Located right across the street from Busch Gardens® Tampa Bay, Adventure Island’s® 30 acres of waterdrenched fun in the sun, featuring the ultimate combination of high-speed thrills and tropical, tranquil surroundings for guests of all ages. Within a soothing Key West atmosphere awaits an unrivaled blend of slides, corkscrews, waterfalls, a wave pool, children’s water playground and other family attractions. Adventure Island® also features outdoor cafes, picnic and sunbathing areas, and shopping for hours of fun in the sun. Feel the rush of Vanish Point, an epic 70-foot drop slide with a high speed finale! Please note that in order to ensure our guests' comfort and safety, Adventure Island’s capacity is limited. Admission into the park may be temporarily suspended during the day due to periods of high attendance.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Address: 10001 Malcolm McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, 1-888-800-5447
Admission: Guests ages 3 and older: $59.99. Children ages 2 and younger: Free. A variety of combination tickets and Annual Pass memberships are available, and guests should check the website for the latest discounts.
Park Hours: Please check AdventureIsland.com for daily operating hours
Parking: Starting at $25 per vehicle.
Dining: All-Day Dining Deal: Adult $34.99 Child $19.99
Cabanas and Chickee Huts: Cabana rentals are from $119.99 to $289.99 and Chickee Hut rentals are from $49.99 to$129.99; pricing is seasonal and varies by location. Each cabana includes four lounge chairs, a mini-fridge stocked with bottled water, a locker and four souvenir towels. Each Chickee Hut includes four lounge chairs and an all-day locker.
Lockers: $10 and $15 depending on size
Quick Queue: Guests can enjoy unlimited front-of-line access to favorite attractions at the park with Quick Queue, starting at $19.99 per person.
Coolers: To ensure the safety and enjoyment of all Adventure Island guests, no coolers, regardless of size, will be allowed inside the water park. Outside picnic pavilions are available outside the front gate for cooler use.
FEATURES & ATTRACTIONS
Vanish Point™: Guests are in for the slide of their lives on Adventure Island’s epic drop slide, Vanish Point® . Inspired by the point on a wave where water and gravity form a perfect partnership, the crest of this 70-foot tower challenges you with two 425 ft. wave paths. Step into one of two skyboxes, and face your fears as the floor disappears beneath you. Or, get horizontal on a 455-foot long slide ending with a high speed finale.
Colossal Curl™: Hurtle high above Adventure Island® and experience a feeling of weightlessness aboard Colossal Curl™, the park's newest family raft ride. True to its name and holding up to four passengers, this mega slide delivers a high-adrenaline, action-packed adventure, making it the ultimate family thrill slide.
Riptide: Florida’s first four-lane mat slide is a guest favorite at Adventure Island® . Riptide allows guests to compete against three other riders for a competitive mat-slide adventure. All four racers are released simultaneously from a height of 55 feet into their own tubes, twisting through a hairpin turn before plunging into four open-air lanes for a drenching finish.
Wahoo Run: This exhilarating five-person river raft ride sends adventurous guests down 600 feet of drenching twists and drops and back-to-back curves and turns. The thrill slide has a unique tunnel design that alternates sections of daylight and darkness, while four waterfall curtains douse unsuspecting guests during their journey.
Splash Attack: The Park’s most drenching attraction ever, offers more than 50 water elements, including twisting slides, bridges and a 40-foot-high water-tower bucket.
Key West Rapids: Sends riders down six stories through a 700-foot twisting slide and into a splash pool.
Aruba Tuba and Calypso Coaster: Twisting spirals and swirling water are the main attraction on these competing slides.
Additional Slides: Unpredictable excursions at spine-tingling speeds can be found on the Caribbean Corkscrew, Water Moccasin and the five Runaway Rapids slides, coiling their challengers down a series of unexpected twists before dunking them into a splash pool.
Endless Surf: Body surfers can ride three-foot waves in Endless Surf, the park’s 17,000-square-foot wave pool.
Fabian’s Funport: This water play area offers children a kaleidoscopic wading pool, highlighted by bubbler springs and jumping water jets.
Paradise Lagoon: The lagoon is 9,000 square-feet of water-soaked activities, ranging from jumping platforms and cascading waterfalls to a hand-rope walk along the pool’s perimeter.
Rambling Bayou: The 1,700-foot tube trek Rambling Bayou glides riders through beautiful landscapes and weather effects including fog and rain.
DINING AND SHOPPING HIGHLIGHTS
Mango Joe’s Café: Guests can grab a bite to eat and chill at Mango Joe’s Café, serving pizza, wraps, chicken strips, ice-cold beverages, beer and more.
Surfside Café: When a big appetite attack hits, head for Surfside Café. The menu includes burgers, hot dogs, chicken strips, sandwiches, fresh salads and seasonal desserts along with ice-cold beverages and beer.
Island Surf Shop: Take a bite out of paradise and head to Island Bites for a delicious summertime snack. The café dishes out corn dogs, turkey legs, soft-serve ice cream in waffle cones, crispy sweet funnel cakes and much more.
**Congrats to our winner of 4 tickets, Heather G.**
