Raging Waters Sydney has been sold to Jamberoo Action Park, with the park to now become ‘Sydney Action Park.

https://sydneyactionpark.com.au/index-new.html

HOLY SHIT THATS INCREDIBLE NEWS.

Match made in heaven - where Village failed, where Palace trod water, i'm excited to see the Eddys make this park a success!

Already they're talking about retheming, extended operating season, and new attractions. Can't wait to see what they do with the place in the off season!

(Uploading an image of the website for when it eventually gets updated)

Can they buy WWW too?

They’ve now formally announced it on their socials and also add this post

This is great news considering heaps of people here skip raging waters entirely and take the drive down south to Jamberoo.

Owners have a blank canvas - there's plenty of land left over to do whatever they like and barely anything has been added since opening.

Haven't been there in about 10 years so wouldn't know what it's like now but they really need to start with some shade and adding some grass

Edited June 15Jun 15 by Baconjack

These were shared during the Today Shows report this morning about the change of ownership

Hopefully the waterslides get a refurb / repaint soon. Honestly, I don't expect huge changes theming wise to be done for this season. I think this year it's going to be very much a transition year. I'd love to see them focus on operations and getting the swing of things first with some minor improvements to begin with. I think with them saying they want to get it done within 14 weeks is a bit ambitious but I think it will do well.

I think we should really be watching for the next 2 seasons for all the cosmetic upgrades to be done, and then looking into what new attractions will be added because the line up of slides is pretty solid but just looks bland. Fix what you have, and then making additions will be much easier. I really wish them all the best of luck, and I think the park is in good hands now.

A lot of the cosmetics above is just paint work and not difficult to achieve in a couple months. The Eddys have proven that they can deep-theme well, and while this has only been announced this week, they've no doubt been prepping for a while (though I suspect some of these Artist's Impressions are more likely AI reimaginings).

My biggest takeaway (as someone who never visited under either WNWS or RWS brandings) is just how sterile and prison-like some of these facilities feel - and honestly a little paint would be welcomed.

The screen over the wave pool is clever. later opening with screenings and such will be a good moneymaker. just maybe don't host any new years concerts yet. ;)

From what I understand, this has been in the works for over a year now, with the first offer taking place late 2024.

Sanderson Group (who built/themed Movie World) are involved in the project and seem to be delivering the retheme, so that seems extremely promising.....

The theme park industry is very "ghost written credits".

3 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

A lot of the cosmetics above is just paint work and not difficult to achieve in a couple months. The Eddys have proven that they can deep-theme well, and while this has only been announced this week, they've no doubt been prepping for a while (though I suspect some of these Artist's Impressions are more likely AI reimaginings).

My biggest takeaway (as someone who never visited under either WNWS or RWS brandings) is just how sterile and prison-like some of these facilities feel - and honestly a little paint would be welcomed.

The screen over the wave pool is clever. later opening with screenings and such will be a good moneymaker. just maybe don't host any new years concerts yet. ;)

Went there once when village owned it - the facilities did look pretty bland and didnt have a lot of character. But for me the park's biggest flaw is that it is a concrete jungle like WWW. For a park that is designed to be navigated barefoot, that's not very good. Anyone who's visited the park after 2015 please provide some further insight if anything was different.

Converting the wave pool seating area to artificial turf (like wet n wild) would be a good start. A bit of landscaping around the slides can go a long way too. At the end of the day it's competing with the ocean

The slide selection itself is among the best australia has to offer, however the place was so bland and uncomfortable to move around in its no wonder why it hasnt seen a lot of success. No doubt jamberoo can fix up in both areas when they can

Edited June 16Jun 16 by Baconjack

WWW might be a concrete jungle, but it's always been barefoot friendly. WnW, on the other hand, isn't nearly as forgiving.

WWW just needs to be DW-fockerised. Sydney Action Park, meanwhile, needs to figure out what it wants to be.

...so where do you control the action now? 😜

(Seriously though: This is stunningly awesome news)

23 hours ago, New display name said:

WWW might be a concrete jungle, but it's always been barefoot friendly. WnW, on the other hand, isn't nearly as forgiving.

