Also in 2003, Hawaiian Falls entered into a lease agreement with the city of Dallas to manage what would become Bahama Beach Waterpark.

Also in 2006, Busch had repurchased his company from Hereschend Family Entertainment and sold the parks in Garland and the Colony to CNL Lifestyle Properties.

Hawaiian Falls Roanoke opened Memorial Day weekend 2011 with the Mega WaterWorld attraction, the World's largest water playground.

[8][9] On August 6, 2013, the city of Pflugerville agreed on a development deal with Harvest Family Entertainment to build the sixth and largest Hawaiian Falls water park just south of the intersection of Texas State Highway 130 and Texas State Highway 45 in the city.

[10] In early November 2013, the city of White Settlement finalized with Hawaiian Falls to build their seventh location in the city in western Tarrant County, Texas where it features an adventure park, water park, event center, and an arcade center near Interstate 820.

Busch promised the city of Pflugerville “year-round revenue," stating, "We will fill that place up all winter long.

[12] Austin television news station KXAN [13] ran a story about the lay-offs in response to Facebook comments of Pflugerville residents.

In 2006, the existing waterpark was closed for renovation “because the ground at the hilly location became unsettled, and as a result, cracks began to surface in the equipment”.

[17] Gilbert residents had voiced opposition to the project for over a year, citing environmental issues, and arguing that it would be a violation of the separation of church and state to allow a company who openly proselytizes in their parks to partner with the city.

On November 19, 2013 Greenville City Council chose to partner with Splash Kingdom instead of Hawaiian Falls.

[19] On April 27, 2013, Hawaiian Falls presented a public-private partnership proposal to the city of Escondido's economic development subcommittee.

[20] On April 15, 2013 angry Escondido residents presented a petition to City Council opposing Hawaiian Falls’ proposal.

It will put the skids on this project.” [21] On April 7, 2014 the Rockwall, Texas City Council voted not to enter into the public-private partnership with Hawaiian Falls.

Rockwall Mayor David Sweet told reporters, “I am very hesitant and have serious concerns about another public-private partnership involving a $25 million debt paid back over 30 years.” Mayor Sweet and city council were also concerned about water issues during a statewide drought.

[25] On June 12, 2014 County Council approved a 2% hospitality tax on prepared meals to fund a waterpark.

Later in June 2014, members of the Richland County Council spent $7,560 in tax dollar to visit Hawaiian Falls parks in Texas.

Each of the seven parks has a separate lease structure with the cities participation ranging from contributing land and infrastructure costs(Garland and The Colony)to 100% financing .

"[32] According to Rawd B. Jones, whose company Pure Group, administers Connections, the program includes after hours Bible study and church services, as well as training on how to bring the gospel to guests.

The water park sits on roughly 12 acres (49,000 m2) adjacent to the Spring Creek Forest Preserve and is visible from the George Bush turnpike, which broke ground on December 18, 2002.

In 2006 Hawaiian Falls The Colony was purchased from Horizon Family Holdings by CNL Lifestyle Properties for $5.82 million.

It became home of the world's largest aqua play structure which will include a three-lane racer, a family raft ride with several exciting body slides, one 500-gallon and one 1,000-gallon dump bucket, numerous interactive pulleys, wheels and much more.