to our first indoor water park at the Great Wolf Lodge in LaGrange Georgia! It definitely got us very excited, because not only was it a water park but it had a lot of theme park stuff on the inside as well. It was not as extensive as this with so many rides, but for what it was it was definitely more attractive to me. They did do a warehouse look, but it was so much nicer than this. I believe it had a lot to do with the fact that it had the lodge look with wood planks on the ceiling. I definitely recommend it! But of course now we're surfing reviews of other water parks to visit. It's nice being warm when everyone else is cold lol.
Great Wolf Lodge always looks good, but their slide collection can't match this park.
Park themed to a cruise ship engine room.
It does have some similarities to a ship.
I was just here this week i agree with your review! The park was clean and gorgeous. A week day during the pandemic was the perfect time to go it really was like paying for a VIP experience! I cant wait till the bar opens.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very informative. Nice video dude
Thank you!
Thank you for the great review! This solidified my decision on visiting this park during my trip to nj/nyc in December. Hopefully not too crowded. I'm paying for myself and 2 other people, so this is breaking the bank lol but it looks like it's worth it!
Hope you enjoy it as well!
I was at this water park in 2021 and it was absolutely amazing those drop slides are insane and such a crazy workout
Those slides are intense.
This looks like an absolute blast
It is!
Looks a lot like West Edmonton Mall... not surprising as it’s made by the same people. WEM still holds the record for largest wave pool though.
World Waterpark is one of my favorite water parks as well. These two are next to each other in my ranks.
When they usually say “worlds largest” they just want the locals to feel better of they’re city lmao. being from Florida king of the theme parks u see that everywhere.
I already knew about the high price, but I didn’t know about the high quality. This is the first review I’ve seen. I don’t really do water parks these days, but it was still interesting to hear about this one.
I make it a point to visit any water park with a water coaster and this one has arguably the best one.
Now you've got me thinking I'd like to check this place out. I do love waterparks, but the big wild card would be how the crowds will be on whatever day I can go. I loved the quality of Volcano Bay's slides, even though I couldn't do everything. Their water coaster was very good, and single riders are allowed on it, but it might ride better with more people. I will probably end up preferring Volcano Bay, based on it being outdoors and that spectacular structure. I do prefer it to Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels, but I'm in the minority in thinking that Schlitterbahn wasn't quite as great as it's made out to be.
I was supposed to go to Schlitterbahn earlier this year, but I decided to delay my Texas trip due to covid. It also didn't help only half of Schlitterbahn would have been open.
honestly I feel with the sheer amount of capacity this place will have due to the amount of slides, and the price per person, it'll never feel super overcrowded.
Now got
I hated the volcano bay system since I went on a very busy day so the water coaster got up to a 300 minute return time wait.
@@jameson_coasterlover3411 That is one of the biggest flaws with virtual lines. The major rides can get insane. My most recent visit, the water coaster was at 200 minutes and climbing, and I was told this was a light crowd.
Amazing video about an amazing water park I’m going in December I’m so excited. I can’t wait for thrillagascar and the water coaster because two of my favorite water slides are the water coaster and drop slide at volcano bay and I wanna see if these are better
I haven't been to Volcano Bay, but the drop pod slides and water coaster are excellent here.
@@CanobieCoaster highly recommend
Waterparks are honestly great IMO. I love them. Not as much as amusement parks, but they still are fun day attractions
I also prefer theme parks, but a great water park is still a ton of fun!
@@CanobieCoaster agreed
that's because there are a lot of thing waterparks haven't done yet.
Wow! I am going here in a few weeks and this place has so much more rides than i expected
It's a top tier water park.
I hate to say this as a huge Disney fan, but I like a lot of DreamWorks films over what Disney has, so to have a waterpark based on a lot of these great film franchises is pretty cool, especially one with such an incredible slide lineup as this one.
I really like the lineup here. It's awesome for thrill seekers.
Thank you for posting! I've been wondering how this would be for ages! Wondering if it's worth a trip from Indiana once we're out of the pandemic.
I wouldn't say the water park alone is worth a trip, but combined with Nickelodeon Universe and some of the area's other attractions it is!
@@CanobieCoaster It looks like we could easily spend two days in that mall! We don't have anything cool like that around here. Interesting about those blue laws. Don't have those either, thankfully! Thanks for the tip!
The mall is over half entertainment so there's still plenty on Sundays.
can't wait to visit this park looks great
It's awesome.
