This is the third time I have come from Arlington VA, and we love it. Hurricane Harbor is a blast. The water rides are great. The general park is fun too. There are lots of coasters there including the one that I rode as a kid on Nantasket Beach in Mass. I don't think it is overpriced at all. Look it aint cheap but given all the help that goes into running it and keeping it safe, I think it is fairly priced. If you go on line and plan your visit you can do pretty well. I give it four stars rather than five only because I purchased the Hurricane Harbor add on to my ticket for $10. When I arrived at the park, I had one bar code showing for general park admission. But at the Hurricane Harbor station, they said unless you go back into your phone and show us the Hurricane Harbor bar code, you cant go in even though your pass clearly shows that you purchased the Hurricane Harbor add on because your print out does not display the bar code for the Hurricane Harbor add on (it displayed only the bar code for general park admission, I did not click the drop down on the computer screen when I printed so the HH bar code would be displayed when I printed). I was in a big line and it was dark and hard to get on my phone so I just paid the damn $10 twice and moved on. But was it worth it? Yes absolutely. Both my girls had a great time, and I think the park help does a great job with safety. On the half pike, my daughter was too nervous to go and the worker gently encouraged her saying it will be over very shortly and she would enjoy it. My daughter took his work, had a great ride, thanked him after, and talked about it the rest of the day.

We took a troop of girl scouts on a spring Saturday and had the run of the park. It was great for the children because they were very few wait times to get on the rides for their height/size. I was impressed with the number of rides for the younger set and we had plenty to keep us busy during our stay. We had a great time at the live dance show with a really friendly and outgoing dance troop. They posed for pictures with our troop after the show. Where the park could do better is on the food service as several folks in our group experienced some long waits. Overall, I'd definitely go again but would plan for a trip before the summer season when I assume it's much more crowded (for example, the water park was not yet opened). I have a sense from reading the other reviews that folks are overly dismissive of the park employees who did appear to be on the younger age. Some employees while young, were professional and helpful. Others would use more training. Overall, great experience.

I read some bad reviews of this place but we wanted a theme park close to DC so took the plunge. This is a great place! Rollercoasters are amazing, queues are short and Halloween attractions are awesome. We took the metro and bus to get there. Negatives - as mentioned elsewhere, prices of food and drink, they need to employ cleaners midway through the day to keep the bathrooms lovelier, also the pedestrian access from the road is not as good as it could be. But we had a fantastic day and totally recommend.

The park itself was great, there was this one guy who was dancing near the grand theatre, he was great and brought much entertainment to the park. Near Firebird however there was this employee who was named Micheal, wearing a purple shirt who didn't buckle in my friend. She was screaming at him, and he just looked at her and walked away. My friends had to hang onto her so she wouldn't fly out of the ride. Would've gotten a 5/5 if it weren't for Michael.