The idea stemmed from the splash pad at Ontario Place in Canada and the wave pool at Point Mallard Park in Alabama.

The renovation saw three ProSlide Technology "Kidz" slides added as well as a castle with a tipping bucket which dumped 250 US gallons (950 L; 210 imp gal) of water every three-and-a-half minutes.

[17][18] In 2011, the Kids Park was demolished and was replaced by Blastaway Beach, a larger children's water play area that opened in 2012, also themed around sandcastles.

[22][23] The former site of Wet N' Wild is currently occupied by Universal's Endless Summer Resort which opened in June 2019.

[3][26] The park was featured on Travel Channel's Extreme Waterparks and was also the setting for the music video for "Se a vida é", by the Pet Shop Boys.

The park was featured for Puerto Rican band Menudo for their video Nao Se Reprima in Portuguese.