Water Park in Columbus

[jcitta]

The city of Columbus has just passed bill allowing a water park to be built. It will be built in the middle of the Pawnee Park lagoon and will feature a number of different slides. I think this is very good for the town of columbus. It is growing pretty rapidly recently, it just needs more retail than what it has.

[omahaopinions.com]

Is it going to include a wave pool or a lazy river? How big is the park suppose to be?

[jcitta]

Proposals call for the water plex to be built on the island south of the defunct Pawnee Park pool. The old location will become a parking lot with access to the new swimming area by a walkway over the lagoon. Plans call for the lagoon to be cleaned up and treated with aerators to produce a park-like setting.

Among the offerings at the proposed Columbus Family Water Plex will be an approximately 400-foot lazy river, and four slides: an open flume slide, an inner tube slide, a swirl bowl slide, and either a closed flume slide or a speed slide. All of the slides would have different heights and speeds.

There will also be wave canopies at two separate locations. These are shade structures, instead of traditional round umbrellas, that will look like sails.

A splash pad will have zero-depth entry, with its features designed for younger children. In addition, there will be a sand play area, a large swimming area with zero-depth entry going to 5 feet, a lily pad floating water walk and a full-service food court.

There will be decks, lounge chaises, grassy areas and picnic tables, both in the shade and in the sun.

All of the water at the facility would be heated.

The only part of it that I do not agree with is that they are not building a normal pool with it, although there are other public pools in the city as well. I know they are leaving extra room for expansion of the park as well.

[Coyote]

Explore 10 of Nebraska's water parks

Fremont Splash Station
Fremont Splash Station is open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. It features a body slide and speed slide, a combination lap pool and wave pool, the Hydro-Storm, an interactive train slide, splash pad and water walk.

Big Blue Water Park
The Big Blue Water Park at 1200 Scott St. in Beatrice is open daily from noon to 8 p.m. The water park features a 9,000-square-foot, zero-entry pool, youth pool with fountain bubbler and toys, 124-foot loop water slide, 8-foot-wide river slide, 2 1 meter diving boards and sand volleyball courts.

Hastings Aquacourt
Aquacourt Water Park, 2200 W. 3rd St. in Hastings, is open from noon to 8 p.m. through mid-August. It has a lazy river, wave pool, drop slide, high-dive/low-dive boards, family water slides and an interactive playground.

Fun-Plex
Fun-Plex, 7003 Q St. in Omaha, is typically open from noon to 8 p.m. It has a new swim-up bar, a play area with a 317-gallon bucket that drops every 5 minutes, the Typhoon Falls slides, a lazy river, a wave pool and kiddie area for small children.

Island Oasis
Island Oasis, 321 E. Fonner Park Road in Grand Island, is open from noon to 9 p.m. The water park has two 60-foot speed slides, water basketball, a lily pad walk, log walk, sand volleyball, an otter slide, a 350,000-gallon wave pool, a 750-foot speed slide and six other water slides.

Norfolk AquaVenture
Norfolk AquaVenture, 715 S. First St., is open from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. It has a 54-inch, 310-foot-long raft slide, a 235-foot-long body slide, a play station with 20 water features, a wave pool, water walk, boogie woogie keyboard and a blowfish slide, along with diving boards.

Mahoney State Park
The Mahoney State Park water park has a wave pool, water slides, a lap pool and a children's water playground. It will reopen Saturday with limited hours and reduced capacity.

Pawnee Plunge
Pawnee Pluge, 560 33rd Ave. in Columbus, is open from noon to 8 p.m. daily. The water park features the FlowRider surfing activity, a 3-meter diving platform, the AquaClimb Wall, a lazy river, three water slides, an interactive ship for toddlers, a spray park and a sea animal rope walk.

Fullerton
The lazy river is one of the most popular attractions at Fullerton Community Pool, which opened in 2021.

Papio Bay Aquatic Center
Papio Bay, 815 E. Halleck St. in Papillion, is open from noon to 8 p.m., except on Tuesdays and Thursdays when it closes at 6:30 p.m. It has heated water, zero depth entry, a butterfly slide, sand volleyball, two other water slides and diving boards.

Fun-Plex

[Coyote]

Mahoney State Park Aquatic Center 2022 Omaha | Water park

[ProgKingHughesker]

That's an old aerial of Funplex, RIP the roller coaster

[Brad]

That's an old aerial of Funplex, RIP the roller coaster

Sure is. I shot that in August of 2015.