Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast: Slides, Wave Pool, Parking and Tips

Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast (most people search it as Wet n Wild Gold Coast) is a water park at Oxenford with thrill slides, a giant wave pool, a lazy river and two areas for little kids. It sits on the northern Gold Coast, right beside Warner Bros. Movie World.

It has been on this spot since 1984, when it opened as Cade’s County Waterpark, and it has carried the Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast name since 2013. The newest big addition is Zoom Zone, a slide tower that opened in late 2025 where the old AquaLoop used to be.

Slides and rides at Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast

Thrill slides

Zoom Zone has four body slides launching from a tower 17.6 metres high, and the tubes light up as you ride. Kamikaze is the steep one, a two-person tube slide with a near-vertical drop. Black Hole is an enclosed tube ride in the dark, Tornado sends a four-person raft around a funnel, and Constrictor is an enclosed raft slide with tight banking turns. KABOOM! is a newer thrill slide that combines a Master Blaster and a Tailspin.

Family rides

Mammoth Falls takes six-person rafts down two big slides, so a family can ride together. Double Barrel is a slide for all ages, River Rapids has four body slides with open and enclosed options, and Super 8 Aqua Racer is an eight-lane mat race you can run against friends or siblings.

Wave pool and lazy river

The Giant Wave Pool holds about three million litres of water and is where most people spend the hot part of the afternoon. Calypso Beach is the lazy river, a slow loop for floating.

For little kids

H2Oasis is a tropical splash zone with mini versions of the big slides, and Wet’n’Wild Junior is a kid-sized area with its own slides and play equipment. Check the park’s ride rules for height and age limits before you set off, as they differ slide by slide.

Planning your visit

• How long: A full day. Most families arrive at opening and leave mid-afternoon.
• Best time: Arrive when the gates open, as queues build through the middle of the day. School-term weekdays are usually the quietest.
• Hours: Opening hours change between seasons. 10 am to 5 pm is typical, with longer days in the summer school holidays. The park is open year-round except Christmas Day and ANZAC Day. Check the park info page for the day you want.
• Tickets: Buy online or in the Village Roadshow Theme Parks app. Prices are on the official site, and multi-park passes cover other Gold Coast parks such as Movie World.
• Lockers: Lockers are for hire in the park, and a large one costs about $15 to $25.
• Food: There are cafes and food outlets, and picnic and BBQ areas for your own lunch. The park’s FAQ allows light homemade food such as sandwiches and fruit, but commercially prepared food (fast food or takeaway), glass and knives are not allowed, and the accessibility page ties bringing your own food to dietary needs, so check with the park before you pack a full picnic.
• What to bring: Swimmers, a towel, sunscreen, a hat and shoes you can wear on hot paving.
• Accessibility: Disabled access is available, and the park asks you to contact it for details. It also keeps first-row car park spaces for vehicles with a disability parking permit and publishes an accessibility page on its website.

Pairing it with another park

Wet’n’Wild shares the Oxenford site with Warner Bros. Movie World and Paradise Country, so many families split a trip across them. Multi-park passes cover more than one Gold Coast park, and the TX7 bus stops at both Wet’n’Wild and Movie World. A full water park day is plenty for most kids, so a second park is better on a separate day.

Getting to Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast and parking

By car, Wet’n’Wild is about 50 minutes from Brisbane CBD and about 25 minutes from Surfers Paradise. Take the M1 Pacific Motorway to the Oxenford exit and follow the signs along Entertainment Road. The car park is free.

By public transport, catch a train to Helensvale or Coomera station, or the G:link tram to Helensvale, then Translink bus route TX7. It runs via Helensvale station, Wet’n’Wild, Movie World and Dreamworld to Coomera station. Check the Translink TX7 timetable for times on the day.

Nearby

• Warner Bros. Movie World – next door, and the TX7 bus stops at both parks.
• Paradise Country – farm animals and shows on the same Oxenford precinct.
• Gold Coast Aqua Park – an inflatable obstacle course on the water, for a calmer day.
• Hope Island and Sanctuary Cove – a short drive east for lunch by the water.
• Surfers Paradise Beach – if the kids still have energy and you want surf instead of slides.

More ideas are in our guide to things to do on the Gold Coast, and you can browse all water parks and splash pads and theme parks.

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