Cool Off at SunSplash in Roseville!
Now that the weather here in Sacramento is heating up again and we are seeing those atrocious high-nineties to low triple digits, I figured it’d be nice to find a way for everyone to cool off without having to sell your first-borns to pay your SMUD bills. Normally, I’d tell you to go and check out Raging Waters at CalExpo. However, right now they’re probably extradordinarily busy since the California State Fair is still in full swing. Thus, I decided to do some research and I found another water park in the Sacramento area–Golfland SunSplash in Roseville.
SunSplash has a number of waterslides to choose from. Some of the more popular attractions include Stormrider (the Valley’s first four-person waterslide and the first of its kind in the world!), Master Blaster Water Coaster (the only water roller coaster in California), and the two Dark Holes (where you slide in complete darkness). For the more faint at heart, there are also three pools to choose from. Adventure Island is a three and a half foot deep wading pool with small slides for kids to play on. Thunder Bay is a gigantic wave pool which creates waves the are 84 feet long to board on. The third, Bermuda Triangle, is a lazy inner tube raft where everyone can relax and float along the “river.”
In addition to waterslides, Golfland has a number of other attractions to keep you busy all day long. There are two 18-hole miniature golf courses–Adventure Golf and Lost Continent Golf–which they claim are the best miniature golf courses in California. Since it is a miniature golf park, they also have the standards that seem to come with all parks of this sort. They have Go-Karts at the Fastcars Raceway, Lazer Tag in their 5000 square foot arena Lazer Knights, and an arcade with over 200 games to choose from. You can also grab a bite to eat at either their pizza parlor or Subway.
The park is open Monday-Thursday from 10:00AM-10:00PM, Fridays from 10:00AM-midnight, Saturdays from 8:00AM to midnight, and Sundays from 10:00AM-9:00PM. You can purchase tickets online for special discounted rates. They currently have three internet specials running. You can purchase the 4 For Fun Lazer Tag for $20.00 which will save you $6.00, 4 For Fun Mini Golf for $24.00 which saves you $7.00, or Golf and Games which includes one game of mini golf and 10 arcade tokens for $8.00. In addition, you can also purchase entrance tickets to the waterpark itself. The prices are as follows:
General Admission (48” or taller): $24.99
Junior Admission (under 48” tall): $18.99
Toddlers (age 2 and under with an adult): $1.00
Senior Admission (age 62 and over): $12.99
Evening Admission (from 3:00PM-6:30PM): $18.99
They’re kind of pricey, but in comparison to other parks out there the rates are pretty standard for this area. In any case, it’d be much better to pay them then to try and deal with the crowds at Raging Waters. It’d be less of a hassle and probably more fun in the long run…
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