{"id":788217,"date":"2026-05-11T06:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788217\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T06:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:54:30","slug":"houston-area-waterpark-implements-chaperone-policy-for-mothers-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788217\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston-area waterpark implements chaperone policy for Mother&#8217;s Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A valid government-issued photo ID with date of birth is required for all chaperones at the time of entry,&#8221; the park said.<\/p>\n<p>HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/hurricane-harbor-splashtown-free-prek-pass-houston\/285-4043fe36-cd64-44cb-8689-23b9bfc1e3ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown<\/a> is cracking down on unaccompanied minors this Mother&#8217;s Day weekend by &#8220;enforcing an enhanced Chaperone Police,&#8221; the park said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HurricaneHarborSplashtown\/posts\/pfbid0zaKNjeQtJTY1v4TdasXtv9JTW1mrcFHZeD9b4WH2xi2X5tLcs4f8i5fHBYJfSQczl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That means anyone age 17 or below must be accompanied by someone 21 years old or older.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This policy will be in enforcement daily from open to close,&#8221; Splashtown said.<\/p>\n<p>The chaperone policy will be in place on Saturday, May 9, and Sunday, May 10.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A valid government-issued photo ID with date of birth is required for all chaperones at the time of entry,&#8221; the park said.<\/p>\n<p>The park said up to six children can be accompanied per chaperone, and the chaperone must stay with the group for the entire time they are in the park.<\/p>\n<p>Splashtown didn&#8217;t say why the policy was implemented, but social media posts were circulating online promoting a possible &#8220;Teen Takeover&#8221; weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe these updates will help preserve the positive atmosphere that millions of guests have come to expect from Hurricane Harbor Splashtown, where families and friends can make lasting memories together,&#8221; the park said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Similar policies have been put in place at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/houston-memorial-city-mall-cufiew\/285-dcdc8fd0-2ea5-4b65-a495-6bccbf72b9d8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Willowbrook Mall and Memorial City Mall<\/a>. Those were in response to social media posts about a possible gathering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sixflags.com\/splashtown\/code-of-conduct?fbclid=IwY2xjawRsFBZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWTUpidHdZcVJUc1J1UXBQc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkHtR4v-iBORooKwoetxgQ48ej3Jdax1sWKyPIUNVizALULsSHw4So7GliRS_aem_i3UJf2oiZ2a10UdLeP7wJg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here<\/a> for more information on park policies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/hurricane-harbor-splashtown-chaperone-police\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>newstips@khou.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0or call 713-521-4310 and include your name and the best way to reach you.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;A valid government-issued photo ID with date of birth is required for all chaperones at the time of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":788218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-788217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116554633556299410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}