$100 million Gulf Coast water park now has an opening date. How to buy tickets.
The first indoor water park resort in the Gulf South will open in June.
Opening day for Tropic Falls Indoor Water Park at OWA in Foley, Alabama, is June 27 and tickets go on sale May 25.
“It’s unlike anything the Gulf Coast has ever seen,” management announced this week, “bigger than a football field and covered by a convertible roof of 1,800 glass panels.”
Phase One has six slides, a lazy river, indoor arcade and a children’s play structure with five slides. Coming in phase two later this summer are a 30,000 square foot outdoor wave pool and surf simulator.
It has more than 200 palm trees and nearly $1 million in color-changing lights. When complete, Tropic Falls will be the only indoor waterpark in the country with both a retractable roof and sidewall.
The water park is part of a $100 million expansion at OWA (pronounced oh-wah). A 300,000 square foot wave pool and surf simulator are part of phase 2 of the water park and will be open by late summer.
Tickets are $24.99 for a Tropic Falls Theme Park ticket and $69.99 for a combo ticket for the water park and theme park. Season passes start at $269.99. A 20% discount is given for ages 55 and older and a 15% military discount is available with valid ID.
Foley is about 100 miles from Gulfport and Biloxi, or about a 2-hour trip, depending on traffic. The next closest indoor water park resort with a hotel is in Atlanta.
This story was originally published May 12, 2022 at 11:50 AM.
