Sub-par Water Park Gets 4 out of 4 Stars from Kids

So we'd been to El Escorial yesterday (essentially a giant royal palace/museum) and to the Thyssen Museum the day before (5 hours of amazing art) and so Ed and I "owed" the boys some serious kid fun. Despite mediocre web reviews for AQUAPORTO!, we decided to indulge the boys in their water slides anyway. As usual, we had a rocky start, taking two metros to a bus (recommended by Frommers, I might add) that dropped us off on the side of the highway leading to exactly nowhere. At which point we wondered aloud "What on earth are we doing?" Even the kids were slightly nervous as trucks thundered past us at 80 mph. So we picked our way down an exit and finally found a shopkeeper who pointed us over a busy overpass, found a crumbling sidewalk on the opposite highway to cross a bridge over a river and after more walking at last spotted a sign that directed us to AQUAPORTO. Which, from the perspectives of the 1o yr old and 7 year old, was nothing but awesome. They just loved it. We were happy they were happy and it's always fun to be at a giant pool with several slide options but we wouldn't recommend it for adults. It's mediocre and expensive (entry, food, cabanas, etc.). And due to some rowdy teenagers, the wave pool was shut down for the day after only 3 or 4 waves. Still, the boys could not have been happier. Plus the staff helped us get a taxi, which was well worth the added expense for our return. Now off to find a new tapas place to recover from a full day!