
Lost Island Themepark and Waterpark
Clip: Season 3 Episode 307 | 2m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
Go fast and get wet at an unexpected oasis in Waterloo.
Go fast and get wet at an unexpected oasis in Waterloo.
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Lost Island Themepark and Waterpark
Clip: Season 3 Episode 307 | 2m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
Go fast and get wet at an unexpected oasis in Waterloo.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪♪ [KOHLSDORF] Our next stop starts with a splash at an unexpected oasis right in the heart of the Cedar Valley.
♪♪ [KOHLSDORF] Welcome to Lost Island, where imagination runs wild, adrenaline is always on high, and where a world class getaway is just an Iowa road trip away.
[ERIC BERTCH] We've been doing this for 25 years and it never gets old watching children and adults walk through the gate for the first time and watch their jaws drop.
♪♪ [ERIC BERTCH] The water park is very, you know, tropical vacation.
Lots of palm trees, thatched huts.
We have cabanas overlooking the pools.
If you think of Noah's Ark or Typhoon Lagoon or Schlitterbahn, any major water park in the country, we have all of those attractions and more.
♪♪ [KOHLSDORF] Owned and operated by Waterloo's Bertch family since 2001.
This family friendly water park has evolved into an even bigger experience.
[ERIC BERTCH] We started thinking, well, how else could we bring visitors to the area since the water park is kind of reached its saturation point?
And it was decided in about 2015, that maybe the direction we needed to go was to try dry attractions.
[KOHLSDORF] So in 2022, the adventure expanded.
Just steps away from the water slides, wave pool and palm trees, the Lost Island theme park opened.
♪♪ [KOHLSDORF] Delivering edge of your seat thrill rides right here in the heart of Iowa.
[ERIC BERTCH] Lost Island Theme Park brings all of the features that you would find at a big budget facility in Orlando or other parts of the world to the Midwest.
[KOHLSDORF] From the rush of the ride to the speed of the slide, Lost Island is the perfect escape for day trippers right here in Waterloo.
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