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    Nashville Shores

    2.8 (277 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Guy in the green shirt was an employee
    Veronica M.

    Honestly overwhelming busy and unsafe. This place has grown but not improved in quality. I came here because of a birthday party my son got invited to and I will not come back. 1st they charge $15 for parking, please help me understand why would they charge for parking and they have potholes, old pavement and trash everywhere? If that went for the maintenance of the roads/parking I would understand but nope. Rip off. After they charge you for parking, you find yourself paying $$ for the nastiest environment, let's start with the bathrooms, 4 stalls for all the people they allow in, are you serious? Then they are nasty and smelling like a hot summer in the horse barn? No thank you. They definitely need to add more bathrooms and improve the quality of them. Add more changing areas so people won't use the stalls to change and have people waiting. Cleanliness? Staff jumped over a dirty diaper that was left by some of the nasty people that go there. Like the trash can was right behind not too far. Food is overpriced, security is on their phones and staff are high school kids. Just no.

    Lines are bananas
    Nate M.

    I feel like 3-stars is the perfect rating for this place. I've been here three times now and I find myself liking this place and then hating at the same time. Why I like it: - Season passes are worth it. If you go twice, you've already saved money. You get free parking and get to bring one guest per season pass. - For now my kids are young and only like the wave pool, lazy river and kid area. So no long line waits. - Food and drink is reasonable. I got two bottles of water and medium sprite for $11. Any other amusement park it would $11 for one bottle of water. - Plenty of free shaded areas to sit. Why I dislike it: - They need to step up their cleaning efforts here. Each time we've arrived in the morning there has been trash left from the day before. - All the good rides have very long wait times. - The food, although reasonable, is garbage and you're not allowed to bring outside food or drink. - The patrons. People in middle Middle Tennessee aren't the most environmentally conscious and that shows here. No one cleans up after themselves. Trash is just thrown on the ground and food wrappers just left in the parking lot. No concern for a clean hang out space. A-ok seems to be just right. I feel, as my kids get older the less I will like this place, but we shall see!

    I rented a premium pontoon boat today for Labor Day. I'm not sure if the black mold on the seats and carpet is what makes it premium, but it was a nice touch that really shows how much they care. Beware that they will lie to you about how far you can take the boat. The receipt and website says 3-5 miles, but they will point to an island that you can see from the marina, then tell you that it's 3 miles and not to go past that area, which is right around 2 miles. 3-5 miles would be fine if they actually let you go that distance. If it wasn't a holiday, I would have gone elsewhere. So, I plan on renting from a different marina next time, and that's what I would advise you to do.

    Lily Pad Pool
    Hyoun K.

    2021 marks the 2nd consecutive year I took my kids to a water park as Middle Tennessee locals. I have taken them to the Opryland Convention Center's Soundwaves, but found that to be quite underwhelming compared to Nashville Shores. The only redeeming factor about Soundwaves is that it's open year-round since a portion of it is indoors. However from the fact that my kids are little kids, they don't ride the "thrilling" water slides at all. So that makes Soundwaves a lot worse. In Nashville Shores, there are specific things that my kids will do for hours on end and seeing them scream and smile makes me happy. First is the Kowabunga Beach, which is basically a gigantic jungle gym for kids, complete with water guns, buckets, slides, and sprayers. It's really quite impressive and there's lots to do there. The second is the wave pool. My kids love the beach (complete with waves) and they love diving in and out of it. Third is the lazy river, which is relaxing as lazy rivers go. The one at Soundwaves is a big more torrential and it's easy to get caught in some of the undertows, which scares me to death as a parent. At least with the Nashville Shores lazy river, I don't have to worry about my kids being swept away. Last but not least is the Twin Cyclones water slides (which is next to the Tennessee Twisters). It's the only water slide that allows 36" and taller people ride it. My son is 38" inches and it allows him to ride without an adult. It's pretty mild as far as water slides go, but it really puts a smile on my face to see my kids race to go on the slide over and over. The food is OK. It's overpriced, but it is a theme park. When was the last time you went to any theme park without overpriced, mediocre food? But it is what it is and swimming makes you hungry/thirsty. My only regret is failing to get the Season Pass the last 2 years. I think math calculation shows that if you go twice in 1 year, you've paid for the season pass but life gets busy sometimes. I'll probably get it next year though because my kids absolutely love this place.

    Amanda H.

    This is our second year with season passes. We find it to be a great value. The park is clean and offers something for everyone in our family from us adults to my older child and my toddler.

    Something was growing in the bottom of this fridge
    Stephenie P.

    READ BEFORE YOU RESERVE! We recently hosted our family reunion there renting several lake view cabins. Making reservations was easily done online and confirmed over the phone. Upon check in we were helped by a very efficient young man named Tyler. He was the absolute bright spot in our visit. We arrived well in advance of our check-in time since we had family members already checked in the night before on each side of cabin 7, the cabin we had reserved. Our cabin appeared to be empty since the maid service did not come in the few hours we were standing there. I called back up to the front desk to find out if it had actually been released yet since it was less than 30 minutes from the 3pm check in time. While I was on the phone with Tyler, my family noticed that a young man was sitting on the couch in our cabin watching TV and looking at his phone. My sister, in cabin 8 next to mine, then told me that they saw him go in at 11:30AM. They all thought he was gone until they noticed him on the couch which at that time he closed the blinds. I drove up to the front desk to inform Tyler of all this and I appreciated that he listed to me and appreciated the information I shared. Upon returned to the cabin, another maid came and she went into the cabin to continue cleaning. We saw her wipe off the windows. I knocked on the door at 3pm to ask her when she thought she'd be finished since she was the second maid to enter the room. I was greeted with defensive attitude. She was very short when telling me that check in was a 3pm, which I knew and showed her that I had a key. (please notice that I knocked instead of just opening the door with the key) She told me that they never should have given me the key, told me she needed to finish, and then closed the door in my face. No apologies, no I'm just finishing up, just shutting the door in my face. Day 2 - Called the front desk to speak to the manager. I never spoke to her because they would not give me her voicemail. Instead I spoke with another person at the desk. She told me that she was aware of the situation and they had discussed it. She believed the 15 year old cleaning boy over my entire family as to the timeline of him being in the room and proceeded to make excuses for him. Telling me that he was the best cleaner they have. I could see I was going to get no where with this lady at front desk. No apology, nothing offered to make it right, other than by Tyler the day before. Again, he was the bright spot. I felt like my entire family was disrespected because they took the word of a 15 year old boy over several adults. We have no reason to lie and nothing to gain. I ended the call by saying if he was the best you have, then I feel sorry for your company. BUYER BEWARE - The cabins are VERY SMALL. It says it sleeps 6 adults but there is really room for only 4. 6 fit but don't plan on taking a lot of luggage! I took several pictures on the condition of the room. Long story short, I cleaned a lot of it myself.

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    Slides trash and got kicked out bc I said a bad word sorry for staff being so soft and watch out for the police lifeguard he's savage

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    It's been my favorite place to go in the summer for many years now! Love the beach and the jet skis!

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