O'Gliss Park Tickets & Visitor Guide

O’Gliss Park is what happens when a region that already owns French summer tourism — the Vendée coast, a short drive from beaches like La Tranche-sur-Mer — builds a water park to match the crowds. Opened in June 2016 and billing itself as the largest water park in France, it packs more than 25 attractions across roughly 8 hectares: sixteen slides, a wave pool, a lagoon, 400 metres of rapid rivers and a kids’ zone with heated water. Over 200,000 people come each season.

The catch is that the season is short — ten weeks, late June to early September — and the demand curve inside it is brutal: the same park that feels roomy on a cloudy June weekday is at capacity on an August heatwave Saturday. Booking a dated ticket and arriving at opening are the two decisions that shape your whole day.

Quick Summary

Quick fact	Detail
Tickets from	€37 adult (11+), 2026 rate; children 5–10 around €28 and ages 3–4 around €16 per the 2025 price list; under 3 free — [source: official O’Gliss Park website]
Opening hours	Park opens 9:00–10:00 depending on date; season runs June 20 – September 6, 2026
Advance booking	Recommended — tickets are dated, and peak summer days can hit capacity
Time needed	Full day — the slide count doesn’t fit into a half-day at peak queues

Ticket Types Compared

O’Gliss keeps its ticket menu short: a dated day ticket, a handful of age bands, and add-ons.

Standard dated day ticket

The core product: €37 for ages 11+ in 2026, with child bands below (5–10 around €28, 3–4 around €16, under 3 free, seniors 65+ around €29). Book online for your date — it guarantees entry on days the gate hits capacity and skips the ticket-window queue.

• Best for: everyone. There’s no complicated tier system to outsmart.
• Skip if: the forecast is genuinely bad — this is an outdoor park, and a cold day shrinks what you can enjoy.

VIP / comfort add-ons

The park sells premium extras around its relaxation zones — private areas with jacuzzis and reserved space in the Sunset’Playa beach area. Worth it for groups planning a full lounging day; irrelevant if you’re there to lap the slides.

• Best for: adults-only groups and families wanting a guaranteed base camp.
• Skip if: you’ll spend the day in queues and rivers anyway.

Combined O’Gliss + O’Fun tickets

Next door at Le Bois Lambert sits sister park O’Fun Park — a Far-West-themed adventure park with more than 30 activities and a much longer season (April 4 – November 1 in 2026). Combined passes covering both parks are sold for multi-day visits.

• Best for: holidaymakers staying a week in southern Vendée — one wet day, one dry day.
• Skip if: you have a single day; each park fills it on its own.

Third-party tickets (GetYourGuide)

GetYourGuide lists an O’Gliss day pass (recent listings around $46) with app-based tickets and its own cancellation terms. It’s a reasonable fallback if the official calendar shows your date sold out of online allotments — but compare against the €37 official rate first.

• Best for: travellers already booking their France trip through one platform.
• Skip if: the official price is lower for your date, which it typically is.

Timing Is Everything

A short season plus school holidays plus weather makes O’Gliss timing unusually predictable.

• Quietest: the first two weeks of the season (late June, before French schools break up) and the final week of August into early September.
• Busiest: mid-July through mid-August, any day over 30°C, and summer Sundays. On heatwave days, treat a pre-booked ticket as mandatory.
• Best photo time: first hour after opening, before the lagoon and wave pool fill; the Sunset’Playa area earns its name in the late afternoon.
• Daily rhythm: slide queues peak from roughly 12:00 to 16:00. Hit the big slides at opening, switch to rivers, pools and lunch through the crush, then take a second run at the slides after 16:30 as beach-bound families leave.

The Insider Entry

The park sells an early-entry option from 8:30, ahead of the general 9:00–10:00 opening. On peak days that half-hour-plus is the cheapest queue-skip you’ll find in any French park: two or three rides on the headline slides before the main gate crowd reaches them. If you’re visiting in the July–August core, it’s worth more than any comfort add-on.

How to Save

• Mind the age bands. Under-3s are free, 3–4 year-olds pay the small Bout’Choux rate (around €16), and the child rate runs to age 10 — an 11th birthday is when the price jumps to adult.
• Seniors 65+ pay around €29 instead of €37.
• Go early or late season. Prices are flat, but the value isn’t — a late-June weekday delivers the same park with a fraction of the queueing, which is the real currency of a water park.
• Doing both parks? Buy the combo. The combined O’Gliss + O’Fun ticket beats two separate day tickets for holidaymakers staying nearby.
• Book online regardless. Even when prices match the gate, dated online tickets protect you from capacity closures on hot days.

