{"id":51834,"date":"2014-05-21T19:48:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T02:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=51834"},"modified":"2014-05-26T14:53:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T21:53:16","slug":"drytown-water-park-set-to-open-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/05\/21\/drytown-water-park-set-to-open-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"DryTown Water Park set to open May 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Drytown-opens-May-24-2014-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-51836\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Drytown-opens-May-24-2014-2.jpg\" alt=\"Drytown opens May 24 2014 2\" width=\"288\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Drytown-opens-May-24-2014-2.jpg 288w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Drytown-opens-May-24-2014-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>PALMDALE \u2013 The City of Palmdale\u2019s DryTown Water Park will open for the 2014 season this Saturday, May 24 at 11 am.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe forecast says it\u2019s going to be DryTown weather this weekend,\u201d said DryTown Manager Eric Dombrowski. \u201cTemperatures are expected to be in the 90s which means DryTown is the place you want to be to keep cool and have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Season passes will be available at discounted rates now through Friday, May 23.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA season pass is a great value,\u201d Dombrowski said. \u201cNot only do you get unlimited use of the Antelope Valley\u2019s only water park at a great rate, you also get free admission to the popular \u2018Sundown at DryTown\u2019 events held Friday evenings during the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Season passes and day use tickets are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofpalmdale.org\/drytown\" target=\"_blank\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/drytown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DryTown will be open Saturday, May 24 through Monday, May 26 from 11 am to 6 pm.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be open Wednesday, May 28, and daily beginning May 31 through Aug. 11. From Aug. 16 to Sept. 14 the park will be open weekends.<\/p>\n<p>The six-acre Old West mining town-themed aquatic park features a 925-foot lazy river, a 35-foot waterslide tower with four waterslides and splashdown pool, a 6,000 square foot children\u2019s water playground, including a 50-gallon vortex splash bucket, three water rings and two water cannons, and the new Dusty\u2019s Mineshaft Racer, a 4-lane racer that launches riders headfirst into a thrilling 360 degree turn in an enclosed tube, before plunging 40 feet down open-air lanes for a downhill dash to the finish line and a serious drenching.<\/p>\n<p>Food and beverage concessions this year at DryTown will be handled by Subway at Dusty\u2019s Grill. Customers will also be able to enjoy their DryTown favorites, pizza, cold drinks, yogurt parfaits and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDryTown Water Park offers an exciting, family-friendly park where you can sit back, relax and enjoy the water, great food and comfortable atmosphere,\u201d said Recreation Coordinator Laura Rice. \u201cIt\u2019s also available for group activities or private rentals. Youth groups, teams, companies, family reunions, church groups, schools, fundraisers, organizations, camps and more may take advantage of special group rates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about DryTown, group rates or private rentals, please visit <a href=\"www.cityofpalmdale.org\/drytown\" target=\"_blank\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/drytown<\/a> or call 661-267-6161.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Information via press release from the City of Palmdale.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The City of Palmdale\u2019s DryTown Water Park will open for the 2014 season this Saturday, May 24 at 11 am. \u201cThe forecast says it\u2019s going to be DryTown weather this weekend,\u201d said DryTown Manager Eric Dombrowski. \u201cTemperatures are expected to be in the 90s which means DryTown is the place you want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}