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601 Earl St
Daytona Beach, Florida 32118
I had a wonderful time at Daytona Lagoon, which offers something for all ages. My daughter particularly enjoyed the lazy river and the kids' area. I felt completely safe knowing that the lifeguards were keeping a close eye on all the children. The amusement park has done an excellent job training them. We hardly had to wait long for the water park rides. Overall, it was a fantastic experience, and I can't wait to plan a trip to go back.
I only gave them a 3 because my kids did have fun. This place could make tons of money if someone would just invest in fixing the place up a little and renovating? then, they would be able to hire more people to help in the restaurant. We had to wait in line for over 40 minutes each time we wanted to grab some food after buying the $20 all you can eat. It was worth it though.. it seems like they spend the majority of their money on life guards for the lazy river, the pool and the food. There was one young l
I am raising my grandson. We went on a class trip to end the school term. Every child there had an ear to ear grin. What more can be said?
Worst place ever came with my family and the girl taking care of us was extremely rude we asked her about the advertisement that said 50% off arcade games Monday-Friday and she responded it's not on my screen so I guess we don't have it with attitude and rolling her eyes. Our response was okay it says it on your screen and she just stares at us saying nothing. THEN WHY ARE YOU ADVERTISING SOMETHING YOU DONT HAVE ANYMORE. Then proceeds to skip over us and give us attitude when we asked about the 140 credits
Great time for my kids. Lifeguards are regularly switched in and out. Lifeguards were great with helping kids put the correct life vest on. My only complaint is the hour wait for food from the outside grill and you can't take food in with you.
The water park could definitely use some love or a full remodel, it's such a nice place to be so abandoned. The lazy river area specially I would recommend painting the walls around it instead of just having that plain ugly metal walls and all the staircases within the park they look disgusting I would paint those too make it more pretty looking. The food it's also bad, I believe they can do better at that too otherwise lower your prices because the place isn't worth almost 40 per person. It's just an advic
Overall, visiting for my first time with my family seemed fun. Shortly into our visit, we walked upstairs for the 3 tube ride, and I stepped on a piece of rust. My husband had to pull the piece out of my foot, and we saw a lot more pieces all in the walkway. My husband also slipped at the end of the stairs and scraped his back, hurting his spine and elbow because the stairs were painted and super slick. Doesn't make sense to do that given its a water park. I waited around 15 minutes just to have a manager c
Overall great experience. Friendly staff. Fun rides and activities. Highly suggest the all-inclusive tickets and all-you-can eat passes, but be aware of when the concession stands close. It may be before the indoor fun park closes.
Water park was nice and staff was extremely friendly. Able to have an adult beverage if you want. Dry side was not as enjoyable. My 11 year old and 14 year old were being knocked around on the go kart track and the 2 staff members said nothing to the kid even tho no bumping signs were posted everywhere. Even after I said something to staff, next race was the same with the same kids. 3rd trip I got on and bumped the kids into the wall and got kicked off the track. Definitely will find another spot and do not
Extremely run down, very poor service, and honestly would never ever go back there. We live in Orlando so if you've ever been to aquatica, volcano bay, or any kind of lagoon - do not waste your time. The pictures on reviews look exciting but being physically there is so underwhelming. The place smells like urine, it's crowded even on a weekday, and it just wasn't worth the price at all. Ordering food took a minimum of 30 minutes (after you've waited 20 min to place the order)- very clear that they were extr
When I read some of the reviews, I was honestly pretty worried. I went in expecting the worst and only planned to stay for an hour?mainly because I had already promised the kids we'd go. But we ended up staying for five hours? and we all had an absolute blast! Here's the thing: this isn't Disney or Universal. It's a local water park. It's small and could definitely use a fresh coat of paint?but honestly, that's probably why the ticket prices are so affordable. If you go in with realistic expectations, you?r
I was told (by a manager) that the super pass would allow my grandchildren to bring one friend (per pass) for free to Daytona Lagoon one time a month. After purchasing Super Passes for my family, I told 4 (less fortunate) children in my neighborhood that we would be taking them at least once. I learned today, I had been misinformed. RECORD EVERY CONVERSATION when buying from this place. I now have the difficult task of having to disappoint these unfortunate children. Also, the prices are NOT cheaper to buy
Great place for the family if you go on a weekday when it isn't too crowded. It's on the outside of an arcade. Decent size--not too small that it becomes boring in an hour, and not too big that it's overwhelming and a long walk to different attractions or back to your seats. I recommend purchasing tickets before you go, and you get a discount if you're a FL resident. I also highly recommend renting a Cabana. I've tried both the Party Cabana as well as the smaller one, and I prefer the Party Cabana for
My family & I have visited many many different water parks, this place here will NEVER get another coin out my pocket. The cashier was rude, the supervisor was unprofessional AND most of all Mr Tyler Currie I had high expectations for him because he is the general manager. He was very unprofessional wouldn't allow me to speak without him interrupting me while I'm trying to have an adult conversation/ complain about this employees. You can tell he has no control over his staff because at one point one of his
My family and I go almost every year! There's such a a huge range of activities but the water park is by far our favorite! The staff is so nice to my children! The life guards are always doing such an amazing job and have helped my children more than once ! The food and drinks are reasonably priced and we never get bored going! Highly recommend!
