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THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.184.56.153 (talk) 15:33, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let people know, I've removed the comment that was here previously. BioTube 19:12, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Tennis Dynamite 21:57, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Season?

Any particular reason the park(s) are only open from June through mid-September when it's in deep south Texas? —Rob (talk) 15:59, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although the winter temperatures in Texas may seem warmer than what your use to, it still feels too cold for us Texans to go to a waterpark (We're used to warmer temperatures). Tennis Dynamite 21:57, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

a) new braunfels is nowhere near deep south texas. its more like south central texas. b) would you want to go swimming when it is 50 degrees outside? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.189.246.113 (talk) 23:33, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Even in South Texas it gets cold in the winter, would you like to swim in that? I lived in Victoria and Goliad and it's very cold to swim during the winter months. Mac428

You also have to keep in mind the staff required at the park. Most of the lifeguards/cashiers are in various stages of education and are available more in the summer time. This is true for most, if not all waterparks. Texas temperature seems to be a poor excuse as March/April weather can sometimes be in the mid-80s. camknows

This article looks too much like an advertisement... it also lacks references...

I like Schlitterbahn. I am not one of those New Braunfelsers that hate Schlitterbahn. However, as editiors, we need to cast some critical eyes at this article. It reads more like an advertisement created by Schlitterbahn than an objective encyclopedia article.

Off the top of my head I can think of a few things that we might add:

economic impact, enviormental information, criticism of Schlitterbahn, references, references, references —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kerstan (talk • contribs) 16:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I concur. But I don't really know enough about Schlitterbahn to make the changes myself (I live in Austin, but I've been there a few times.) Though I do think that what we currently have is better than removing it entirely. dougmc 15:29, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When the above was written, no one from Schlitterbahn had anything at all to do with the wiki site. However since there were many instances of incorrect information we did start to edit and contribute. I am currently trying to fix some of the issues present and of course would like other input. I have included outside sources and cut down the article. I also plan to make separate articles for each park. I know it is still a work in progress, but I do not understand why someone keeps tagging us while I am working on these changes. If there is a real issue show us how to fix it, fix it or let us be while we finish. Thank you that is all I wanted to say.Schlitterwater (talk) 14:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For obvious reasons, this Schlitterbahn employee's account has been blocked. They don't seem to understand the concept of conflict of interest. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:58, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Separate Pages?

At some point during the organization and cleaning of this page we must consider breaking the individual Schlitterbahn parks into their own main articles. That would allow for much greater detail. If there are no objections, I'll make it a future project of mine. Ckranger11 17:23, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Section for new park

I added a new secton for the new park, if that is alright. I live in Kansas City and I am ready for them to open up!!! They wont even give a date of when they will open up I guess they arent sure about the winter here. I would like to put pics on the page but dont know how. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigwillieb (talk • contribs) 08:01, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Large overhaul and removal of unsourced or outdated material.

Came to this page randomly and saw it needed a major overhaul, 7/8ths if not more of the page was unsourced or promotional. As such I have removed a lot from the article and hope that someone will come along and update the page.

Justification for such a large removal of content: 1) No discussion of issues on talk page in 5 years. 2) Press release like stories involving natural disasters or park construction that either could not be verified or were severly outdated. I left two sections involving future plans as they seem to at least have ok sources. 3) Unaddressed tags have been in place for three years. 4) Nearly 10,000 people viewed this page in the past 90 days and the level of inaccurate, outdated, promotional language called for drastic measures. 5) This is not a case of a stub, or chaotic article waiting for improvements, instead this is an article that has been in a state of chaos for nearly half a decade and didn't show any signs of improvement.

If you have issues with items I removed, please let me know on the pages talk page. If you want to add something back please make sure you can find a proper source for the information and please try to avoid affiliate sources while doing so.

I will keep this article and it's talk page on my watch list. I am removing the previous tags and adding one requesting an update. Sulfurboy (talk) 02:17, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

There are some pictures in commons:Category:Schlitterbahn. --Ppelleti (talk) 05:07, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a couple of the pictures to the article. --Ppelleti (talk) 17:43, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Schwab Incident

The recent incident involving a Kansas State Representative's son has had some media coverage. The boy apparently died riding the Verrückt. The incident should probably be added somewhere. R. A. Simmons ^Talk 15:10, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Rasimmons: This article is just an overview of the company. That tragic incident is mentioned in Schlitterbahn Vacation Village in Kansas City, where it occurred. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:51, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Amatulic: I guess that makes sense.

should still be mentioned on this page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.130.111.214 (talk) 03:02, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

History / Origin

It would be nice to add a section regarding the history: How did this park start? How did the family come to own it/found it? Why does it seem to have a German theme (esp. naming of park and rides)? Where's the back story to this chain of parks? Do they exist outside the U.S.? Jdevola (talk) 16:28, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]