Phuket Water Park

[Gregneil1]

Does Phuket have a public (non-hotel) water park? Something like Siam Park in Bkk, with water-slides, pools, relaxation, etc.? I can't seem to find anything, which surprises me given Phuket's tourism and climate.

Thanks for your comments!

[LivinLOS]

Dear lord, various incarnations of this plan have been mooted every year for the last 8 or so...

Cost of land in the prime tourist spots seem prohibitive. This last year a (IMO clever) attempt was made to use these floating slides and fun items that were tethered in a roped of section of the sea.. Didnt seem to take off somehow.

[Gregneil1]

Dear lord, various incarnations of this plan have been mooted every year for the last 8 or so...

Cost of land in the prime tourist spots seem prohibitive. This last year a (IMO clever) attempt was made to use these floating slides and fun items that were tethered in a roped of section of the sea.. Didnt seem to take off somehow.

Maybe I'm naive, but it surprises me that a well funded (and connected) group hasn't built a waterpark in a place like Phuket.

I agree - land costs can be prohibitive. But must a waterpark be located in a "prime tourist spot" to succeed in Phuket? Would there be a lack of support for a cool waterpark if people had to drive a bit for it?

Thank you for your thoughts on this. Cheers.

[macleod101]

thailand isn't a prime 'family holiday' destination, more of a grown-up destination... hope this builds a picture as to why nobody has built one yet..

[LivinLOS]

Dear lord, various incarnations of this plan have been mooted every year for the last 8 or so...

Cost of land in the prime tourist spots seem prohibitive. This last year a (IMO clever) attempt was made to use these floating slides and fun items that were tethered in a roped of section of the sea.. Didnt seem to take off somehow.

Maybe I'm naive, but it surprises me that a well funded (and connected) group hasn't built a waterpark in a place like Phuket.

I agree - land costs can be prohibitive. But must a waterpark be located in a "prime tourist spot" to succeed in Phuket? Would there be a lack of support for a cool waterpark if people had to drive a bit for it?

Thank you for your thoughts on this. Cheers.

I think it does need to be in a prime tourist spot to have any hope of working.. Probably Patong or Karon only..

Last time I heard they were trying to make this fly the land plot was 200m plus then the build costs and on site infrastructure.. To give a very minimal 10% ROI the land alone needs 20m a year return AFTER running costs. thats +- 1/2 mil a week profit needed just to break even on the investment. Thats a lot of water park fans.

Plus consider what it would do to our dry season water issues !!

[alexth]

thailand isn't a prime 'family holiday' destination, more of a grown-up destination... hope this builds a picture as to why nobody has built one yet..

I'm not a family guy, but would still love to go to a cool waterpark. I tried the one in Jomtien, unfortunately that one is a joke