Forget Disney. This is the most magical place in Florida. We played six games of laser tag, two rounds of go cart, a ton of climbing, ropes course, and bumper cars. All $17 each - unlimited day pass Black Friday sale!!!
This place is amazing for season passes. While I do keep an eye on my kids... I have 4 and I am not scared to let these amazing life guards here watch over my children. They're usually pulling me from one side of the park to another and I can't believe in two places at once, but I know they have my kids' backs. They're super attentive and watchful. You couldn't ask for better life guards. Their food menu could use a salad, for sure! But, you know your kids are safe here and that's all a mom can ask for.
This is the 2nd time we have been here in 2 years to play mini golf and ride go carts in the evening hours. Both times the go cart track and cars were not in good shape. There is even a broken attraction in the middle of the track and bridges over the track that are clearly rotted through and unusable. The mini golf course is even worse. So many lights not working or missing that you can't see many of the holes after dark. Debris all over the greens which an employee could easily pick up in 30 minutes. One
We ended up not paying $50 a person for the water park. But did buy 3, $15 one time go cart rides and 1, $15 sky track ticket got a 9 year old boy. We were happy with that price and had a great time in both activities. 4/5 stars bc of the price. $30 a head would be a price I'd be more willing to pay. Maybe I'm cheap or it's the economy lol
Small but cute, it has a wide variety of things to do from water park to go carts. Most young people who are working there so there weren't many friendly workers. We even told the manager that the nicest person that we came in contact with was the young lady that was running the little gift store for the tickets that you win on the prizes. The manager didn't even seem to care she was not very friendly either. However, the water rides the go-karts, and the arcade was fun, and the price was good.
Completely understaffed and unclean. They have food line inside and outside. Took us over an hour long just to order. If you have all you can eat, you might as well just stay in line if you are gonna order more than once throughout the day.
Having to pay $25 just to sit in the water park while my kids play is a bit much. Stood in concession line for 30 minutes, maybe only moved 2 spots. Decided overpriced drinks & snacks weren't worth it, might have waited longer had I not already had to pay a "spectator" fee, along with my kids tickets & parking. That being said, plenty of lifeguards. Water looked clean. Kids had fun.
This was a pretty fun water park. Nice for the kids. About 5-6 slides and little to no wait time on the weekend. Only down fall is the food. Don't bother ordering food because you will never receive it. We waited over 1 and a half hours for the food. Even had to wait after the water park had already closed. Take my word for it, The food was definitely NOT worth the wait.
The kids had so much fun. The food area has THE WORST SERVICE. I asked for a refund. Manager she said she dont give refunds. I only ordered a cheese pizza. After I asked for a refund I received my pizza a minute later.
Had so much fun at the lagoon today! Only issue is the lifeguard blowing them darn whistles every other second. I mean shoot, you breathe wrong and they'll toot those whistles. Really irritating and annoying, but other than that, great place!
