Five-Star Guest Amenities
Schlitterbahn is proud to offer family amenities that include free parking and free inner tubes. Guests are also welcome to bring a family picnic basket, excluding alcohol and glass containers, into the parks.

Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark features a variety of water attractions designed to appeal to all family members, from toddlers to grandparents.  The centerpiece of the park is a highly themed, five-story Sand Castle with six turrets connected by ramps, stairs and netclimbs.  Parents and children can explore the Sand Castle's dozens of hands-on water features and then exit on one of four water slides.  The Sand Castle was named the Best New Kid’s Ride/Attraction by the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions.

Another central feature of the park is the nation’s largest bodyboarding ride called the Boogie Bahn2 where guests try their skills during the day and the Schlitterbahn Surf Team performs after park hours.  Guests can also enjoy Sea Trek, the world’s premier underwater helmet diving experience. View the beauty of the ocean without ever leaving the park. The park also features a wave pool, five beaches, sand volleyball courts, plus a variety of ride experiences on the Transportainment river system.  

TRANSPORTAINMENT   [transportation + sport + entertainment = Transportainment®]

The park features the first installation of the state-of-the-art, award-wining, Transportainment river system that transports guests around the park on water.  The attraction is designed to combine the elements of transportation, sport and entertainment, while minimizing the time park guests spend standing in lines.

Called Rio Aventura, the river is approximately a half-mile long.  Guests enter Rio Aventura from beaches scattered through the park, or they ride up into the river from the wave pool level on the massive Aqua Veyer™.   Then they float through sections of slow-moving water and whitewater rapids, detouring through two tube chutes and three Master Blaster uphill water coasters, for a ride that is never the same twice.

The technology has earned the industry’s highest innovation awards including: International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions [IAAPA] Best New Waterpark Product; IAAPA Impact Award; World Waterpark Association Industry Leadership & Innovation award; THEA Outstanding Achievement Award from the Themed Entertainment Association.

Shrimp Haus™ Full-Service Restaurant
The Shrimp Haus adjacent to the waterpark is open year-round with beach-to-bay views. The full-service, indoor/outdoor restaurant features a wide variety of unique shrimp dishes, plus classics ranging from steaks to cheesecake. During the summer's waterpark season, families can have a front-row seat from terraces overlooking the park's Boogie Bahn surf machine.

Schlitterbahn Beach is nestled between the dunes and wetlands on South Padre Island, near the southernmost point of Texas.  The site is .6 miles south of the 2.5-mile-long Queen Isabella Causeway that connects South Padre Island to the mainland of Texas.  The waterpark is located on the northern portion of Isla Blanca Park, which is owned by Cameron County.  It is accessible from Padre Boulevard and via a footbridge from the beach.

The entire site is approximately 26 acres.  The waterpark covers about 15 acres and there are approximately seven acres of parking – all designed around nearly four acres of protected wetlands.

2011 SCHEDULE – Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark, South Padre Island

Park opens daily at 10 a.m., closing time varies from 6 to 8 p.m.  Call park for specific hours.

ADMISSION FEES [plus tax] – Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark, South Padre Island  

NOTE: Parking is free. Children under age three are admitted free.  Guests are invited to pack their own picnic basket and bring it into the park. No alcohol or glass containers please. Special discounts are available for seniors and for sponsored groups of 15 or more.  There is no charge for tubes, life vests or bodyboards.  Schedule, prices and attraction availability subject to change without notice.

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