This is the tower that will get you up for the best water coaster EVER. It's called the Master Blaster at the Blastenhoff section of the park. This is the same tower for the Black Knight and the Wolfpack.
A view of Master Blaster, they say it's been voted the best water coaster in the world. It has water jets that hit the back of the raft and your back to push you up hill. This ride takes one full minute to reach the bottom.
The Original Schlitterbahn. Lots of rafting rides. The clean and cool water comes from natural springs.
My kids having a blast on the Downhill Racer at the original Schlitterbahn.
Waiting in line for the Hillside ride. The lines looked long, but they moved fast. This was a fun, easy, and relaxing ride.
Sarah doing surfing moves on Boogie Bahn. There were some people that were just amazing with their trick abilities. We were just happy to be able to ride and stay in place.
Han's Hideout.
Top of Blastenhoff.
Cooling off with some Dip'N'Dots. Bring a cooler and set it on a picnic table, and come back later to eat. This is a chilled place and someone stealing your stuff is low.
Schlitterbahn, New Braunsfel, Texas (The BEST!)
This summer the kids and I took a trip to Schlitterbahn in New Braunsfel, Texas. New Braunsfel is about 20-30 minutes from San Antonio. They say everything is bigger in Texas, well in this case I would agree. Schlitterbahn is absolutely the biggest and best water park we had ever been to.
To say this place was huge is a massive understatement. This was three separate water parks, and you had to take a free tram through town to get to the other sections. There are three distinct sections, The Original Schlitterbahn, Blastenhoff, and Surfenburg. This is the mother of all water parks. You can stay there just like a resort. They have rooms for rent, restaurants, shallow pool bars, lockers, and of course gift shops.
Park tickets run from $53.98 for adults, and $44.98 (3-11). The park allows you to bring in your own cooler with food and drink, but do not allow alcohol. You can purchase alcohol at one of the poolside bars. Bringing in your own cooler saves a lot of money.
The Original Schlitterbahn: A lot of the rides here require an inner tube, or they will be body slides. Most of the rides are very relaxing and easy.
Surfenburg: This area has some good group tube rides as well as the ultra cool Boogie Bahn, which is as close to inland surfing as you're going to get in Texas. There are also plenty of things for the younger kids, like the circular float pool with floating alligators.
Blastenhoff: This area is for the thrill seekers. It has the big group rides, Master Blaster, Wolfpack, and Black Knight. The float pool here has wave action and is fast. There is also a water play castle, park with working water cannons.
Schlitterbahn is an all day event. The kids and I give it a huge two thumbs up. Bring flip flops, towels, food, and drink. Expect to have fun all day. Expect to wait in some lines for the bigger rides. We had to wait in line for 1 hour for the top rides, but it will be worth it.
Advice: Keep your cool sunglasses in the locker. They might get knocked off and some rides won't allow them. There is a lot of water pressure on some of the rides, so any little item in your pockets will get blown out. The locker keys have an elastic strap to go around your ankle or wrist. I think they might have had a safety pin to hook to your garment as well. Use it! They charge extra if you lose your locker key.
Buy the Schlitterbahn credit card. This will save you the hassle of handling wet dollar bills.
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