Yesterday was my boyfriend and i 3 year anniversary , we decided to go to the waterpark here because it's by the beach. We literally had someone use our towels and plop their vapes , shoes , towels etc all over our stuff plus my $300 glasses. They even took and I had to retrieve my shoes. I tried asking them nicely to leave , after numerous failed attempts and a ?your names not on the table? I snapped and rudely told them to walk away to another spot. We'd been at that spot all day. Security had to be calle
I can tell you I'll never come back to this dump again. Ran bunch a bunch of whistle happy children on a power trip. I'm a 40 year old woman and the wind was hard today, i kept getting blown into the rope and even though you could see me actively trying to get away on my the the lifeguards kept blowing whistles. As I tried to get in the tube I got the whistle blow at me as well because they THOUGHT i was sitting on top of it. You know what you get for thinking right? Right. Food was terrrrible, the $20 all
We went to daytona lagoon. The dry park side not water park. It was a decent time for the value of the money..I will say look online on the website for the best deals for your family concerning add on deals like food and arcade. The only down side at this particular visit was their go-kart track could be better, bigger. And they were short staff so we had to wait for one attendant to be done with another attraction to help us. Made the day kinda drag. We really liked the bumper cars, they are more fun than
Tiny tiny. The lazy river is so shallow it was up to my thighs and I'm short. Impossible to swim in and stand up comfortably if you have any issues with your body. A little dumpy. The girl told us they had a bar and wings on second floor of a building so my son and I took elevator to second floor and it was pitch black and my son was so creeped out. Def no wings and bar. Def won't go back lol.
This place was OK, would?ve been better if we didn't have a thunderstorm and it was closed with four hours or so left and they were waiting another hour before they would give refunds or anything! I wasn't gonna wait around for another hour! So I left so did the rest of my party. It also took, almost 2 hours to get food from the area that was open at the time during the day to grab a quick bite! The place wasn't that full so I have no idea why, I was there during the middle of the week. Also, the title pool
I'm at a conundrum with this place. There was 7 of us that came ranging in age from 12-45. We spent $761 total for tickets for ?unlimited? food and drinks (Limited not completely unlimited. Don't be expecting to eat and drink all you want all day. But you won't starve either. For only $15 more it was worth it.) activities, the cabana and splash park. What I liked was that it was somewhat of a small park and so it was easy to keep track of everyone. I liked the unlimited play and food. The staff was friendl
Visited on Thursday and my kids loved it. It would?ve been better had I not had to wait an hour to order and then another 45 minutes until I asked the lady running the register where my food was at. Only to be told they ran out of chicken, and then get cussed out by another lady waiting to order because ?I stopped her from ordering.? Understandable though because after waiting in line for an hour just to order like everyone else, patience goes out the window. It was honestly pathetic and if the demand can't
Had a great day, pricey and noticed after 3 more discounts on admission and no lines. Although the poor girl working the snack shop was truly pologetic we had to wait twice being told only 10 minutes for pretzels and it took forever to get them and just a order of nachos!! Couldn't understand why basics like pizza slices, nachos or even mozzarella bites aren't pre-made!!??
The Daytona lagoon Waterpark was absolutely amazing. Let me tell you about david what a great person he is. He is so col and fun deserves a raise. Now this next guy told us his name was Mr lifeguard but thst is obviously not his name but he did have longish hair that is brown.and is super chill. Now the goat himself Gavin he WAS AMAZING and was just so chill you need up his pay to at least 70k a year. What a legend if you fire him you are leaving a great worker and spirit. What a experience 10/10
We really enjoyed our time here UNTIL we decided to have lunch around 1pm. I understand it being peak time for lunch, however my issues with it have less to do w the wait for the food and more to do with how disorganized they were. My sister ordered her lunch for her and her kids right before me. We ordered the same types of food. Pizza and chicken tenders. However her food took 30 minutes and our food took 1and 15 minutes. What annoyed me the most was seeing people who ordered way after us getting there fo
