New Water Park

[rocky123]

Any updates on the New Water theme park. Thought it would be up and running this year. Have family with young kids visiting next year and they would love to go to something like this, so planning thier dates around the opening. Many Thamks.

[Upnotover]

Drove past the Cartoon Network park the other day and I think the signs said opening 2014, seems like quite a lot of progress of late so might be true.

edit - just looked at the website and it says "late 2013"

Edited August 9, 2013 by Upnotover

[2unique]

I'm hearing January 2014 the official opening.

Sent from Android please excuse errors in type or judgement

[seadoo]

I'm hearing January 2014 the official opening.

Sent from Android please excuse errors in type or judgement

They will open progressively over 4 to 5 stages so when it finally does open there will be on going construction for quite a while after

[whybother]

Soft opening in November.

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[i claudius]

The slides will all be open ,unfortunatly there will be no pools at the end of them ,

[kicking]

The slides will all be open ,unfortunatly there will be no pools at the end of them ,

wow. funny and useful post...

[whybother]

Soft opening in November.

And full opening in March.

[EyesWideOpen]

I stopped by there a couple of weeks ago. The engineer working there just

said it would be next year sometime. My daughter can hardly wait !!!!

[mcyachty]

I second the comment it is opening in November. Heard from a reliable source.

[Foreignerinthai123]

now the website says late 2014, that's quite the delay!

[chris2004]

I passed the site recently and it looks a long way off completion. Late 2015 minimum.

[JesseFrank]

I second the comment it is opening in November. Heard from a reliable source.

Your reliable source turned out to be a bit unreliable.

[ThaidDown]

According to Cartoon Network site soft opening is now 31 July 2014.

http://cartoonnetworkamazone.com/en/

[bkkjames]

Have they planned a parking lot or will everyone just park on the highway? The u-turn at Nong Nooch will become a very dangerous area.

[guzzi850m2]

Have they planned a parking lot or will everyone just park on the highway? The u-turn at Nong Nooch will become a very dangerous area.

1: What do you think? Using my common sense I would say yes, they will have a parking lot for sure.

2: Yes indeed, we were going back from there towards Pattaya 2 days ago and crossing Sukhumvit was scary stuff man and when the water park opens it will be even worse if they don't have something else planned.

[bkkjames]

Have they planned a parking lot or will everyone just park on the highway? The u-turn at Nong Nooch will become a very dangerous area.

1: What do you think? Using my common sense I would say yes, they will have a parking lot for sure.

2: Yes indeed, we were going back from there towards Pattaya 2 days ago and crossing Sukhumvit was scary stuff man and when the water park opens it will be even worse if they don't have something else planned.

Regarding the parking I asked because I used to work near there and didn't see an entrance unless they use un-usable soi 50.

[SidJames]

Major works have stopped I was told as the permits required for the ongoing work have not been forthcoming.

I understand that the demand for PG Tips was quite excessive plus as has been noted on this topic access to the park & associated facitities are no where to be seen.

By the time this place is ready parts of it will be quite old & the weather combines with salt air really do take a toll

[guzzi850m2]

Sorry bkkjames, you seems to be onto something and I only base my observations on common sense which seems to have gone out of the window when they planned the water park.

[JesseFrank]

Have they planned a parking lot or will everyone just park on the highway? The u-turn at Nong Nooch will become a very dangerous area.

1: What do you think? Using my common sense I would say yes, they will have a parking lot for sure.

2: Yes indeed, we were going back from there towards Pattaya 2 days ago and crossing Sukhumvit was scary stuff man and when the water park opens it will be even worse if they don't have something else planned.

Regarding the parking I asked because I used to work near there and didn't see an entrance unless they use un-usable soi 50.

Is there a possibility that have an entrance at the beach side /

I notice that the atractions are all close to the road, but that there is quite some empty space towards the seaside.

[Rimmer]

Have they planned a parking lot or will everyone just park on the highway? The u-turn at Nong Nooch will become a very dangerous area.

I remember way back being told by the developers that the land opposite the park across the highway was also owned by them.

