I was hear the owner of this water park was a bad guy I was hear it was a time share place then the owner of the water park took all the money from every one and ran off
Thanks for the video Adam. In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, developers built water parks like this one to profit from car travelers going to places like Las Vegas etc. The land is very cheap, but with an isolated attraction like this one, I think few people would stop with their families to go there, most would just keep on going to Las Vegas. The town of Baker Ca, had a water park near by that also went broke.
I have relatives in California, so my family does a road trip this way every year. I can't tell you how many times I've driven past this and wanted to stop and walk around. Cool to see what it looks like up close!
Does Adam have a kick starter campaign, to pay for his tetanus shots? Barefoot near rusty pipes, and dirty water...I know....I sound like a mom...I just turned 36 and started worrying about stuff all of a sudden
Wish you had a wide angle lens. would be so cool to get more in the screen ;) Loved this video. Manteca water slides shut down as well. I dont what happened to the lands there. I miss going to Manteca waterslides in CA. My first time bungee jumping was there
I spent a couple amazing summers there as a kid, first when it was lake Delores, then when it was rockahoola even had a season pass. So sad that it's as you said, just a memory.
2 years later and it still is abandoned. Looks worse now. I was there just last Sunday on 8/29/2017 or whatever day Sunday was on might have been Saturday. Really cool place. I want to go back and visit again.
Quite the place back in it's heyday I imagine. It's a shame to see all these old attractions go, that's for sure. Mad props to you for braving the desert heat, and all those dangerous open pits to bring us this one! Rock on sir!
i live like 40 minutes out from there in barstow california i remember going there as a kid was an amazing place last i was there i was about 8 or 9 years old im 21 years old now and i remember every single moment of this place had very amazing moments there when i was young its been closed down and left to rot for 8-10 years now very sad and very awesome to see an awesome youtuber to check the place out brought out good memories thanks adam! :)
Ahh. The California Desert. SAND, WIND, SNAKES. (Oops, didn't mean to yell at you.)...tarantulas , great gaping, left over holes. Glad you didn't get injured. Always love your videos.
I drive a semi & I've passed this place dozens of times - ALWAYS wanted to check it out but now, thanks to A.T.W., I don't need to! Hooray! Thanks for posting, Adam! Keep on Woo-ing!
i've driven by this a few times coming out of vegas. no wonder it failed its in the middle of nowhere. there's also an abandoned house up on the hill next to it that looks pretty spooky
Visited here two weeks before you uploaded this video for some quick pictures... It has some interesting history to it, too bad I didn't get to see you there!
Great Video Adam, I really like your urban exploration videos, (well all of them) but especially those. I think I would eventually like to do something like this, thanks for inspiring me Adam
I know this video is old and I've never actually been to this waterpark, but it's so surreal seeing how it's deserted and in a state of decay now. I do remember the commercial playing on tv when I was little. I'm 32 now.
I went to this place after finishing my Junior year in high school. After it closed, I remember seeing it in the distance from the highway on my way to Vegas, back when I used to live in Los Angeles.
In the motorcycle movie THE YOUNG CYCLE GIRLS (1978) --- Also titled Cycle Vixens, the girls stop at this waterpark for some fun. Great footage of yesteryear at that park !
Holy crap, I think I actually went to this once in like 2003. I had to look it up after you posted this because I have a specific memory of floating down the little river on a yellow tube when I was like 13. I remember quite a few people showed up
H2 O off the road from LA/SD out to Las Vegas. You can see it from the road. Not sure the exact location. But there's so much security. I've tried to get in many times and have been chased off.
I think watching a video about this park is what prompted RU-vid into suggesting one of Adam's videos for me! The video in question inter spliced clips from the promo video of the water park; very haunting seeing a once thriving park with hundreds of people laughing and playing left to rot and be forgotten. BTW Adam just a suggestion; how about having your intro "....join me shall you" then roll title sequence?
So funny cause this was posted the day we came back from vegas a year ago and we drove by this place and I kept buggin my mum to stop (unfortunately I wasn't behind the wheel at the time) so I could explore. Only reason we didn't was because there was a single parked car there. Coulda been Adam... it was during the day too
you can tell people set some stuff up for skating, the slide pieces help up with rocks for supports. been a while since i skated but id love to hit a spot like that.
this is very cool.good job.yes looks very dry out there .the weather is so different then what your use to in florida.its dryer and no humidtiy like we have..
It would be great if you had old photos and a small history lesson of the places you visit. It would really fill in the story for the viewers and probably bring you many more hits. Similar to your extensive knowledge of Disney Parks.
For those of you familiar with rave festivals and insomniac events .... Insomniac once did a party there just before it closed down for good.... The party was super cool!
It's cool to see more of this abandoned water park in the middle of nowhere. Was hoping you would visit as I always wanted to see it Wooified! Shango066 visited this park not too long ago. I would post a link but I don't want to upset you. He got caught by the sheriff who allowed him to leave. A cool place I want to visit one day.
This place was a really great idea. The only bad thing about it is that it's way too far from the city where people can use public transit to get to it -- especially kids -- that's why it failed.
+GrumpyDoesMC Google the park who story there it didn't fail inspection it was a money thing...come on you can't be that nieve. ..someone exploring the park recently spray painted that as a joke....wow...Google the park...
+flashy5150 Nah. It was only 20 miles from Barstow, a pretty sizeable town. It's the only good sign for civilization along I-15 until you hit Las Vegas (where most people go for vacations). But hey, if you wanna visit, it's easy. Take exit 206 off I-15, and turn left. Turn left again and you'll see the ruins about a half mile to about a mile down the road. You can walk straight in.
so I am a major car nut and on the U.S. Version of Top Gear they were testing cars and they had said they pulled over near an abandoned water park and they raced through the lazy river but they did not say the name. THIS IS THE PARK woo has scenes in his video that were filming locations for the show and I have the episode to prove it. I had always wondered where that place was and I finally found it
I know, at least someone knows about it except me I remember that in the episode the first challenge was to cut the alternator belt and drive without it
Great video as always. Very interesting how it has decayed over the years. Im wondering what happened to all the slides. For a place in decay there doesnt seem to be much debris lying around
There was a huge airsoft game held there it's called op lion claws rocka hula, you can see almost all of the slides and everything still pretty much there but still abandoned.
No I read a whole bio on this they can't open it to expensive to get the water in and I believe they sold it for something else...not a theme park though
search 34°56′54″N 116°41′15″W using Google Earth to see the park's remains, then select HISTORICAL IMAGERY in the VIEW menu and run the slider back to around 2006 to see the slides still intact. There were quite a few!
The name "Rock-A-Hoola" comes from the 1961 Elvis Presley film "Blue Hawaii". In it, he sang a song called "Rock-A-Hula Baby". I fail to see the relevance of this name for a waterpark in a desert.
I was there a week ago, quite a bit of flooding from the previous rain. And we got kicked out by a guy in a truck driving around. Probably had to add security due to all the people coming in.
The place was originally called Lake Delores water park had to close due to parasites in the water in the late 70's reopened as Rocka - Hula didn't make it either
+qwasd0r Because this was along a busy corridor. People from Southern California usually vacation to Las Vegas, and it's a long trip (about 175 or more miles). People mostly use I-15, and it's just off the interstate. The purpose of this water park was to suck up some of the money that some people use for gambling in Vegas.
Is this the big waterpark on the way to Vegas from southern CA off the I-15? and just think how many rattlesnakes the workers and the patrons ran into on a daily basis there on the hottest days& nights!
