Pioneer Waterland & Dry Fun Park

It had a lazy river, and a lazy staff to match. Rude, rude, rude young people staff the place. There is a mini golf, and go carts at the back side of the park-​good luck getting clubs to putt with your family, they are under equipped. You have to pass a junkyard of broken arcade basketball hoops to get to it. There is only a set of 5 water
slides that people over 10 can enjoy. The «dry slides» are actually retired waterslides scooted up on land and stuck in a patch of sand among the dead grass. The food at the snack bar was priced unreasonably high. Luckily you are welcome to bring your own grub.
Entry price was fair, the lazy river was marvelous, the people that visit are all friendly, but I wouldn’t recomend it to anyone.

Is really fun! I loved it. This place is perfect for children. It has many reecreativas areas for children and adults.

Fun, relatively clean, and great for kids of all ages. Children have an awesome time, and the wide range of activities make for hours on hours of fun. The determining factors for me were the non-​water activities because there is nowhere else nearby where you can go on huge waterslides and then go-​cart or play basketball. There is plenty of picnic space, which is very unique and a plus. Overall, Pioneer is a really fun time, and I would totally recommend it for a nice day trip with family or friends!

I came here with a camp I work for. The kids really loved it. One kid in fact called it the «greatest place ever.» As a counselor. I thought it was pretty average. There was a little grossness in the lazy river and the golf range wasn’t up kept at all. Overall, pioneer warrants a 4 star overall.

I haven’t been here yet in 2015 but I’m excited to see the changes under the new owners.
Pioneer has a ton of potential with the water rides and dry fun.
There is plenty of picnic area for the family. I’d like to see some camping options.

It was a very nice water park. There was many things to do and not croweded at all.

There are good and bad parts to Pioneer. There really isn’t that much to do in the way of large attractions. The water slides are good, but I got really bounced around on the blue tunnel slides. I have a big bruise on my leg because I flipped over while going down it! No big deal, though. The speed slides are super fun for everyone, though!
The lazy river is as boring as it gets, but hey, it’s a lazy river. The only other water attractions are a big pool and a large kiddie pool that’s got two little playthings on it – a mushroom and some other little climber. Oh, and there are paddle boats and those are fun too.
In general, the park seems to be falling into disrepair. The grounds are poorly maintained (e.g. lots of weeds growing in the landscaping) and many of the buildings and attractions look extremely dated and aged. Lots of rust stains, water marks and evident roof leaks on the ceilings inside the buildings, a general musty smell inside any of the buildings, faded colors on most of the attractions and scrapes and scratches all over the pools, slides and stairs. It’s definitely not a «high class» waterpark (is there even such a thing?) but it’s fun in general.
Admission is a bargain at $ 20 per person and includes everything but the go-​karts, which the kids had a blast on. The little concession stand is nice too and everything is priced well.
Oh, and the best thing of all? Almost no lines whatsoever. We didn’t wait more than a few minutes for anything. What this park lacks in large attractions it gains with the fact that frustration is kept to a minimum.
This is the place to come if you want to pack a picnic, too. There is tons of space for picnicking here. Another bonus? No pesky carnival-​style games to tell the kids they can’t play or to drain your pockets. This really is a one and done deal with the admission (except the go karts). Oh, and parking is just $ 4. Good deal!

A wonderful local waterpark to visit. Tons of space to lay out on, fun attractions for all ages, great food and gift shop at low prices, and EXTREMELY friendly staff. The admission prices and parking are also very inexpensive. Highly recommended if you are visiting the area of if you live around here!

There aren’t many slides here, but I had a blast at this water park! I came here with my cousin, her daughter and my friend. We set up camp in a huge grassy area, had a few beers and jumped in the pool. After that, we went on the lazy inner tube ride and I basically floated till I fell asleep. It was heaven. There are 3 big slides and they’re all fun.
This is a great place to bring the family and just hang out all day during summer. I’m a fan!

I remember going here when I was a kid. Our family would load up the car and make the treck from Lakewood to Chardon, felt like it took forever back then.
It’s actually not a bad drive. We got there in less than an hour from Ohio City (near Westside). I bought one of the CBS Local Offers so I was curious how they would handle it when I arrived. To my delight everything went smooth and we redeemed our offers for tickets and entered the park. It’s an extra $ 4 to park but thats not bad, especially since the parking is pretty close to the park, making it easy to go back to the car and grab stuff if you need to.
The day we went was really hot. It was Sunny and warm and the park still wasn’t too packed. In fact, I kept thinking that it was crazy how few people were there. I mean it wasn’t a ghost-​town or anything, it had a good amount of people there, it just wasn’t as crazy as I thought it would be on such a nice day.
I brought my 7 year old and he loved it. We stopped and picked up a bunch of lunch meat and snacks and filled our cooler (they let coolers in so you can bring anything you want in except alcohol). So, we had plenty of stuff to munch on which kept me from spending money on concessions, a huge win there.
We enjoyed the water slides, paddle boat, basketball courts, pitching cages and mini-​golf. We had a blast.
I’m going to put this one back on Summer to-​do list, it’s worth at least one visit a year.

Another great, local answer to the expensive amusement park.
We got the discounted tickets and even with the $ 4 fee to park, this place was just as great as I remember. It wasn’t nearly as packed as say, Cedar Point, but that was a major relief. You could get on the slides with little to no wait time and those speed ones – let’s just say when your body disconnects from the slide because you’re going so fast, try not to freak out. And I won’t even mess with the pitch dark slide, oh heck no.
Pioneer offers three key elements that make it better than most: 1) unlimited plays/​rides on everything, 2) no extra charges, except for the go carts (and they give you a ticket for half off those when you come in the park.) and 3) you can bring your own food and drink! Yes, no ridiculously expensive snack charges to bend over for!
There are plenty of things for kids to do and it was great that they could go on most all the attractions. The air guns are ridiculously addicting, the putt-​putt was average-​but-​fun and the basketball hoop game was a blast! They even have a lazy river and a paddle-​boat lake.
We brought in a full cooler and easily found picnic table near the pool. It was fun to lay out towels and get some peace in sun. It was just nice to have more freedoms here and opportunities to save some bucks.
One thing I will say was a disappointment was they got rid of the batting cages and we didn’t know that. It was actually a big attraction for us and a big reason we came there. Bummer.
Besides that, we can’t wait to come back!

Great place to go to spend a warm day with the kids. They have 5 slides that are six stories high and the height requirement is 40″ (My three year old went down them). The offer a very large «kiddie» pool w/​small slides that my 1 ½ year old loved. They have putt putt, pedal boats, basketball courts, lazy river all of which are included in the $ 19 charge to get in. (We did for $ 10 per person thanks to a coupon) Go carts are also offered but extra costs are involved.
Plenty of picnic tables and grills for all to use. They also offer a small concession stand if the mood should strike ya!