The Water Zone at Mark Twain Lake Jellystone Park - Monroe City, Missouri

Paul S.

Kids will have an absolute BLAST !! 5 slides are amazing ! The sixth slide closed down a few years ago but it’s honestly not needed ! We went 5 days in a row very short lines with it being busy so much to do ! Wave pool is amazing with extremely attentive staff many chat and joke with kids make it fun !

Little kids pool area is amazing ! One section was closed for maintenance but plenty of room for a larger crowd with the main area open!

Plenty of lounge chairs and tables around ! I would bring your own float for pool but like any outdoor area people love to hoard the floats !

Also Bar tender/ manager will know you by name as will many life guards at the end of a weekend and that’s a sign of a remarkable experience!

Only complaint is they need to work on bathrooms ! A little attention will go a long way! I hope they can show that some love!

LS T.

This review is based on our visit back on July 30th. First, let me say that we decided to arrive in the early afternoon so our experience may have been a little better if we had more time in the park. There were 2 adults, 1 teenager and 2 little kids 4 and 3. The cost for us to visit this day was over a $100 and that was with a discount on the 2 littles because some of the pools / slides were down today. Even though this was expensive, we expected that as this place is really in the middle of nowhere with no city in site. It's a miracle it's still in operation as the attendance was definitely sparse the day we visited. Maybe they are busy on the weekends? This place, under different names and ownership, has been around for a LONG time (at least for 25 + years) though as I remember coming here when I was a kid. It is in need of some updates but I know that is stretch but for the price.....some improvements like basic landscaping should be done. For example, I remember when I was a kid, the lazy river was surround by a lively bar where kids were not allowed to step foot in but at least there were people. Now, the lazy river encircles an overgrown run down area and some remnants of the old bar still remain.

Several areas were closed the day we visited and there were NO slides that the littles were able to go down even with life jackets or with adult supervision. There was a kiddie area where the littles had fun though so they didn't mind too much, especially since they had the area all to themselves 95% of the time.

The staff working the day we visited were not the most friendly and when there was a threat of thunderstorms after being in the park just over an hour, it appeared that the staff just wanted to close the park instead of wait it out. An announcement was made that everyone had to get out of the water and there would be a delay, which I certainly understand. Then after 10 to 15 minutes, the announcement was made that the park is now closed.......this was around 2:30 pm. No offer of any kind of refund, no rainy day pass to come back another day just we are closed.

Hopefully, the management or owners will invest once again in this park and keep it going as it is such a unique place. I'm sure during the weekend and summer holidays, it's packed as it should be. We will definitely be back in the future to see if our experience changes.

Marianne

We visited the Water Zone for the first time since it had changed to a Jellystone park. I expected improvements and they had done some. Such as painting, adding a few cabanas and nice lounge chairs for adults and children. The 3 big slides were fun and had a nice clean pool at the bottom. Lazy river was clear and had a decent speed on the flow. On the negative? The toilet bowl was closed, green and stinky water. It clearly had not been open in a long time. The purple was closed also but i never liked that one anyway. The water mister station was closed, a broken/closed ladder in the pool by the black drop slide, and most of the kids spray area posts were no longer used. They were just there with no water. The ladies bathroom was way below standard. I forgot to grab a picture but it was flooded from a hot water leak. The closet door in the bathroom with the hot water heater had mold up till about knee high. SO this was obviously not a new issue. They did have lockers for people to use but i wouldn't have left my items in an area with that much mold. One last issue was most of the floats for the lazy river/pool were deflated or leaking. We were able to get ones to use but had to search a little to get them. We had a group of 8 and we all had a fun time but were just a little disappointed. This park could be so much more! Remove the dang slides that don't work and replace with something else when you can afford it. Fix the bathroom door and water heater! After all how clean are the toilets of that's how they care about the bathroom being flooded?

Kathrine G.

Very cool place to visit. Discounted tickets after 4pm ($17 per adults vs. $35) but the snack bar is closed. So you can't get soda refills with your souvenir cup. Definitely will be back. My children have season passes with their grandparents and have been going every week, they love the wave pool and have a blast. The bathrooms are very gross and I hope that they use the winter to update their facilities. I also don't think their snack bar can handle the volume of customers it gets, resulting in long waits and poor quality food.

Angelina B.

I recommend bringing your own inner tube so you don't have to wait on any to become available or be re-inflated. We went on a Tuesday that wasn't busy and 50% of the time we were waiting on other visitors to exit the lazy river and set their tubes down. Water shoes are a good idea as the ground gets really hot.

Courtney J.

When we came the only 3 things going were the wave pool, lazy river, and the blue slide. The concession stand had like nothing in stock. At $35 per person to get in it was absolutely the fastest way to waste over $100.

tim J.

Took grandkids and had a blast!
Huge wavepool 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️🏊, 2 kiddie pool areas, small lazy river, several slides and a bowl slide...

Jacob

Great water park overall but not near enough tubes for people to share your want to bring your own and the kitchen is ran horribly. Just teenagers work it and they get disorganized. They end up with 30 tickets and they all get mixed up. I waited 40mins then asked for a refund it was terrible. People in front of me was waiting while 4 people behind me got theirs. It’s not hard it’s fried food. One order comes in you work on that order if the tickets get mixed up you look at the ticket numbers. They needed someone probably an adult there to supervise and help lead them because it was just a mess. They were all polite when I told them I wanted a refund and suggest how to better control it. The kitchen just gets buried and then confused on what order they are on. I was 16 once and I ran a Burger King kitchen so I can relate they need more training or help. They need an adult there to manage the place.