School Days 2025

Make a Maritime Fun Group attraction an end of year tradition! Reward students for a long year of hard work and provide them with a day outside of the classroom. We would be pleased to host your class for a day to remember!

If you have any questions about the park, or its facilities, please do not hesitate to contact our office at 902-963-3939 ext 221. If you would like to tour the park, we would be pleased to show you around at anytime.

Shining Waters Family Fun Park

Admission: $17.39 + tax per person

This special rate is only available on school days listed on the calendar, and cannot be combined with any other offer. 

Hours

9:30am to 3:00pm
If you require an earlier opening or a later closing time, please do not hesitate to ask.

Meals & Picnics

Students can eat at our main restaurant, Riddle’s Takeout, which offers Shopsy’s All Beef hot dogs, Crispy Chicken Bites, Poutine, Fries and Combos. BeaverTails and Shipwreck Treat Shoppe will also be open.

You are welcome to bring your own picnic if you wish and gas barbeques can be rented but should be booked in advance to ensure availability. We can help you with storage and refrigeration of your picnic supplies. Large covered picnic areas in the Stewart Homestead Community Park can also be booked in advance and there is space for games or other activities in these areas.

Chaperones

Teachers and chaperones are admitted free of charge based on our recommended ratio of one chaperone to 10 children. If there are families that want to join their children, they would also qualify for the school rate!

Bus drivers are also free, and will be provided with complimentary coffee and meals.

Sandspit

Admission: $17.39 + tax per person

This special rate is only available on school days listed on the calendar, and cannot be combined with any other offer. Bracelets include all rides except the go-karts. 

Hours

9:30am to 3:00pm
If you require an earlier opening or a later closing time, please do not hesitate to ask.

Meals & Picnics

Students can eat at the Pit Stop Canteen, which serves poutine, crispy chicken combos, hot dog combos, fries and drinks. 

There are also limited picnic facilities available.

Chaperones

There is no admission charge to the grounds; teachers and chaperones may request a complimentary bracelet based on our recommended ratio of one chaperone to 10 children.

If there are families that want to join their children, they would also qualify for the school rate to purchase bracelets!

Bus drivers will be provided with complimentary coffee and meals.

Rain Dates

We encourage all groups to specify a rain date when they book their event. If you decide to postpone your event, all groups are required to contact the park directly at 1-877-963-3939 ext 221, as soon as a decision has been made. You are required to contact us by 7:30 am the day of your booking.

Book Your School

School groups at Shining Waters and Sandspit are also required to book an arrival time to help speed up the entry process.

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    Notes

     

    This is not an exclusive rental, the facility will be open to other guests.

     

    Rounds of laser tag are 7 minutes long, plus a few minutes in the vesting room.

     

    If there are other guests in, your rounds will not be consecutive.

     

    You can play as many rounds of laser tag as you can in the time allotted, and each package includes a minimum number of laser tag rounds

     

     

    You may continue to play past the time to get your minimum number of rounds in. In a situation where you reach the minimum number of rounds, you may continue to play rounds (on your turn) until the time is up.

     

    If you have to leave before you play your rounds there are no refunds.