Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

Hands down my favorite place in the world! I come here every single weekend in the summer with my husband and daughter and have the best time of our lives. YES it’s crowded but it’s summer what water park would be dead??? I love the vibe here. I feel like I’m on this huge island, the wave pool is huge and music is just right. I just wish they didn’t shut the waves off so quickly but hey whatever. I get the Season pass every year so I don’t know how much it is to get into the park but I’ve talked to a few people who said it is affordable. The kiddie side has a decent size pool with some toddler slides and a lot of lounge chairs, their is a huge play are for children that has a huge bucket that spills water everywhere, and three nice big slides for the older kids. The only thing that gets me annoyed when coming here is that most parents DO NOT watch their kids. Other than that I love it here it’s so relaxing and I never wanna leave. Can’t wait for this 2016 season to pop off so I can return.

I have a season pass and being that I live close it is worth it even if we go and just walk around. This summer my son and I used the Waterpark option for the first time. First of all its a water park… if a ride needs a tube I shouldn’t have to rent one. The prices of food… so what are the corn dogs coated with? Gold? Plus I understand that they need to have a non slip surface but they don’t warn you that if you go barefoot it will rip the skin off the bottom of your feet. If you do go get the optional speed pass because if you don’t you might as well spend the day in the overcrowded wave pool because you will be waiting on line longer All In all… the water was wet and that’s the best I can say about hurricane harbour and also BRING LOTS OF MONEY

Way too crowded during the weekend. The only reason I was okay with it is because we had season passes. Otherwise, I don’t think it would’ve been worth the money. Water in the wave pool was disgusting. Someone lost their bandaid and it was floating around. I had to tell my children to get out of it.

What a waste of time and money. The owners packed 40k plus people in a day. Some your wait time for a ride is 3 to 4 hours. Don’t come here.

Price-​gouging ridiculousness at every turn, with extra charges for being in the shade (okay, I’m making that up, but they really do tack a cost onto almost everything), unbelievably long lines, snide 17-​year-​olds enforcing the rules, and godawful food.
The biggest problem here is, well, me, quite frankly: I’ll probably go back because I’m a major sucker for a good water ride, and OMG THE TORNADO!