That one blue slide on the temple of awesomeness pulled CRAZY forces
Nice!
You had a dream experience here. I hope to go here someday with no lines like that!
I hope you can too!
I’ve been there and I love how the lines there aren’t too long!
That is very nice.
I’m glad you mentioned Mad Flush. My ankle kept doing that and I ended limping out.
At least it wasn't just me. It stinks the slide has that issue.
@@CanobieCoaster You can’t really enjoy it because you’re going “ow!” While being spun around, then end up in the water.
Which day did you visit the park? I’m planning to visit at the end of January but I’m not sure which day to go. Do you have any advice? Great video!
I have gone in the fall months.
I booked my tickets. Me and my nephew are going in February! Hopefully no covid lockdowns! Fingers crossed!
If not, enjoy!
Kalahari in Sandusky, Ohio is the largest indoor water park. Its 5 times the size of this
From what I can see, the water park at Kalahari is 220,000 square feet or 5 acres. This is 8.5 acres.
I love the body bowl slides, but the 2 I’ve ridden big blue at rapids in palm beach Florida (which I would recommend as they have I think 30 slides and adding a dueling hydro magnetic water coaster) and the one at Kalahari Sandusky, but both violently smash my head into the bowl. I was sore for 2 days after
That's unfortunate to hear!
Great review! Some of those signs have so much dead space and look really cheap with that basic font.
Thanks! I wasn't too fixated on the signs since the park otherwise looked fresh.
For those who are able rent the Skybox Cabanas ( Excluding the Tent Cabanas), You have the advantage to order food from the American Dream Food services, such as Taco Bell, Wendy’s, Chinese food and etc; by mobile order and the food will be delivered to your cabana.
That's a nice perk.
This review is awesome! That detail on feeling the slide joints is much needed, as it's probably my least favorite thing about water slides.
You're welcome. I agree the smoothness is important.
Now, I'm just waiting for the one at Mall of America to be built.
It'll fit in nicely!
Great Video About Dream Works Water Park
Thanks!
Do you have to buy tickets separately for the waterpark and the theme park?
Yes, they're separate.
I just went to Kalahari in January, They were the largest indoor waterpark on the east coast and it still felt small. I wonder how this place compares
I've never been to a Kalahari.
I went here a couple months ago and was charged $2 for parking. They give you a ticket at the little toll booth when you come in and pay the fee when you leave at the same tolls. They did have kiosks initially to pay for parking but those still don't work.
I haven't been since parking was switched on, but at least that's not too much.
Are there time slots for the water park or is it a all day pass?
It's currently an all-day pass, but they did originally plan to do time slots back in March.
Is 3 hours enough time to do all the slides? I am considering possibly getting a ticket for the last 3 hours.
On a weekday, that should be plenty of time. I did that when I visited. I haven't visited this place on a weekend, but I know they have a skip-the-line pass if it happened to be busy.
I’m going on Tuesday and I pray there will not be a ton of people. Btw Greta video, very informative
I suspect it'll still be quiet on weekdays.
I adore water parks and this one looks like a must visit! I am a little sad that the Shrek slide took the record from one of my all time favourites, Kraken at Adventure World! Oh well
It's fantastic.
Was planning on taking my kids on this Monday but not sure because of the pandemic. Did you feel safe going during the pandemic? Also we plan going on a Monday which I doubt it will be busy. Any thoughts or suggestions?
I went last October on a weekday. The park was empty so it felt very safe and it was extremely easy to distance from everyone.
I went on the KungFu Panda Temple slides and they were actually faster than I expected!
Nice!
The bowl was extremely painful, and violently slammed my ankle into the slide.
I rode it three more times
The ones at Whale's Tale and World Waterpark didn't hurt, so I wanted to see if I did something different. But I think there's something different with the slide itself here that caused it.
@@CanobieCoaster the one at Kalahari Sandusky is really painful.
This water park makes Kalahari and Great Wolf Lodge look deadass. Unfortunately, my dad will not take me because he says it's not COVID friendly enough.
Most water parks don't have much they can do for covid. The weekdays this time of year are extremely dead so you can distance, but it's hard on weekends.
When you went the surfari slider didn’t a countdown but the carnivortex did. But when I went, it was the complete opposite. The carnivortex didn’t have a countdown, but surfari slider did
The countdowns seems to randomly break on these.
Wait, stores cannot sell items on sundays? Whats the point of this massive mall then!
