Remember those kids’ birthday parties, wherein you’d get a whole room to yourself to play your own music, eat pizza and generally run wild? Those days don’t have to be over just because you’re a grown-up. There’s a way into Gaylord Opryland Resort’s exclusive new SoundWaves attraction without staying at the hotel: renting a party room. The room costs $50 per person and comes with parking vouchers, pizza, a birthday cake and admission to the newly built water park. SoundWaves is a half-outdoor, half-indoor park with big, fast water slides as well as two lazy rivers, a wave pool and “water obstacles.” Frozen alcoholic beverages can be acquired at the adults-only pool, where you can sip frosé and watch people wipe out on the boogie board. Bliss. ELIZABETH JONES
Best Place for an Adult Birthday Party
Soundwaves
Photo: Daniel Meigs