Normally, I’d argue that a bad day at an amusement park still beats a good day at the office, but our abysmal visit to Hurricane Harbor brings new meaning to «piss poor.»
First and foremost, nobody here cares about their jobs. Nobody. Now that that’s out of the way…
Of the seven different six flags parks we’ve been to this season alone (we’re passholders), Hurricane Harbor is BY FAR the worst at handling general lines and Flash passes — even Great Adventure right next door has it down pat! No one knows where to direct flash pass holders, there are several «stops» before going on the slide (get tube, get on line, go up stairs, pick slide), all of which require you to show your wristband to a person along the way and saves little time after you’ve already waited your time off the ride. There are separate staircases that are un/​underutilized and the fact that there are only 20 – 25 tubes available per slide makes for unnecessary waiting, whether you have a flash pass or not.
Once you get to the top to actually go on the slides, the slow lines suddenly make sense. They have ONE lifeguard staffed for FOUR slides, and the cluster of six slides we went on had only two lifeguards there. So all the rides were understaffed where they obviously needed it the most, and as a result, 2 – 3 minutes would go by at a time before the lone lifeguard remembered that he hadn’t sent someone down the blue slide in a while. Considering the fact that 3 – 4 «flash pass» people are staffed on each ride for the 5% of attendees holding flash passes and I’d call this a really inefficient use of human resources.
When you complain to a ride attendant or lifeguard, they tell you to talk to their supervisor. When you complain to the supervisor (yea, I’m talking to the snotty woman working Bada Bing & Hurricane Mountain), they tell you to talk to guest relations. When you talk to guest relations, they tell you to talk to «Flash Pass» as if the flash pass is an actual person, rather than the inanimate object that it actually is. Apparently six flags has a deal with flash pass but no one seems to be aware of who’s actually in charge, and no one has any power to do anything at all. Thanks for nothing.
Hurricane Harbor does one thing really well though — they make it over-​the-​top obvious that THEY WANT ALL YOUR MONEY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!
Parking is $ 25, although thankfully that’s included with our season passes, so I’ll let that one slide. Once inside though, if you’re lucky enough to find some chairs, you’ll then be treated to signs stating that «all personal belongings left unattended will be discarded» with the reassurance that you can rent an all-​day locker… for $ 14. Yes folks, not only is Six Flags not responsible for your unattended articles (which is obviously understandable), but they will actually go out of their way to throw away your stuff for no reason other than spite.
Tired of waiting to go into the overcrowded lazy river? Rent a tube for another $ 14 and wedge yourself right on in there. You can also take your rental tube onto three of the other rides, but for ones you can’t, you have to just leave it behind and hope no one takes it (six flags staff included, because remember, «unattended items»).
Oh, and here’s a drinking game idea: Take a shot every time you see an ad while walking around this park… you’ll be dead before lunchtime. I’m talking hair gel, broadway plays, grape juice drink… you know, things that people really think about when they’re in a water park.
I know I know, New Jersey sucks, but how on earth can Great Adventure — which is literally right next door — be so well run? After the water park closed, we went over to Great Adventure, and we got on more rollercoasters and rides in TWO HOURS with NO FLASH PASSES than we did ALL DAY at Hurricane Harbor WITH FLASH PASSES.
Other six flags parks in the east (I’m talking to you Maryland & New England!) are friendly, giving high-​fives and fist-​bumps after every coaster ride, and go out of their way to show (or at least pretend) they actually CARE about their customers, providing a fun experience, and moving people along as safely and quickly as possible.
Hurricane Harbor couldn’t care less. And neither could I. Skip this mess of a «park» and take your business elsewhere…

Decent. Definitely not the greatest water park I’ve ever been to. The slides were fun although we only got to go on a few.
The crowds were TERRIBLE. We went on a Wednesday toward the end of summer, and there was not one chair available. We looked throughout the entire place for about 15 minutes until some people kindly gave us one of theirs.
The wave pool was was like a sardine can with the added bonus of rowdy kids running around you and pushing past. Definitely a tight place to be and a little scary to bring small children into.
Some of the staff worked efficiently and others not. Some were polite, some not so much. What can you say though? It’s like anywhere else you go.
The worst part about the park would have to be the way they scam you. For each slide you had to wait in line to get a tube and then go to the actual slide and wait in the line for that. The park doesn’t put enough tubes, making the lines longer, and making you think it’s worth paying the $ 8 to rent a tube. Besides that, like anywhere else you go, the food is overpriced ($ 5 for a medium soft drink, $ 9 for a slice of pizza, $ 11 for a beer),
Sanitation was pretty terrible. I was stepping on random objects in the wave pool, there was sand all over the ground which stuck to your wet feet, the bathrooms were nasty, the food tables were dirty, and I stepped on a piece of gum and a band-​aid (barefoot).
All in all, If I were you, I’d just go to your community pool. That’ll probably be a better experience than that of Hurricane Harbor.

