Balearic Islands, Spain
Aqualand El Arenal is a water park in El Arenal, on the bay of Palma in Mallorca. This guide covers its 17 attractions, with the height and weight rule the operator publishes for each. The operator groups them into Adrenaline Fun, Family Fun, Chill Out & Play and Kidzworld.
Height Restrictions Overview
Each attraction page shows its height rule and its maximum weight. The picture is simple: the main slides need 120 cm. Crazy Race and Misol-ha are slides with no height rule, and so are the wave pool, the lazy river and the children's areas. The park's rules page also has a chart, which gives the Kidzworld areas a maximum height of 1,2 m (120 cm) and splits Anaconda into a big slide (minimum 1,2 m) and a small slide with no height minimum.
- 8 attractions can be used at any height: Crazy Race, Misol-ha, Surf Beach, Lakchaac, Dragoland, MiniPark, Polynesia and the small Anaconda slide. The attraction pages list each of them as "sin restricción de altura" (no height restriction), except Anaconda, whose page gives a 120 cm minimum and whose rules chart gives the small slide no height minimum.
- 8 attractions are open to children under 120 cm, which are those same attractions.
- 17 attractions are open at 120 cm: those above plus Kukulcàn, Hurakán, Banzai, Tsunami, Tukakame, King Cobra, Báalam, Chihuan and Hatsa-ha, plus Anaconda's big slide.
Weight limits are also published on the attraction pages. Báalam, Anaconda and Crazy Race list a maximum of 100 kg on their pages (the rules chart lists 120 kg for these three, and the stricter figure is used here); Hurakán, Banzai, Chihuan and the single float on Tsunami, Tukakame, King Cobra, Hatsa-ha and Lakchaac list 120 kg. Double floats are listed at 180 kg in total, Kukulcàn's triple float at 180 kg for 2 people or 270 kg for 3 people (the rules chart says 170 kg), and the Misol-ha raft at 360 kg (the rules chart says 240 kg); those are group totals rather than a weight per rider.
The Kukulcàn and Hurakán pages show their 120 cm figure as a "1,20 M." tile without the word "minimum", while the other slides label it "altura requerida: mín. 1,20 m". The tile uses the operator's "Altura mínima" icon, the same image as on the labelled slides, so it is stored as a 120 cm minimum for both.
Height Categories Explained
No Height Restriction (8 Attractions)
Crazy Race is a three-lane racing slide with a 100 kg maximum weight, ridden free body. Misol-ha is the family raft slide, with a 360 kg limit for the raft. Surf Beach is the wave pool, Lakchaac is a 200 m lazy river with single and double floats, and Dragoland, MiniPark and Polynesia are the water areas in Kidzworld, the children's zone. The attraction pages list all of them as "sin restricción de altura". The park's rules chart gives Dragoland, MiniPark and Polynesia a maximum height of 1,2 m (120 cm), so they are closed to anyone taller. The rules chart splits Anaconda into a big slide (minimum 1,2 m) and a small slide with no height minimum, while its ride page describes one slide with a 120 cm minimum; Anaconda is counted here at the lowest accessible height, the small slide.
120 to 129 cm
Kukulcàn is a triple-float slide, 17.60 m high. Hurakán is a single-float slide, 24.14 m high. Banzai is a board slide. Tsunami is a half-pipe slide for one or two on a float. Tukakame, King Cobra and Hatsa-ha are float or boat slides, and Báalam, Chihuan and the big Anaconda slide are ridden free body. All of them need 120 cm. Báalam and Anaconda list a 100 kg maximum weight, Kukulcàn lists the float totals given above, Banzai and Chihuan list 120 kg per rider, and Hurakán, Tsunami, Tukakame, King Cobra and Hatsa-ha list 120 kg on a single float.
Tips for Visiting with Different Heights
- Under 120 cm: 8 attractions are open: Crazy Race, Misol-ha, Surf Beach, Lakchaac, Dragoland, MiniPark, Polynesia and the small Anaconda slide.
- 120 cm: all 17 attractions are open, adding Kukulcàn, Hurakán, Banzai, Tsunami, Tukakame, King Cobra, Báalam, Chihuan, Hatsa-ha and the big Anaconda slide.
- 121 cm and over: the same attractions except Dragoland, MiniPark and Polynesia, which have a 1,2 m maximum height in the park's rules chart.
Check the weight limit too: 100 kg for Crazy Race, Báalam and Anaconda, and 120 kg for the single-rider floats and slides listed above.
Ticket Pricing
The one-day ticket at the box office is listed at €40 for adults (11 and over) and €31 for children (5 to 10 years old); the Mini rate for ages 3 and 4 is €18, the Senior rate (65 and over) is €31 at the box office and €29 online, and children aged 0 to 2 enter free. The operator also lists lower online prices (€38 adult, €29 child), which apply to a selection of dates shown in the calendar when you buy. Parking costs €8 a day per vehicle. A 25 percent discount for large families is offered at the box office only.
Getting There
Aqualand El Arenal is on the Autovía Palma - Arenal, exit 13, Km 15, 07600 El Arenal, Mallorca. The operator lists EMT bus line 23 from Palma, which stops in front of the park's car park.
Opening Hours
The park is seasonal. It opens 10:00 to 17:00 in May, June and September and 10:00 to 18:00 in July and August, and the water attractions close 15 minutes before the park does. It is not open every day, so check the park calendar for open days.
Final Thoughts
At Aqualand El Arenal the number to remember is 120 cm for the slides. The wave pool, the lazy river and the Kidzworld areas need no minimum height, and Crazy Race and the Misol-ha raft slide are open at any height too. Dragoland, MiniPark and Polynesia have a 1,2 m maximum height in the rules chart. Check the weight limits on the attraction signs before you queue.