Who doesn’t feel like a kid again when at a water park? Whether you’re visiting with your own kids, or are just trying to revive your inner kid, a water park can be just what you need for a little fun this summer. We’ve visited tons and tons of water parks during our travels, and have seen all kinds of slides, waterfalls, pirate ships, lazy rivers — you name it! But we whittled them down to the best of the best to show you. So check out our slideshow of the best water parks in the world.

  • 1Nickelodeon Suites Resort

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    Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida

    Guests at the Nickelodeon Suites Resort have free access to two on-site water parks. The Lagoon water park, seen here, has a zero-depth entry pool, a four-story water tower, waterslides, two whirlpools, and a 400-gallon "dunk tank."

  • 2Atlantis Paradise Island Resort

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    Bahamas

    Larger-than-life Atlantis is home to an exceptional water park and 11 superb pools, several of which are just for kids. One of the hotel's main pools is seen here.

  • 3Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort

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    Maui, Hawaii, United States

    Maui's Grand Wailea resort has an extraordinarily elaborate pool complex. Its highlights: four waterslides, whitewater rapids, caves, a lazy-river pool, rope swings, and a "water elevator" inside a man-made volcano.

  • 4MGM Grand Hotel & Casino

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    The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada

    With rivers, waterfalls, caves, hot tubs, palm trees, and five pools, the pool complex at MGM is one of the most impressive in Las Vegas. The River Pool (seen here) has waterfalls and grottos along the way. Though the pool caters to boozing adults (even though there is an adults-only pool on-site nearby), kids will be just as happy.

  • 5Disney's Coronado Springs Resort

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    Disney World, Orlando, Florida

    Disney's Coronado Springs Resort is home to "The Dig Site" -- a huge pool and waterslide complex -- plus a small, quiet pool near each building cluster.

  • 6Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

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    The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada

    While the lazy-river pool at the MGM Grand hotel bests the one at Mandalay Bay, Mandalay's 11-acre pool complex has a lot to offer kids and adults.

  • 7Beaches Ocho Rios Resort & Golf Club

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    Ocho Rios, Jamaica

    The maze of waterslides at Beaches Boscobel in Jamaica is a must for adventurous kids

  • 8Hilton Hawaiian Village

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    Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu

    This massive Hilton features numerous pools; one of them has four waterslides.

  • 9Cancun Resort

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    Off the Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada

    The main pool at Las Vegas' Cancun Resort has a Mayan pyramid (complete with a waterfall).

  • 10Universal's Portofino Bay Hotel

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    Universal Orlando, Orlando, Florida

    The main pool is the de facto children's pool and includes a gargantuan stone fort with '90s pop music blaring from the surrounding speakers.

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