Very disappointed overall! Knowing it was a Sunday (8÷16÷15) that the place would be packed. However, I was not expected to only be able to go on two waterslides and the river pool from 1:30-to close! 25 $ for parking is insane plus the admission which is around $ 40 per person and the woman would only scan one coupon when it was for 2 people!
Talk about ripping you off, but it doesn’t end there! We were waiting in line for tubes, but we decided to get out of the long line and rent a tube. The line just to rent the tube took about 30−45min. maybe even longer! We were in the middle of the line when the employee tells everyone that other people have put their tubes on hold and they were extremely low on single tubes and basically no double tubes and we were 5 all together! (They should atleast notify people at all times when tubes are available instead of making people wait forever in the lines and waste their money as well!)
When we finally got to the front desk we asked for only single tubes because that’s what they had and the person tells us that there were no more! So, we’re all upset and someone in my group asks to speak to the manager and she said «oh we do have tubes left!» Luckily, he talked to the manager and we rented our tubes (waste of $ 14!)
What they didn’t tell us was that the rental tubes can only be used on certain rides. so the big rides with the family sized tube, the slide that looks like a snake, and many others, we couldn’t even use it so we wasted our time and money! Even in the slides we were able to get on. they closed off some entrances to make the lines even longer! Staff and management need to step up their game to avoid complaints from people!
I would want to come back on a weekday when it’s not overly crowded, but won’t be returning anytime soon! This water park has been advertised to the MAX which is why there’s crazy amounts of people there!

I haven’t been in water park for the last 2 years. Finally my employment discount had 30% off. I should be able to buy tickets for 29 dollars but with fee and taxes it went to 37. We arrived at 11 am. All beach benches were booked. No even chair available. Thanks again for Russian lady that gave us one bench. Thanks a lot. The park was busy due to Saturday, huge an hour lines for all water slides. Even the lazy river was full. We rented a double seat Baloo to avoid long lines on few slides. In overall I personally spend good time, my kids too.
I want to advise owners of park.
First it need to be renovated? Everything is old. Paint chipped and not enough umbrellas or sun shades. We went on 90 F degree day. It was hot.
Bathroom was not renovated since 80s. also get more well known food vendors like DD, MC, Cipotle or Carwell.
I will recommend visitors to come first in opening.
Also bring your own lunch and snacks and water. You can go back to your car and eat and come back because food in park is expensive and I don’t trust.
I had my home made sandwich and salad and soda in large cooler.
But I have enjoyed it

Staff is mostly kids. Some friendly and courteous while some oblivious and trying to entertain themselves more than work.
Overall, too crowded and it looks like there is no attention to capacity. 2+ hours to get on rides should be sign of overcrowding and possible safety concern from over heating.
Most courteous and friendly staff associated with pricier upgrades. Even here nothing extraordinary.
After spending $ 25 to park and over $ 200 just to enter with family it seems ridiculous.
I lost a phone while there, totally my fault. However, you can’t reach a live person in guest relations or lost & found by phone. Each time the phone call rings for several minutes then drops call.
Overall, very disappointed after spending several hundred for a day trip (parking, entry, food, cabana, etc.) not including lost phone.
Save yourself the headache and spend your cash elsewhere.

Sixflags should have notified people that the wave pool was broken. .No waves in wave pool, it should just be Called pool full of screaming kifs.

One word to describe our experience: Terrible.
We went there on a Wednesay, early in the morning in July (end of July) and what a crowd! (See pictures)
So, First: it was so overcrowded (by the way, I am positive the park went over the limit as far as the maximum of persons allowed); that we could not move without bumping into people and my small kids almost got knocked over several times. Let’s not talk about the lounge chairs because if you don’t come in early, you are out of luck.
Second: Be ready to SPEND ALL YOUR TIME IN THE LINES. I only did one ride because it took me 1hr30min to do it. After that, we went around the park to do other rides, completely full and more than 1hr30min to 2hr wait time each.
Third: Be ready to share bodily fluids with everyone around you. I am sorry, but when a park is this packed (again, see the pictures), there is no way the chlorine can effectively kill all the germs. Not only do people spit and do other things when inside the water, but I even saw some of them not even in swimming gear attire and swimming with their shorts and personal underwear on. Nasty! This is not to mention the folks who injured themselves and share their blood with us (I also did see someone like that in the lazy river being taken care up by the medic). Then don’t forget you walk barefoot around the park and people cut themselves.
Fourth: be ready to pay extra and extra: I am ok paying for the usual crappy Amusement park food (which is always overpriced, and this park is no exception); however it is unacceptable to have to pay to rent tubes! I never saw that anywhere! I already paid a total of $ 190 for 2 adults and 2 kids that day with parking; I thought I paid my dues!!! What a rip off…
And of course, the lockers are not free. so if you bring belongings, either you pay $ 14 minimum or you leave them in the park somewhere with the risk of being stolen. Again, never saw that practice anywhere for a water park! They know we will be in swim gear, where do they expect us to put keys and cell phones without being wet??? Again, it’s common sense it should be included with the admission.
Fifth: If you have small kids (toddlers), don’t go there as well. The rides are very very limited and again it was too packed.
So, a word of advice: do yourself a favor, and until Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, NJ limits the amount of admission to the water park, don’t go there. I had more fun at home in my swimming pool when I got back. For those who don’t have a swimming pool, your bathtubs would have been better. I am not joking! I had the worse day of my life over there and I will never get those hours back!

