The metro’s original outdoor water park, Oceans of Fun, also offers fantastic attractions for all ages, including Aruba Tuba, Surf City Wave Pool, Buccaneer Bay, Coconut Cove and much more!
Your kids will have the time of their lives at Kansas City’s water resort, Great Wolf Lodge. The 84-degree indoor water park boasts more than 38,000 square feet of water-packed excitement, including jaw-dropping slides for thrill seekers and zero-depth entry areas for little ones.
Another favorite is CoCo Key, featuring 55,000 square feet of indoor fun with a wading pool, slides, fast tube rides, activity pools and more! Discover more with our online guide to Kansas City's pools and water parks.
KC Watersports (25825 Edgemore Rd., Paola, KS, 913.783.4300) offers the best wakeboarding destination in the Midwest. Their 7.5-acre cable lake is home to a five-tower Rixen Cable, an overhead cable system with the ability to carry six riders at the same time. The lake boasts the most challenging set of rails, ramps and sliders in the United States. They offer classes, programs and camps.
If you crave some sand between your toes, you’ll find swim beaches at several local lakes listed on pg???, or you can challenge your friends to some beach volleyball at Volleyball Beach (13105 Holmes Rd., Kansas City, MO, 816.942.2820), Shawnee Mission Volleyball Beach (19800 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, KS, 913.422.4070) or Centerline Beach Volleyball (1910 US 40 Hwy., Blue Springs, MO, 816.224.4455).