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At the heart of every Center Parcs break, is our incredible water park, the Subtropical Swimming Paradise, heated to 29.5C all year round and decked in lush green tropical plants and trees, it’s positively balmy.
Access to the Subtropical Swimming Paradise during your break is through a pre-booking system only so be sure to pre-book and secure your place to take a dip in the pool, tackle the Wild Water Rapids, relax in our whirlpools and enjoy our exhilarating rides and slides.
You can pre-book your slot from 4 weeks before you arrive.
We've made some changes
The Subtropical Swimming Paradise is open, with all rides and slides now running as normal and our wave machine is back.
To ensure the Subtropical Swimming Paradise is a safe place to splash and swim, access will continue to be via pre-bookable slots. This video explains the measures we’re keeping in place, to give you:
Shorter queues for our rides and slides
More space to find the perfect poolside seating
Children’s water play areas that are less busy
Less crowded changing rooms
2 hour pre-bookable sessions are limited to, 3 for a 3 night break, 4 for a 4 night break and 7 for a 7 night break.
From 4 October 2021 pre-bookable sessions remain but the duration will increase to 3 hour pre-bookable sessions.
Turn up and swim with no need to book, will also be available between 6pm-9pm.
Why are we keeping pool slots?
In line with our responsibility to do our best to keep everyone as safe as possible, access to our Subtropical Swimming Paradise will continue to be via pre-bookable slots. This is to help us manage capacity. We are planning to increase the number of pool slots once we feel it is safe to do so. We are then hoping to increase swim slots further and also add an extra evening ‘turn up and swim’ session to provide additional flexibility. We will keep you informed on when these extra slots become available.
All guests with an arrival date up to 18 April 2022 are covered by our Book with Confidence Guarantee and will have the option to reschedule or cancel with a full refund 11 weeks before arrival.
Things you need to know
For our UK villages:
Entry is available on a pre-bookable basis in 2-hour time slots for guests staying before 3 October 2021. Pre-bookable sessions are limited per booking to:
For a 3 night stay sessions are limited to 3 per break
For a 4 night stay sessions are limited to 4 per break
For a 7 night stay sessions are limited to 7 per break
From 4 October 2021 pre-bookable session times will increase to 3 hours, plus turn up and swim with no need to book, will be available between 6pm-9pm.
Please pre-book and arrive 15 minutes before your time slot with your entire party
You must ensure your entire party is booked onto the same session if you all wish to visit the pool during your break
For 2 hour swim sessions there will be a small charge of 10p per person per session, which will be donated to Together for Short Lives.
All of our rides and slides are open from 11am to 7pm
Small lockers will be available in the pool for valuables; refreshments and pool essentials will also be available to buy (cashless payment only)
Our rides and slides
The Subtropical Swimming Paradise is the home of thrilling water rides and slides, from our gravity-defying Tropical Cyclone to our family favourite Wild Water Rapids. Rides and slides vary at each village but you're guaranteed twists, turns and drops on each one. Rides and slides are available throughout all pool booking times.
Children's water play areas
Let your little ones dip their toes in our water play areas with little slides, spray fountains and a splashing pool for the little ones and for older children a family water play area with fun slides, giant tipping buckets and more if they're a little more confident in the water.
Take the time to enjoy our two wonderful spa pools, flumes and slides or kick it up a notch with our rip-roaring Canyon Ride. Hot and cold food served all day from The Canopy Café and Bar.
At Sherwood Forest Subtropical Swimming Paradise be sure to try the rip-roaring raft ride, Tropical Cyclone. There's also a wave pool, Wild Water Rapids and the hot whirlpool.
Take on our Wild Water Rapids which carries you along a series of dips and dives and isn’t for the faint hearted, while the warmer outdoor pool is a great area to relax.
There is plenty of fun to be had on our flumes and be sure to try our thrilling new water ride Tropical Cyclone, an amazing world first taking you up to 30 miles per hour and zero gravity.
Experience the Typhoon, a two-seater tube ride, which will whiz you through enclosed tunnels and soar through a labyrinth of back-to-back, 180 degree and 360 degree turns and multiple accelerating drops.
Ireland’s largest indoor water park, the Subtropical Swimming Paradise is full of fun for the whole family. With our Wild Water Rapids, 350m of exhilarating rides and slides and children’s water play areas.