How to Get There

O’Gliss Park sits at Le Bois Lambert, between the villages of Le Bernard and Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits in southern Vendée. This is rural France: come by car.

• By car: around 15 minutes from La Tranche-sur-Mer, 20 minutes from Les Sables-d’Olonne, and roughly half an hour from La Roche-sur-Yon. From Nantes, allow about an hour and a quarter. On-site parking serves both O’Gliss and O’Fun.
• By train: the nearest useful stations are La Roche-sur-Yon and Les Sables-d’Olonne, but there’s no practical bus link to the park — you’d need a taxi for the final stretch, so a rental car wins for most visitors.
• Staying on the coast? The park is squarely aimed at the campsite belt between La Tranche and Les Sables; many holiday parks in the area sell tickets or run occasional shuttles — ask at your campsite reception.

Inside the Park: What’s Worth Your Queue

Stingray is the flagship: a massive inflatable-raft slide the park bills as Europe’s largest, with a world’s-best-attraction award in 2024 to its name. It posts the longest queue on site almost every day — ride it in the first hour or during the late-afternoon lull.

Délir’Space concentrates the thrill slides — a dozen of them, from racing mats to near-vertical drops — and is where slide-focused visitors will spend most of the day. Exploral’O is the park’s other signature: 400 metres of wild-river courses, closer to gentle rafting than to a lazy river, and the best midday option when slide queues peak.

O’Cayo, the Caribbean-styled lagoon with waterfalls, and Sunset’Playa — wave pool, sand beach and cocktail bar — cover the lounging half of the day. Ludo’Park gives children up to about 10 their own slides and heated water, which quietly solves the biggest problem of mixed-age water park visits: cold, bored small kids.

One-day plan: Stingray and the Délir’Space headliners at opening, Exploral’O rivers before lunch, lagoon and wave pool through the afternoon peak, then a final slide run after 16:30.

Where the Data Comes From

Prices, dates and attraction details in this guide come from the official O’Gliss Park website and partner listings such as GetYourGuide, checked on the date shown below. Seasonal parks adjust rates and calendars each spring, so confirm prices and your date’s hours on the official booking page before you travel.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much are O'Gliss Park tickets?

Adult tickets (ages 11+) are listed at €37 for the 2026 season. In 2025, children 5–10 paid €28 and ages 3–4 paid €16; under-3s enter free. Seniors 65+ have a reduced rate around €29. Confirm current rates on the official booking site.

When is O'Gliss Park open in 2026?

The 2026 season runs from June 20 to September 6, with the park opening between 9:00 and 10:00 depending on the date. It's a summer-only park — outside those ten weeks it's closed.

What is the Stingray at O'Gliss Park?

The park's headline slide — billed as Europe's largest inflatable-raft water slide, and winner of a world's-best-attraction award in 2024 according to the park. Expect its queue to be the longest on site; ride it first.

Is O'Gliss Park good for young children?

Yes. Ludo'Park is a dedicated zone for kids up to about 10 with age-adapted slides and heated water, and under-3s enter free. The wave pool and lagoon areas work for mixed-age groups.

What's the difference between O'Gliss Park and O'Fun Park?

They're neighbouring sister parks at Le Bois Lambert. O'Gliss is the water park (summer only); O'Fun is a Far-West-themed adventure park with 30+ activities and a longer season (April–November in 2026). Combined tickets covering both exist.

How do I get to O'Gliss Park?

By car — the park sits between Le Bernard and Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits in southern Vendée, about 15 minutes from La Tranche-sur-Mer and 20 from Les Sables-d'Olonne. There's no practical public transport; the nearest stations are La Roche-sur-Yon and Les Sables-d'Olonne.

Can you bring food into O'Gliss Park?

The park is built around its own restaurants and the Sunset'Playa bar area; check the current bag policy on the official site before packing a cooler, as rules on outside food change season to season.

Guide last updated: 2026-08-18. Facts are sourced from the official O'Gliss Park website and our ticketing partners; always double-check before you travel.