We’ve written previously about the new municipal water park coming to Bartow County in Cartersville, Georgia. The flume slides arrived a couple weeks ago at the Hamilton Crossing site and have now been put up. The slides look great and with most of the splash pad constructed the project is coming together ahead of the anticipated May 2026 opening.

I like to view these municipal water parks as the Family Entertainment Center (FEC) of the water park industry. Similar to how an FEC can provide a local amusement park substitute, these parks provide water slide fun in new geographies and demographics than regional water parks. Creating fun for more guests and more jobs for Amusement Park and Attraction suppliers is a great thing. It’s been fun to watch this park come together. Splashville is not large or nationally prominent, but rarely in theme park construction is the progress so publicly visible like it has been here. Opening Day will soon be here and it’ll be great to see this place come together life.