Blast Zone Crocodile Isle Inflatable water Park with Dual Slides

I don't write reviews often but this slide definitely deserves one. The cost can be hard to swallow at first but it is worth every single penny!This is our 6th season with this slide. My children love it and have grown up using it. They were very happy and squealed with delight when we got it out for the first time this season. This slide provides HOURS of fun and is a great summertime activity.This slide is very sturdy, strong, and of great quality. It will last a long time if you take great care of it.Something to note: if the slide gets put away without being fully dry, it will grow mildew on it. Soap and water take care of the issue though.Also, due to the permeable nature of the material, water gets into the inner baffolds after a lot of use. When done using the slide, you have to keep the slide inflated, the outlet tube untied, and tilt the entire slide so that water runs out of the outlet tube. If water still remains in the baffolds near the outlet tube, use one of those long water blasters that require the handle to be pulled all the way back to suction in the water. You can then squirt the water onto the ground and continue to suction water out of the outlet tube until most of it is gone. Once most of the water is gone, leave the blower on for an additional hour, with outlet tube still open, to help dry out the internal baffolds. Once that is done, fold and put the slide away.Setup for the slide is very easy and quick. However, putting the slide away takes about two hours because of water removal and drying out. Even with the additional time to put the slide away, it is worth every penny and all the giggles and fun!

It's huge. That's the only downfall. I have four kids, and they spend every single day on this thing. My husband and I dump the water out every night and put the blower away to protect it from getting wet. We drag it to a new spot in the yard to dry out and cover it with a tarp every night. The next day we drag it back out and start again. It's a lot of work, and if you leave it in the same spot longer than for a day at a time your grass will be ruined, no doubt. BUT it's amazing. My kids range from ages 4-10 and every one of them loves this thing. We've had 7 kids on it at a time with no trouble at all. Totally worth the money.

This is my 4th Crocodile Isle. Blast Zone is a good company, just wish they kept their Canadian wharehouse. The only complaint I have is the sun damage these slides get! They fade within a few weeks of being out, even after being tarped in the evenings. And the sun damage weakens the material causing rips!

They'd sell more if they called it "Yardzilla". Anyway, that's what we call it, as "Crocodile Isle" doesn't quite roll off the tongue or get us excited about our backyard water park.So, after one day of use for a little over an hour:First, the "bad" if you want to call it that. Cons. Let's go with cons:*Takes a while to fill with water. With the water hose in the pool on full blast, it took about an hour. Forget trying to fill it with the little sprayer things.*Water WILL get inside of it. It's impossible to keep water out of something that is designed to let air out as well.*Needs a 'drain' so you can direct the water vs. emptying it where it is... I think I have a solution for it (fish tank drain kit might help divert some water... I hope.)****EDIT**** It is a pain in the behind to get the water out to store properly. I usually empty it out, let it sit to dry some, flip it over, let it sit over night, flip it back over the next morning, air it back up, let it sit for another hour or two(so the rest of the water inside can dry out, etc) and then deflate it and pack it up.*The bag it comes with - ***EDIT**** -> The bag is not useless. I've put this thing away twice and got it in the bag both times, just by folding, rolling, and smashing the air out - without help from another person.Now, the good / great / etc:*Yardzilla is big. What you see in the picture is what you get. Unlike some other brand's altered pics, this is the real deal.*It goes up easily. Unpack. Unroll connect blower, turn on blower. It's up in about 2 minutes, maybe less, after turning the air on.*There's room for about a dozen kids in the pool (which is just under 2 feet deep).*Fun... I bought this for my 2 boys (ages 5 and 3). They constantly did the "watch this" for the hour and a half or so before dinner. We're having a friendly get together this weekend and we'll be having a bday party in about 8 weeks. I'll repost about durability after that.TBD:DurabilityAs of this writing, I'd recommend it and I'd buy it again, especially if it lasts a couple summers with no major problems.EDIT -> Week 2: Had 10 kids in it for about four hours for our first Yardzilla Weekend. We made some new friends. One parent saw it and bought it on Amazon within 15 minutes of watching the kids go nuts. About 3 kids started crying when it was time to leave. None of them wanted to leave.I've bumped the rating up to 5 stars. This thing is a rock star if it doesn't fall apart. Next up is the birthday party...EDIT2 -> Year later: If you're thinking about getting it, get it. It held up last year, and we've used it again this year, with even more kids (all a year older than last year). This thing wears kids out. I set it up at 10a or so, and by 1p, everyone is ready for a nap. It's still awesome.

This is a great Summer toy for our kids and their friends. Easy to setup - however, not easy to store in the bag they provide.