Wet N' Wild Waterworld

Park

Wet N Wild Waterworld is located in Anthony, Texas (in between El Paso Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico).

The park usually opens the first weekend in May, and closes after Labor Day. It has over thirty rides and attractions. In addition to traditional water rides, the park has a wave pool, a lazy river, shallow kiddie pools, a spray park, and a climbing wall. Amenities include shaded picnic areas with tables, a restaurant, air conditioned VIP Suites for parties, cabana rentals, locker rentals, grill rentals, inner tube rentals, and reserved parking.The mix off attractions, from thrill rides to a spray park for toddlers, is meant to appeal to all age groups with a focus on families.

Guest can bring their own food and beverages and are not charged a cooler fee. The park also features a restaurant called The Ribbit Cafe, which offers traditional waterpark fare, such as burger, fries, nachos, snow cones and funnel cakes, as well as regional specialties.

Wet ‘N’ Wild Waterworld is the site of numerous festivals and concerts performed in a raised stage in the middle of the open picnic area. Private sleep-overs, birthday parties, company picnics, and reserved areas can be arranged for groups.

Community Outreach In 2015, Wet N Wild was awarded Best Of Aquatics 2015 for Community Outreach by Aquatics International Magazine for its efforts in drowning prevention and water safety. The park participates annually in the World's Largest Swimming Lesson an event dedicated to raising awareness of water safety. Since 2011 Wet 'N' Wild has also been host to the Christian Castle Lifeguard Olympics. The Lifeguard Olympics celebrates local lifeguards while allowing them to fine hoen their skills. During Drowning Prevention Week, the park sends Freddy the Surfing Frog to local schools to give lessons in water safety and drowning prevention. Wet 'N' wild also offers free lifejackets to kids at the park.

History of the Park The park opened in 1979 after El Paso businessman and attorney Berry H. Edwards purchased a KOA campground in Anthony, Texas, a small town outside of El Paso,Texas. His son suggested they get a waterslide for the campground's pool, and Edwards visited the now closed Wild Wild Wet in Anaheim, California for research. He then installed two Plantation Plastics waterslides (powered by a Chrysler diesel engine connected to a water pump!) and a waterpark was born. The park opened as Wet N Wild Waterslides, charging $2.50 per half hour to ride 2 slides, "Blue Streak' and "Corkscrew." In 1980, after adding the 12 foot deep Volcano Lake, a water zip line, and a few more in-house slides, Edwards changed the name to Wet N Wild Waterworld