There is not enough room for me to fully share how bad our experience was, but a complete ripoff, very poorly run and organized, and the one star minimum we can post in a review on this site is still too high. We will not be returning, and I could not suggest enough to save your time and money by skipping this place. What a disappointment.
If you want my FULL review, for which there wasn’t enough room here, search this place on TripAdvisor, look at the 1* reviews, and find TheToneRanger, you can read all about why this place is so horrible, in detail.

Literal sea of humanity. Crowds are bad. Lines are worse. We were in the park before the rides were open and still waited on line. It’s just inefficiency all around. We even noted the ride operators keeping track of the number of riders with a piece of paper/​pen marking in 5’s. We were on four rides in 5 hours.
The lazy river was so crowded was downright dangerous. Most people gave up waiting/​fighting for a tube and just walked the river.
Waited in line at lunch and ice cream too… that again was just inefficiency. Also, lunch for 2 adults and two kids (two slices of pizza, two chicken tenders meals plus four drinks) was around $ 80.
I’d skp the waterpark and go to the amusement park… but go early.

This wasn’t my first time here, but it was definitely one of my worst experiences here. While the theme park seemed to have improved in efficiency, it felt like the opposite for Hurricane harbor. Wait times were excruciating long, please do yourself a favor and grab a flash pass if you do come here.

I’ve been going here for 11 years but the employees there are so rude it’s disgusting. I tried to ask a worker about the flash pass and she shook her head and rolled her eyes. I don’t understand how six flags hires their works especially when half of them don’t speak English either. The lines are ridiculous too. I went on one ride every one hour because there were so many people. Highly recommend the flash pass though.

Never, ever, EVER again.
The lines are long for everything, the park is FILTHY, and the majority of the clientele are trashy as ever.
CONS:
–Long lines, for everything: To get in, the rides, food, the bathroom.
-$$$$$$$$: EVERYTHING is extraordinarily overpriced (food, lockers, WATER), and you have to pay for a tube for the lazy river? Really?
–Clientele is disgusting: First, let’s just say some bathing suits should never be seen outside of music videos, especially in front of a park of small children. Also, nobody seems to understand the concept of PERSONAL SPACE, and that if you smack, bump into, kick, or push someone else, you should be polite and APOLOGIZE, and make sure you don’t do it again. The majority of people’s behavior at this place was just disgusting.
–The showers: The showers, meant for you to rinse yourself off, were filthy and the water was BOILING hot. It actually hurt to rinse my feet and hair under them.
–The park is overall FILTHY: Band-​aids floating in the pool, poop covered napkins on the ground by the lockers, hair EVERYWHERE, garbage everywhere, and the bathrooms smelled like they hadn’t been cleaned in months.
PROS:
— I never have to go back again.