First time visitor 07/15/22. My daughter, niece and I visited from Jacksonville. The customer service of the staff was excellent! We were expecting the place to be way overcrowded but even with it seeming to be crowded, there wasn't much wait for the slides. We were able to use a discount code on their website so we only paid about $25 per person for the water park admission which I think is reasonable. We had a blast in the water park and then played in the arcade. It was a great day and we will hopefully
We went with our family of 8 to this water park and it was an awesome experience! We loved all the slides, the lazy river, wave pool, and the inside arcade area had lots of games for the family. The only thing that was slacking was the bathrooms and food options. The non alcoholic drinks and food were a little pricey and the pizza didn't taste good, but everyone loved the BBQ. Even though the bathrooms could be improved they were quite large and had showers available inside and locker rentals. There are als
What a difference the water park is topped notch. Seventeen of us went last week. We had the most fun. They had so many choices different food items and drink. The staff was amazing. Easy checking when you have season passes. Love the new app that you can use to order in the cabanas. Take the family for the day. The new and improved Daytona Lagoon
If I could give this place -1 star I would. This place used to be great to come to as a child. It's just gone downhill. Came in at about 5:45pm as the scheduled hours on Google said that they close at 10pm for my stepsons birthday celebration. Was hoping to get into the water park but I didn't see that they aren't open Monday-Wednesday, ok my fault. We spent over $100 on wristbands for unlimited laser tag, bumper cars, go karts, etc. played one round of laser tag and two round of go carts before we decided
DONT MISS OUT! A MUST VISIT! This place is AMAZING! Very helpful and fun and happy staff!!! I have fell in love with this place and have had an encounter with every single person working here and they have ALL been awesome! This is a peaceful spot to go with or without the kids! THANK YOU SO MUCH DAYTONA LAGOON!
Smallest, most disorganized, and unsafe water park I have ever gone to. My husband has a hip replacement and has a hard time walking the stairs. They never show us any easy way to our cabanas. You have to walk 6 flights of stairs to go to the bathroom or the food area. Ground services, very slippery do not have any protections. My husband fell near the wave pool and up with bleeding knees and elbows. We spent a lot of money on the tickets, we purchased VIP access, and the cabana, but no service was offere
A great place to go on a hot day, wasn't to busy and was open from 10:00 am to 10:00pm, it's noting to huge in terms of a water park but still has some very thrilling rides, I was even able to get a good view of fireworks from the beach, apparently they go off every Saturday. Anyways definitely a cool place to visit
Wouldn't recommend the cabana birthday package. For the 680$ we spent only getting 9 water park and all events meaning go carts, The 3 foot wide bumper cars and like 3 other smaller kid things was definitely a rip off then paying 20$ to park. The cabana wasn't really a cabana had no privacy and was i told couldn't bring anything for my sons party such as part decoration, balloons, or outside food, but the party beside us had all of the things they said we would be asked to leave in our car if we brought w
I will NEVER return here. It states family fun for all ages, well that's a lie! We brought our 1.5 yr old here yesterday and the "splash pad" area still didn't have toddler friendly slides, 1 attendant let him sit on my lap to go down the purple slide then all the other times they switched shifts no one let him sit on my lap to go down the purple or blue "top less slides." There should be toddler or little kid area with slides for the price we paid to get in! Next we went to the lazy river and brought a sma
This place is a dump. Their website says no outside food allowed, but their snack bar took over 2 hours from waiting in line to order, to having my order ready. It doesn't take a chef or anyone with more than half a brain to make cheese sticks and nachos with cheese slopped on them. Waste of time and money.
Not bad for the price, fun slides for the kids but they rotate them so not all are open at once. Wear swim shoes cause while the ground wasn't filthy it was still gross. Food was no Bueno aswell.
There are lifeguards EVERYWHERE. Safety is definitely a priority for this park. The motor for the lazy river wasn't working and the water was a little murky, but they had it fixed by the end of the day. The biggest knock I would say is there only one place inside the water park to get food and lines can get really insane. If you want a bag of chips you have to wait in the same line as someone ordering 4 dinners. They have a bar in a separate area. Cabanas are available for rental but if you get there early
My son and nephew ages 10 and 12 enjoyed the dry attractions today. We purchased two hours for $28.99 each and I felt like we got our moneys worth. They were able to do several rounds of each attraction and remained entertained throughout. My son loved the sky maze and zip line!
