History of Schlitterbahn Waterparks & Resorts
Awards List
2018 Golden Ticket Award from Amusement Today/Schlitterbahn New Braunfels voted World’s Best Waterpark in annual poll of amusement park fans. 2017 Golden Ticket Award from Amusement Today/Schlitterbahn New Braunfels voted World’s Best Waterpark in annual poll of [...]
History Highlights
History Highlights 1966 The Henry family moves to New Braunfels and takes overs Camp Landa, a small resort on the banks of the Comal River on Labor Day Weekend. 1979 Schlitterbahn [...]
Schlitterbahn Marketing History
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Historic Schlitterbahn Images
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Narrative History
Narrative History In 1966 along a stretch of a tree-lined, spring-fed river in the Texas Hill Country, Bob and Billye Henry and their three children took over a small resort. Over the next fifty years they would combine hard [...]
Schlitterbahn Waterparks & Resorts
40 Years of Fun in the Sun
In 1966, along a stretch of a tree-lined, spring-fed river on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, Bob and Billye Henry and their three children began creating what would eventually become the world’s first water resort and the nation’s most popular summertime waterpark. Since what they were building had never been attempted before, the Henry’s relied on their own vision of combining water fun and resort accommodations into a family destination.
Press Kits, Fact Sheets, & History
New Braunfels, TX
Schlitterbahn Waterpark & ResortSchlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels
Celebrating 40 Years of Summer Fun.
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South Padre Island, TX
Schlitterbahn Beach Resort & WaterparkSchlitterbahn Beach Resort & Waterpark South Padre
Be at the Beach.
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Galveston, TX
Schlitterbahn Waterpark GalvestonSchlitterbahn Waterpark & Indoor Waterpark Galveston
Fun on Record Breaking Rides.
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Corpus Christi, TX
Schlitterbahn Riverpark & ResortSchlitterbahn Riverpark & Resort Corpus Christi
Resort, Restaurant, Riverpark.
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