Touches like the Lone Star on the waterslide made clear the main theme of this waterpark.
For the sake of convenience, the park was designed almost in concentric circles, with the food court being in the center, then a ring of restrooms outside that, then the slide features. With this configuration, visitors are near a restroom whether they're on the inside perimeter or the outside. You can see the large fire lane, heavy duty enough to accommodate first responders, running through the park. It was landscaped and designed to look like a main street, with features and amenities on both sides.
The wave pool theming is inspired by the docks in Galveston or Houston, made to look like a shoreline at a harbor, with a pier facade. The back wall was made to look like a merchandising dock.
The multi-level children’s play structure incorporates such Texas iconography as armadillos to create a Texas fantasy land.
This park was originally planned smaller and more low-budget, but expanded into a $40 million project. Where most waterparks of this scale take at least 18 months to build, this one took about 10.
Typhoon Texas has had its weather scares. During construction, the local area saw 15 inches of rain in one day, causing one of the pump rooms to flood six weeks before the waterpark opened. It was hit by Hurricane Harvey in August, but it fared very well, only having to close for one weekend. It was open in time for the Labor Day weekend.