You have to guard your stuff my mil and I took my son to here and someone stole my Stanley cup from my bag thankgod that was the only valuable thing in my bag. Other than that the pool and kids area was winderful
Great place for the money we went after 3 on Tuesday and wasn't crowded at all my grandkids 11&9 absolutely loved it .. I would think older kids would get bored but great for their ages. Its a little dated but still fun. If you rent a cabana they are up on top tier and didn't look like much for the money we didn't rent one but was lucky enough to find chairs under a tree nice and shady. Great if you're on a budget
Spent $250 to take 6 kids here over spring break! Water park was closed, some of the kids were an inch short for bumper carts and they couldn't go with an adult. Mini golf course is covered it trash and debris. AC didn't work. Definitely not worth the time or money
This place has been going down hill year after year. The employees here are terrible. They over sell the park so that the lines are like disney. On top of all that 2 of the water slides were broken. The park is dirty, rusty and had mildew all over the floors, making many parts extremely slippery. How no one has fallen and sued is beyond me.
Very dissatisfied with today?s visit. This was my family and I first time visiting Daytona Lagoon. It will be our last time coming here. DON?T WASTE YOUR MONEY HERE. Online at there website it says you can bring water if it is not open. We get here, and you can't bring that in. Next I went to get a drink at the counter. Was told you can get the tiki cup and get the specialty drink. But there is a $4 update Charge and was not told that from the start and he already made the drink and told me when it was time
I only have 4 stars because there was insanity in the area to get beverages and food right by the entrance. We waited 45 minutes to get a slushy. One register was down and could only take cash. However there was no sign, we were informed after we ordered and pulled out a card. I was frustrated because we had to move to the other register and wait even longer. I turned and told the only 20 or so people the situation with the card vs cash register. That seemed to go well and it made everyone in line grateful
Memorial weekend 2024- The water park is DISGUSTING! ?? And the prices do not reflect. The lazy river has a metal structure over it and there are metal rusted holes above it leaking tons of water right on top of everyone into the river. I wish I would?ve taken a picture. I later saw my husband took a photo of me and it shows the beginning of where the structure starts, but not the holes. The wave pool water was so hot! It was filled with hair, bugs, and sand. I went in with my daughter (because she begged
A great affordable waterpark with many amenities. The only issue is the cleanliness of the bathroom and lobby. The tables are never wiped down. I'm always have to clean my own table. Here's a picture that I have included,And this is on a good day and also while the restaurant employees were sitting behind the counter with no line at the register. The other issue I had was the putt putt golf course had debris all over it in my opinion it should be blown out every day and I think the fourth hole was flooded a
Took my grandchildren and they had a blast!!! I rented a cabana near the kids park and it was very relaxing - provided shade! Great service, had lunch delivered right to the cabana! Can't wait to back!
Is ok for what you paid I guess, some of the water slides are closed. My kids love it here, they had so much fun. The price for the food is a little over priced and the wait is ridiculous I wait more the 45 minutes for a pizza and the the guy over there said he just confused my order with other person ?? The rest is ok I wish they open all the water slides. The waves pool was closed for a little bit but the open it.
I bought season passes for my family and I have to say I'm more than impressed with what you offer with your passes and your staff is very professional and do their job very well and very nice and polite also. I will buy season passes every year now.
Staff were a bunch of people who clearly hate their jobs and the public, got a pretzel that was hard as a rock, dont waste your money on the expensive food. Rides were fun but definitely get a coupon. Won't be back.
A bit pricey when most of the attraction was closed. Charged full price for my 2 yr old bc she was "too tall". No lazy river. Was down for maintenance they said. Pools were roped off. There were 2 water slides open and the kiddie splash area with 2 mini slides. No concessions were open besides expensive pizza indoors. I previously had a wonderful experience 10 years ago. This time not so much. Disappointed ??
United allowed to swim underwater playing dead you're not allowed to sit on top of a raft you're not allowed to have any fun or you get the whistle all day long come on it's a water park people you're supposed to be able to have fun no money next year for this part totally unhappy
I love this place, but they could do much better on the clean up in the bathrooms. As a season pass holder, they could also do more that caters to us. Besides that and the excessive overcrowding, it's s great place to cool off and let thr kids run around for a few hours.
Super fun to take your family! It's a little bit of a wait for things but worth the wait!