A pretty large area has now been levelled off and graded and looks like it will be the parking lot for the park, I would think they will have to put in a footbridge or lights or an pedestrian underpass if in fact this will be the car park.

[bkkjames]

Have they planned a parking lot or will everyone just park on the highway? The u-turn at Nong Nooch will become a very dangerous area.

1: What do you think? Using my common sense I would say yes, they will have a parking lot for sure.

2: Yes indeed, we were going back from there towards Pattaya 2 days ago and crossing Sukhumvit was scary stuff man and when the water park opens it will be even worse if they don't have something else planned.

Regarding the parking I asked because I used to work near there and didn't see an entrance unless they use un-usable soi 50.

Is there a possibility that have an entrance at the beach side /

I notice that the atractions are all close to the road, but that there is quite some empty space towards the seaside.

No space down there, hotel on one side and scb training center on the other.

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[JesseFrank]

Have they planned a parking lot or will everyone just park on the highway? The u-turn at Nong Nooch will become a very dangerous area.

I remember way back being told by the developers that the land opposite the park across the highway was also owned by them.

A pretty large area has now been levelled off and graded and looks like it will be the parking lot for the park, I would think they will have to put in a footbridge or lights or an pedestrian underpass if in fact this will be the car park.

And the ones that make it across Sukhumvit get free entrance

[Langsuan Man]

Have they planned a parking lot or will everyone just park on the highway? The u-turn at Nong Nooch will become a very dangerous area.

I remember way back being told by the developers that the land opposite the park across the highway was also owned by them.

A pretty large area has now been levelled off and graded and looks like it will be the parking lot for the park, I would think they will have to put in a footbridge or lights or an pedestrian underpass if in fact this will be the car park.

I am afraid that Rimmer is correct. I live near there and have watched them spend a fortune in grading and installing water run off for that parking lot across the street . There is also a two story building next to it that looks like it may be the office building for the park administration. How in the world they are going to get the people who park there across the street is a real mystery and if history is a guide most Thais will want to park on the road and then run across Sukumvit

For those who think that there may be an entrance on the back side between the beach and the park I seriously doubt it since the original site was supposed to be " Las Vegas " type of resort that would have extended from Sukumvit all the way to the water. That project died from lack of funds so the parcel was broken down and sold off in lots, so the rear area, like the lots right and left are not owned by the water park

What I have to laugh about though is that there is a very high priced two story home development directly across the street on the Nong Nuch side of Sukumvit and I can just imagine buying an expensive home there only to not be able to enter on the week ends, like those who bought in the expensive development next to the Pattay Floating Market, who can't even see their entrance on certain days

[Mooner]

Thought the post was about that splashdown place when I read the title

[Langsuan Man]

Buzz at the Bang Saray Songkran festival was that they would open in July

Maybe, but I am still waiting to figure out how they are going to get the customers from the huge parking lot on the busy South bound side of Sukumvit to the water park which is on the North bound side of Sukumvit

Here are some pics taken today: L to R.: Parking lot and park office ?, looking South, homes in this development start at 9.9 MB and is directly across from Water Park, looking North at edge of park and wider view

[craigt3365]

Inspire magazine has an article saying soft opening July 31st.

http://www.inspirepattaya.com/pattaya/cartoon-network-amazone-waterpark-announce-soft-opening-31st-july-2014/

Drove by today and they look well on their way.

[Basil B]

I second the comment it is opening in November. Heard from a reliable source.

Your reliable source turned out to be a bit unreliable.

May be not, they did not say which year...

[Langsuan Man]

Yes, but the million dollar question is how are they going to get the customers across the road from the parking lot to the water park ?

A foot bridge that we all know Thais will not use ?

A Tunnel under Sukumvit that will flood every rain shower ?

A bus or tram system that will go up to the Nong Nooch U-turn and back to the Ban Baramee U-turn ?

Or most likely nothing , let the customers get across on their own

[craigt3365]

Considering the pedestrian/traffic disaster areas around the floating market, the Ambassador/Mimosa, etc. I think you are right. It will be a mess.