Entertainment?
Well think about it, maybe to have specific days based on entertainment. Or it's like chick fil a when they close on Sundays.
It’s good that’s they do. Blue laws date back to the 1600’s and dedicate Sunday as a rest day. No harm. I think it’s great
It’s a New Jersey thing. They have blue laws there where certain places either completely close or close early on Sundays.
Its a jersey thing... You also can't pump your own fuel in jersey either.. Yes it's illegal to pump your own gass
The Kalahari water park on weekends doubles that entrance price for example it’s $150 for Saturday may 15 for one adult day admission
I'm not surprised they have flex pricing.
Insipid
Reminds me of when Riverside Square Mall I believe it was had a trout fishing pond. I guess when you have the luxury of money being your drug of choice you can move mountains, put them in your backyard even.
Never heard of that mall.
it looks so fun!! i just wonder how younger kids would enjoy it if they couldn’t do as much in the middle of the height ranges.
There are some smaller areas with thening and slides if they can't ride the larger slides.
I was thinking of coming here with a friend, but I'm wondering, how good are the COVID-19 precautions? I live with my grandma who is older, so she is at risk.
Their approach is to severely limit capacity. I didn't come close to another guest all day. The staff all wore masks.
You can wear a mask walking around, but they are not allowed on the rides.
Maybe I’m just out of shape, but between the intensity of many of the slides, and the number of stairs you have to climb every time you want to ride a slide, adding in the fact that most slides were also a walk-on during my visit…I had to sit down by the wave pool & take a break about halfway through riding everything because I was feeling faint!
That's understandable. I play a ton of frisbee so the stairs don't phase me.
Has the single rider restriction been removed? As in I’ll be paired up with anyone
The last time I went, I was with my fiancee. I suspect they will ask if other groups are willing to pair up with you, but I can't guarantee it.
I didn't realize how big this park would be.
It was under my radar until the late construction photos came out.
This place looks soo cool, but soo expensive love indoor waterparks in the winter
Yeah this area is expensive in general.
I think tube it is the green slide, speeding frenzy is the yellow one. I saw it on the signage of the park when I went
Ah ok, I may have mixed them up.
@@CanobieCoaster Did you go to Dreamworks Water Park’s sibling World Water Park in Edmonton
I went there a few months ago and looked at the water park outside near the cafe but never went in but i did get to go to the theme park!
I prefer the water park.
@@CanobieCoaster yea same lol
7:50 bro that’s the cannon bowl from my local water park splash down the hell.
It's a popular slide!
wow this looks amazing! such a diverse and large water slide lineup with some pretty good theming (for an indoor waterpark). I think $90 is a lot but its location is pretty important and is a deciding factor. If I lived in the tri state area, I would 100% go to this.
All amusements in this region are expensive.
Shrek is love. Shrek is life
Lol
It looks and is amazing, it's just the price haha
There's no dodging the high price unfortunately, but the low crowds made me feel like a VIP.
I'm going tomorrow, how was the Shrek funnel one
It was fun. It had a great drop.
This looks like the crown jewel for Proslide.
This or Volcano Bay!
Volcano Bay is fantastic! I grew up going to Noah’s Ark so that park has a special place in my heart, but honestly I think the only park that truly could beat these rides out would be Water World I’m Denver. That place has the BEST variety of slides and some with theming.
@@Cheezbat Both Volcano Bay and Water World are on my to-do list.
Should I go to Kalahari or Dreamworks. My birthday is coming up at were going to have a vacation. But were deciding what waterpark to go to.
Which Kalahari? The Pocono one? I haevn't been to that one, but the DreamWorks Water Park is amazing.
@@CanobieCoaster we may go to both because dreamworks is slightly cheaper bc it isn’t a resort and we have a discount on kalahari. I just wanted your opinion :)
for dragon racers there is an elevator they allow u to use to go back down
Good to know!
The true test is are all waterslides well lit so people see what is coming. Like everyone says nothing worse than a dark waterslide or ride where you don’t see what is coming. I agree with everyone on that
I don't mind dark slides myself. There's added thrill.
I live in the Netherlands where most swimming pools and waterparks are indoors and nearly all of them have heated water. If they don't have that that's a major takeaway for me. No matter how hot it is I hate non-heated water.
I wish more parks had heated water.
If it shuts down I need one of the slides to be relocated to my home water park
I hope this place sticks around.
