Top 10 Things To Do At Wild Rivers In Irvine
We are so fortunate to live in Southern California. The weather is like no other!
When I was a little girl, we loved to visit Wild Rivers in Irvine. My family was totally bummed when they closed on September 25, 2011. We are thrilled that they have relocated and have reopened this year. Wild Rivers is now bigger and better than ever before friends…
Here are some personal highlights of our day at Wild Rivers. The park is open seasonally, so make sure to visit before it closes!
Check out what we rated the top 10 things to do at Wild Rivers:
Thank you Wild rivers for hosting us and inviting us to play at your park. We had a blast!
There is sooo much to do and enjoy at the new Wild Rivers in Irvine.
This all-new waterpark transports you to the 1940s South Pacific and pays homage to the original MCAS El Toro. The waterpark is about adventure, discovery, and amazing fun with 20 thrilling water rides and attractions on 20-acres, nearly double the size of the original Wild Rivers.
1. For my thrill seeker friends ride, Bora Bora Boomerango!
Climb aboard a raft to begin an adventure with several other sheilas and blokes. The experience starts by navigating a winding, open-air flume. However, don’t let the tame start fool you mate, as soon you’ll be accelerating towards an abyss where you and your mates are left to plummet down a ripper drop to face a giant wall.
Are you brave enough to ride?
2. Ride Torguga!
Guests in six-person rafts take high speed twists and turns down an enclosed serpentine flume and are injected into large Aquaspheres with exciting oscillations around 90-degree corners. But that’s not all – after the Aquaspheres, guests shoot though the tight corners and high-banking turns of the Constrictor before concluding their ride by splashing into a pool.
3. Enjoy some yummy food or a treats!
Places to eat:
Pacific Grille– Lunch & Dinner, Snacks & Beverages
Island Sweets– Food, beverages, and snacks are presently sold at Pacific Grille and concession carts. Island Sweets will be opening soon.
Mustang Bar– Snacks & Beverages
Shaka Bay Grille– Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, & Beverages
4. Take your little ones to Cook’s Cove!
Central to the kid’s play area and essential in any new waterpark, this will be one of the largest rain fortresses in the world with 77 activities that are safe and fun for young children, including an 800-gallon tipping water bucket and several slides into a shallow zero entry pool. This will engage the younger kids for hours with tons of fun.
5. Race your friends at Tomcat Racers.
Your experience starts as you slide face first into one of six fully-enclosed AquaTubes that begin a 360-degree downward spiral descent. In route the excitement builds with light shining in colorful patterns through the Aqualucent tubes. With your speed increasing as you descend, each of the tubes realign (about the riders being side-by side) to begin the open air finale…a six-lane, side-by-side, steep plunge into the run out.
6. Reserve a private Cabana!
Enjoy the amazing perks of reserving a cabana.Each cabana comes with two chaise lounges, two chairs, a table, and a safe with cell phone charging to secure your personal belongings.
7. Relax and enjoy Castaway River.
When it’s time to escape the wild at Wild Rivers the gentle flowing currents of Castaway River call. Your adventure begins from either of our zero-depth beach entry points.
Grab a tube or simply take the plunge into the gentle flow and let the currents do the work.
We spent so much time here!
This 1/3-mile-long float will have you drift beneath two pedestrian bridges and past various water features, like bubbling fountains, a water wheel, and the chance to get soaked by colorful water buckets.
You can swim in the currents or relax while floating atop one of our provided tubes. Since it’s an endless river you can keep your adventure on Castaway River going for as long as you’d like.
8. Shaka Bay Wave Pool
This six-person rafting experience offers a multitude of sensations with tighter turns, higher banks and steep drops into the 20-foot diameter MEGAtube™. Riders finish by entering the eye of the storm and a zigzagging decent of fast, near vertical, oscillations before entering the splashdown pool. Typhoon will be a guest favorite.
9. Ride Typhoon!
This six-person rafting experience offers a multitude of sensations with tighter turns, higher banks and steep drops into the 20-foot diameter MEGAtube™. Riders finish by entering the eye of the storm and a zigzagging decent of fast, near vertical, oscillations before entering the splashdown pool. Typhoon will be a guest favorite.
Park Tips
Make sure to bring your:
- Pack a water bottle to rehydrate throughout the day. (they also sell them if you don’t want to carry one)
- Be prepared to rent a locker. You will definitely need one for your personal belongings.
- Bring money for food, beverages, or snacks. *note no food is allowed
- Pack your towels
- Bring your sunblock and reapply throughout the day.
10. Last but not least… Make memories with your loved ones!
Time is so precious, and time with our family and friends is priceless!
Of course these are our personal favorite things to do. But there is sooo much to enjoy and I’m sure you will enjoy other things to. Check it out before the summer ends and it’s too late!
Happy Summer friends!~ Queen Bee Latina