WWW just needs to be DW-fockerised. Sydney Action Park, meanwhile, needs to figure out what it wants to be.

100% agree with this I remember the old wooden plank area Infront of Aqua loop and near River Rapids and standing on that felt like standing on a hot stove top.

WWW I hope does get some new attractions soon as the lines there get really long now and it would be good to have some more capacity.

On 16/06/2026 at 12:00 PM, ShakeShack said:

Sanderson Group (who built/themed Movie World) are involved in the project and seem to be delivering the retheme, so that seems extremely promising.....

I've never seen bad work by Sanderson. Hopefully they're given the creative licence to realise the vision. Nothing worse as a creative than working for a company that scales back the budget and compromises the final product.

On 18/6/2026 at 10:50 AM, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I've never seen bad work by Sanderson. Hopefully they're given the creative licence to realise the vision. Nothing worse as a creative than working for a company that scales back the budget and compromises the final product.

I did love their work on Bermuda Triangle from way back in the day...

The website for Sydney action park has been updated. However though it's pretty buggy: https://sydneyactionpark.com.au/open-hours/#

The website has information, slides park admission events etc. They are offering duel tickets and duel seasons passes for both Jamberoo and Sydney parks

Park map:

12 hours ago, TomiJ said:

They are offering duel tickets and duel seasons passes

I can't wait to get tickets to that!

I’m liking the new park map, tower and attraction names. They’re teasing all the work they are doing to refurb the park on their socials and it’s already looking so much better.

Noting they have removed the sky coaster from the park map (whether it’s been pulled down or not is unclear), but did it ever operate under raging waters?

The park seems to have solid operating hours, and is somewhat taking the WWW approach and being open all of school holidays, weekends in between and then closing from Easter to September. They’ve already confirmed they’re doing movie nights on saturdays in the summer and the movies they will be screening. Great transparency.

They’re ticketing prices seem to be solid and potentially good value if the park is operated well and the concept imagery they’ve shared does become reality. I definitely wouldn’t have paid this price for the way raging waters were operating it. But also offering the two park tickets is awesome value.

It makes sense that RW isn't open every day. Sydney winters can get a bit chilly, and NSW isn't exactly the theme park capital of Australia.

But a water park in the Gold Coast, with warm winters, in Australia's theme park capital closing for half the year? Do they think people go on a polar expedition when it hits 22°C. (Then again, maybe I shouldn't be too surprised. Didn't some of the staff come from Village?, the company that brought polar bears to the tropics) 🤣

7 hours ago, themagician said:

Noting they have removed the sky coaster from the park map (whether it’s been pulled down or not is unclear

Being the one thing that's lit up at 5am when i drive past, i can confirm that it still stands.

Since i'm local, is there anything anyone wants me to try and check out before i get down there hopefully opening day?

On 31/07/2026 at 10:22 AM, New display name said:

It makes sense that RW isn't open every day. Sydney winters can get a bit chilly, and NSW isn't exactly the theme park capital of Australia.

But a water park in the Gold Coast, with warm winters, in Australia's theme park capital closing for half the year? Do they think people go on a polar expedition when it hits 22°C. (Then again, maybe I shouldn't be too surprised. Didn't some of the staff come from Village?, the company that brought polar bears to the tropics) 🤣

When WNW GC goes to seasonal operations (let's face it, the way village is cutting costs, I can't see them keeping it open next winter), I'll be the first in line to buy tickets to watch you eat crow.

2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

When WNW GC goes to seasonal operations (let's face it, the way village is cutting costs, I can't see them keeping it open next winter), I'll be the first in line to buy tickets to watch you eat crow.

I’d say it’s almost a certainty at this point, considering what Village are going through right now. I think at the very least, they’ll reduce WNW’s winter operating days significantly (perhaps only opening during the school holidays for example). Often when I drive past the park during an off-peak winter operating day, the car park is basically empty.

If Village was going to close WnW, @Noll_57 they would've done it when MW and SW had their operating days cut. Waiting to next year would be like announcing Christmas has been cancelled on Boxing Day.