It’s been almost exactly a year since we checked out Wild Wild Wet @ Downtown East. The memories of our experience at the park still remained pretty fresh, which made comparisons between that and Phuket’s Splash Water Jungle Park inevitable. Both parks are very broadly similar, run in the same fashion, offer about the same rides and thrills – but there are minor differences that I’ll add in my notes below.
Our trip to this park was put on Day 4. Our itinerary also included a visit to Soi Dog Foundation to follow after that, but the kids were pretty doggoned tired when we’d finished at this park that we took a rain-check for the Soi Dog Foundation. I also goofed. In my planning, I had the distinct impression that the park opens at 9AM, so booked our driver to bring us there at 8:45AM. The park opens at 10AM – aagghh – so we waited for an hour. The weather was fairly cool in the morning and there was a persistent breeze, which made the experience of waiting pretty tolerable.
And my notes:
Book your tickets online at least a day in advance and save yourself 10% off the admission prices. We didn’t do that, so paid the full admission prices of two adults (1,450THB each) and one child (700THB), with Peter’s admission free as he is still under five years old.
The security may check your bags, and there is a large sign to say that no outside food and drink is permitted. Personal water bottles are fine, but we had to surrender a water bottle we’d brought along from Cassia Phuket – which we promptly forgot to take back when we left the park LOL.
The entrance to the park proper is at the souvenir shop, where each family/group unit will be issued a wrist band that will contain credit for any purchases you make. A minimum refundable deposit of 500THB is necessary, and you can put in additional funds as needed. That by the way is mandatory if you want to lunch in – which we did. But don’t feel compelled to eat in the park’s restaurants. Just outside the park within very easy walking distance are several eateries and restaurants. This wrist band system is pretty convenient and wasn’t used in Wild Wild Wet when we were there last year.
There are lockers in both the male and female toilets, which you can rent for 150THB each – which again is deducted using your wrist band.
Go early in the morning, really. The first hour of our visit saw relatively sparse crowds. By the time we left at about 1:30PM, quite a few more families had arrived. There was still sufficient space to enjoy the facilities yes – but deck chairs became hotly contested, with most of the best (i.e. shaded spots) camped out by noon.
And to get to the summary bit of whether this is a place worth checking out: it’s a ‘yes’ if you’re in the area and it’s convenient. But if you’ve also been to other wet and wild parks, the Splash Water Jungle Park – fun as it is – isn’t offering anything fundamentally different from what you’ve probably already experienced. Moreover, admissions to the Phuket version though is quite a bit more pricey than our Singapore’s. Bottom line – don’t go out of your way to this park unless you’re on the island and want things to do.
Our notes on Cassia Phuket, and also Day 5’s activities next!
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