It’s recommended you read the bee movie intro during a visit
I've never seen that movie.
I saw a video of the jungle jammer slide with a countdown, maybe they just added a countdown to it
Or it could've been broken the day I was there.
@@CanobieCoaster Maybe
The best water park I have been to is Siam park in Tenerife, the park is more quality over quantity
I had never heard of that park but it looks awesome! It reminds me of Atlantis Aquaventure.
Which one is Thrillagascar ... Orange or Pink?
I think orange. Neither purple nor orange had the countdown late last year.
Walked in the lockers, did everything I did then I didnt know how to enter, finally found out how to.
That first area is a bit of a maze.
Shrek is love.
Lol I know what you're referring to. Such a messed up video.
This water park would be perfect if it was actually owned by Universal like Volcano Bay, rather than being built at a controversial mall that doesn’t seem to have the best management.
I hope the park sticks around, but that mall has had so many issues.
4:23 I don't plan on getting on any of those flow ridders because I know I'll get hurt and break my face
I always wipe out comfortably.
What day of the week are you going? Do you think it would be awfully busy on a Sunday?
I only went once on a weekday last year.
Taking my boys July 9, 2021 My kids are gonna love it 🥰
Is the water warm or cold?
Warm and comfortable.
Being from Florida I guess u can say I’m spoiled to the theme parks genre lol so not really impressed but it looks dope tho. I think Miami is getting their own American dream mall soon as well.
Volcano Bay is the only water park that can match this in Florida.
@@CanobieCoaster yes Volcano bay is legit but have you ever heard of blizzard beach & typhoon lagoon? ...those two water parks alone are far better than that park up north. No offense, but that looks like a park inside of a wear-house / garage.
The surfari slider does have a countdown I saw a video of it
Good to know!
@@CanobieCoaster Maybe it was broken when you went, but I saw a video with a countdown!
It would have been cool if there was a Flushed Away water slide where you can slide down a giant toilet
They have the Mad Flush slide and a tie in to Flushed Away would have been perfect. Except I don't remember that movie being super popular?
I think the nickelodeon universe looks amazing and so does this thry both look really fun
Both are fun but pricey.
@@CanobieCoaster All fun things sadly seem to be pricey 😓
yeah easily the best slide collection in the country
The only one I've personally visited that's close is Noah's Ark since they have the breadth and quality. Splashin' Safari is better if you only care about tube slides, but I don't like how that park is free of body slides.
@@CanobieCoaster splashin safari is the best water park ive been to even though i was only in there for less than an hour but there is definitely better as they rly dont have diversity
The only thing that sucks here is that you’re not allowed to record the water slides here, I love recording them
That's true.
@@CanobieCoaster but I’ll try to hide my GoPro in my pocket or in my arm and I’ll slowly take it out when its too late for them to stop me so I can record them
@@CanobieCoaster (I DON’T RECOMMEND YOU TRY THIS) but when I go, I’m going to try to be extremely sneaky and hide my camera and I wait till the perfect moment to take it out, and then I’ll be good to go!
cool.
Amazing water park.
Universal must own this park since they own dreamworks
They paid for the license. The park is not owned by Universal.
@@CanobieCoaster but does universal know that this mall is using dreamworks?
Im going there for my birthday in April
Have fun!
I live close by and this + the Nickelodeon park look great... I wish they added more theming though especially to the theme park as they could look so much better. And Co vid is another negative... eventually I need to go though.
On weekdays, it's easy to distance with as few people that go.
@@CanobieCoaster That’s true.. thanks for letting me know! Definitely gonna check out the amusement park first and then see the vibes for the water park...
Excuse me is this Waterpark in Cleveland
Nope, New Jersey.
I don't think this waterpark has had a busy day since opening.
There is somthing seriously cursed with that entire mall.
Nickelodeon Universe was busy on weekends pre-covid so I want to give the mall a chance once the pandemic subsides.
I need to enroll seasonal pass
I wish they had season passes.
Challenge: Take a shot everytime my guy says “g’s”
Lol
They should've painted the building an earthy green or brown to fit in better
I'm not sure if that would be too dark?
@@CanobieCoaster I think it would make the building look more subtle but it would blend in better with the tropical theming
This park gets so ridiculously packed on weekends you could be waiting hours for slide.
I must have gotten lucky last fall on a weekend.
Hello,we need to make a reservation to go there?
Yes, they should be available day of though.
@@CanobieCoaster thank you !