Sonnentherme Water Park

Outdoor Thermal Pool & Tower with Slides

It was a Slovak Holiday on Wednesday, so we went to Austria for some fun!  We drove through the countryside past many, many vineyards and through many small towns.  After about 1 hour and 40 minutes, we arrived in Lutzmannsburg.  Since I am Geographically Challenged, here is the wiki link with map.  It is basically on the border of Austria and Hungary.

Kids Pools & Smaller Slides

The reason we went there is to visit a water park.  It's name is Sonnentherme.  It was very amazing!  We went in and got our bracelets then proceded to the locker room.  In the locker room, there were shower rooms, changing rooms, a kid play area, hair dryers, bathrooms, and lots of lockers to keep your stuff in.  There was even an elevator ("lift") to get your strollers down to the locker room and then back upstairs, nursing stations, pool specifically for babies, etc.  It is totally made for families and kids.  So, we got a locker and changed, then went upstairs to check out the pools. 

There was tons of seating - with really nice reclining lounge chairs.  Hardly any people were there (especially after lunch when nap time hit), so it was really great!

Bridge to Jump From &
1 Indoor Slide (in background)

The slides were incredible!  For two of them, there was an elevator to ride up (see above picture), then they come twisting down the outside of the elevator tower back down inside.  One was fast & one was slower with a dark part that had a special light show and stars.  There were also two slides inside that were long and twisting.  Then there were smaller slides for smaller kids too.  The outdoor pool was thermal, so you can swim all year round - it was really nice and warm (with no sulfur smell).

Outdoor Thermal Pool

The biggest difference between here and the states was the complete lack of life guards or people to monitor slide lines, etc.  I think that we saw maybe two employees the whole time.  The only other time there were "official employees" in the pool area were to accompany a large Bunny that sang & danced for the kids.  You also never have to sign any waivers....  Much different perspective.  I'm just glad that both kids can swim well so I didn't feel too nervous!

One major bonus for Brian was when we were leaving.  Walking back down to the locker rooms, I thought that maybe I had made a mistake and gone into a Men's room.  There was a man (thankfully with his back to me) changing out of his suit and into his clothes.  Mind you that there are many, many changing rooms (complete with hooks, seats, and mirrors and doors) only a few feet away.  And, OF COURSE, he and his family were in the two lockers next to our locker!  So, Brian and Owen went to change and then when they got back, Hayden and I went to change.  While Hayden and I were in the changing rooms, the lady of the family proceded to change out of her suit and then into clothes right next to Owen and Brian - who by this time were sitting nicely on the bench waiting for us, facing directly toward the locker and this woman.  Goodness!   (Note NO PICTURES with this paragraph.  But, you can find a "nice" picture of the Bunny singing on Facebook.)