Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park in Columbus, Ohio a Fun Family Destination

The Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park is situated inside the resort of the same name. Located in Columbus, it was the first indoor water park in Central Ohio. The facility also includes a hotel and an onsite conference center. The resort and adjoining water park is especially popular with families traveling to the Columbus area and also attracts large numbers of groups, including scouts and youth groups from area houses of worship, who come to enjoy the facility for the day.

The water park at Fort Rapids is accessible both to resort guests and to day visitors who just wish to pay for a few hours at the park. Because the park is indoors, it is open year round with an average water temperature of 84 degrees Fahrenheit maintained throughout the park, which is designed to appeal to visitors of all ages from toddler to adult.

Currently, there are a total of eight different attractions inside this expansive water park. They include the Kiddie Koral, which features an interactive play area as well as two slides that empty into a pool with a zero depth entry, just right for young visitors to the facility. Also a favorite with younger visitors is the Rascal Round-up, an area that includes a 40-foot-tall interactive water play structure and features four slides, plenty of water cannons, and a large tipping bucket that dumps one thousand gallons of water several times each hour.

The Fort Rapids Water Park Activity Pool is 4-foot in depth and includes basketball hoops, a large "snake'', fun rafts, and a cargo net obstacle area known as the Perilous Promenade.

Those who prefer something a bit more exciting make their way to the top of the 40-foot slide tower to choose from one of four extreme water slides. These include Ambush Alley and Raging Bull, traveling both inside and outside the building and featuring lots of twists and turns; Black Out Pass, a funnel-type slide that keeps riders spinning round and round until they enter the funnel and emerge in the Lazy River; and Shoot Out Racer, a body slide that allows four riders to race at the same time.

Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park also features a 30-person hot tub that is reserved especially for the use of patrons over the age of 18. Adults are also welcome to enjoy the other rides as well.

In addition to water activities, the park also offers the Mineshaft Waterpark Hallway, which - in keeping with the theme of the resort - lets guests pan for gold or take an old time photograph.

Changing areas and locker rooms are available for both men and women and complimentary towels are available at the front entrance to the park. There's also a small caf, at the water park, selling light fare such as pizza, hot dogs, drinks, and snacks.

Guests may book rooms in the resort that include a water park package or may purchase day passes as needed. Spectators who are not taking part in water activities must also pay a fee to enter the park. Special reduced price day passes are available for those who enter the park after 4 pm. Hours of operation vary with the seasons.