I really enjoyed myself! I thought the rides were fun and the wait times weren’t bad at all. A lot worked in our favor. I went on a Friday and my friend and I got to the park by about 11:45am. There were ample parking spaces and the lines weren’t bad at all (think 15 mins tops, maybe 30 for the more popular rides). We even started early doing rides twice!
Another helpful thing was I ate before. So I wasn’t starving and didn’t give into the high prices in the park. The food prices were high and the portions were ridiculously small. I also bought lunch before and was able to get a hand stamp to eat my lunch in the car and come back into the park.
I bought my tickets online but with a code I bought through eBay. The code was surprisingly legit and got us both tickets for $ 27 (after the outrageous $ 8.99 processing fee was tacked on). Another thing we did is to pack light. Only bringing little items into the park allowed my friend and I to use the one small $ 14 locker, because yes that price is exorbitant. But honestly all you really need in the park is maybe a towel or two, your keys, and a purse or a little bag to carry important items. If you can at all condense, do so.
Coming on a day that was a weekday that also called for cloudy weather made it so we didn’t have to buy tubes for the lazy river. They were floating as people went around and we just got the ones that weren’t in use. Same for the Fast Pass. Didn’t buy it. I couldn’t for the life of me distinguish where the Fast Pass line was. It just wasn’t necessary today. I don’t know if I saw the attendants checking.
PROS:
–I liked the more unique thrill rides. The Tornado was so much fun and the Cobra was too. I just liked that they weren’t your typical water slides.
–The lockers were easy to use. I liked the code as opposed to the traditional lock and key lockers.
–I personally felt the staff were friendly and accommodating. One girl even pulled us towards the slide entries as opposed to just letting us get our own momentum as some other attendants did. The gate staff — older guys — were nice and the security was attentive to a car accident we witnessed in the lot.
CONS:
–Obviously the price. I felt the price I paid was more than reasonable for the size and attractions. Many of the slides were pretty much the same, which is cool but nothing worth almost $ 43.
–The women’s’ bathroom smelled of old urine. So nasty. And the women’s dressing rooms were somehow out of order.
–The ground is hot and sometimes not the smoothest. Without water shoes you have to go it barefoot. I was grossed out at first but adjusted. They sell water shoes by the way (probably an arm and leg though).
–As mentioned above, there aren’t too many rides here. We did the park in a day and rode some rides twice. It’s a pretty decent size though.
–Carrying those tubes up stairs! Tubes! Stairs! Rinse and Repeat! You will get a full body work out.
In Conclusion: My biggest tip is try to go on an off day if you can. And maybe even when the forecast doesn’t call for the perfect day. We were just fine with the periodical sunniness and clouds. It kept us cool and from getting burnt! Also, arrive early! You will thank yourself because people flock to the main attractions: Cobra and Tornado at peak hours. Avoid spending too much while you’re there by cutting corners on the front-​end and it can be a pleasant experience.

We were there on my birthday, June 14. It was Sunday. If we knew that the park is so crowded on weekends, we would never go there.
We waited a shuttle bus for 30 min to get from team park to hurricane harbor. When it arrived we couldn’t get in because of big line. So we decided to walk, it was our big mistake. It is a violation. We didn’t know, because last year we were walking from six flags to hurricane harbor without any problem. Eventually we were almost sent home by security guy. It’s good he didn’t fill up papers.
We went back, took a shuttle bus, and got inside the park in 2 HOURS LATER. I got only 2 rides for whole day. Never go there on weekends.

Seriously… how can anyone not love six flags!!! I have been here quite a few times throughout the years and have always had a blast. This is actually my first time purchasing a season ticket and couldn’t be happier! $ 80’s to go whenever from now until November, access to this park and hurricane harbor… you go to the parks twice and you already used your money’s worth. To top it off, you also get tons of different discounts which is just awesome. Tons of fun exciting roller coasters, water rides, games, great for adults, teens and children, just a good time all around, if you haven’t fine yet I highly suggest you do so because your missing out. The best time to go I would say is from now until mid June, weekdays the lines are almost nonexistent. Bring comfortable shoes as well because there is a lot of walking involved…
The only reason why I put four stars instead of five, expensive food and the whole locker rental thing is a pain in the rear especially when your moving through the whole park.