We took the kids to the Regency Water Park in Balikpapan. The kids had a good time. We were informed by an expat doctor that the water was clean and up to Western standards. After the kids played in the water, we bought tickets to go see a 4D show at the onsite theater. You wear the 3D glasses and then during parts of the show, you get water/bubbles splashed on you. The kids enjoyed the show.
Swimming pool at the waterpark. You can rent inner tubes and other fun water toys. I saw some kids in paddle boats.
Where my kids spent most of their time. Almost the entire pool area is shallow. The only deeper parts are the areas where the slides dump into. There is a smaller toddler sized slide on the backside of this pool. There is also another larger slide. My son that is 6 really liked both of the larger slides in this pool. For the really large slide with the pirates on top, the water doesn't move that quickly and it is difficult for an adult to slide down without an inner tube. The girls just enjoyed splashing and walking around the pool areas.
There are also even larger slides in the waterpark, but you have to be a certain height. My kids were all too young to go down the larger slides so we spent most of our time in just the 2 areas pictured above.
Around the pool areas are little huts where you can put your things. They are also a good place to get out of the rain. It was actually raining when we first arrived. Even for a weekend, the park was relatively empty. More people came later on, but at least when we were there, it was never crowded. We arrived around 9 am and left around 1pm.
I have no idea how this waterpark compares to the ones in and around Jakarta like Waterbom. I suspect that it is probably smaller since Balikpapan isn’t really a large city and isn’t exactly a tourist area. Still, we had a great time at the park. Visiting the Regency Waterpark was a fun way to start off our spring break
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