Foods good service is okay friendly lifeguards needs some minor repairs to some of the water rides but for the pool daze price it was fun. Kid area really needs repairs most of the water work things for the kids don't work but the water slides will wear the kids out
The park itself is okay, but the service is terrible, I ordered fries and cheese and it was $7 and took 20 minutes to get, also we got crowded to the point where we had to move. Happy Easter 2025
This place is great. So much to do and the water park is amazing. The only thing i didn't like was getting snacks. We waiting about 15 mins for some nachos.
The water park was nice. It is something different to do aside from the Beach. The arcade was also fun for the kids.Not bad for the price.
Busy on Mondays. Not that many places with a shade unless you pay for the cabanas. Nice attractions and rides. Life guards are always alert.
This was a fun day for the kids. Waterpark was surprisingly quieter than most that I've been to, but that's probably due to it being early in the season and a windy day. For us, that meant no lines and able to enjoy all the slides often. When they were done with the waterpark, they enjoyed the indoor area... ropes walk, laser tag, go carts, etc., Paid the combination price for the kids and us adults just paid the Florida residents rate for the water park.
The waterpark is ok for the price, not much to do here. It's great if you have small kids they have a nice kids area. Also the parking garage doesn't tell you that you have to get your ticket validated to get discounted parking, so we had to pay 7 dollars to park.
I and my son had a blast! We played all day! He even won the jackpot of 1000 tickets his very first time there! Laser tag, mini golf, go-karts, arcade, GREAT FUN! Way cheaper than Dave and Busters! You get way more playing for your dollars!
We had a great time. There were no long lines to get in the slides. Plenty of chairs to be used. I don't know if it was because we went on father's day but we had a blast.
It's a great place to take kids. You can sit almost anywhere and see your kids. Have good food and nice bar. My only problem is they need to fix the times on the website. Call before you go.
It was a very nice place to take my family. Kinda wish the lazy river was up and running while we were there. But in all it was awesome.
Arcade was clean, but the food closed at 7, park doesn't close till 10, the putt putt course was in horrible shape and looked like it hadn't been cleaned in months, there were NO LIGHTS to play mini golf, they only had like 4 single and 4 double go carts running. I won't be back, definitely not worth the money!
Very disappointing! They only had 1 slide open at a time, changing them each hour. What? And the food was expensive and not worth the price. This was a waste of time and money.
Love this place much better than the one we use to go to at jacksonville beach it has more stuff to do and better options and is a little cheaper and alot cleaner willbe buying annual passes next
Omg ?? I had a blast!! Unfortunately, didn't experience water ?? park. It was open next day. Important*** check online schedule for services available day of your visit. Bumper car area small, go carts cool fun, arcade games entertaining to children and lastly the sky walk was challenging for this overweight 53yr old. But I like the adventure of it. Of course food needs to be checked for freshness. Got ice cream dots that didn't move. ??.
The bathrooms are so filthy a dog wouldn't use them every time we come here the bathrooms looks like so homeless person been living there we pay to much money to bring our children to have a great time and everyone who works there don't care I will never go back there !?????? y'all don't even deserve a star and no one even comes to to the counter I waited forever all the employees are standing around talking am so disappointed!
We got the all inclusive pass to the water park in the morning and then when it started raining we went to Kuwait lunch and then came back and then did the fun park inside absolutely stunning place
Best place to take the family....great prices awesome combo deals!!! Definitely Recommend stopping in if your in Daytona. Staff is amazing ?? family of 4 and we had a Blast
Took my kids! They had a blast on the go carts. They have an after hours ticket that starts at 6:30 pm it was perfect
Gavin is the absolute GOAT! Give him a raise best life guard I have ever seen
Great customer service! You will have a wonderful time with your kids or whoever you want to bring. The prices are steep.
Over priced and it rained for the second half of my visit, if you get here go on gocarts first incase it rains, we did lazer tag inside and mini golf in rain. Get golf clubs at end of your 2 hours so you have extra time to paly 18 holes. The cafe upstairs wasnt in use either, no one was working the concessions up there and I had to switch on the lights.
It was very fun. It's built more towards kids than adults so there's no thrill rides.
Amazing park. Was very empty and the slides were fun. My daughter who just turned 3 loves it and so did my 9 month old. This is a family friendly location. There's also an arcade where there's wall climbing and other games. You can spend all day here.
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