I looked through all the water park options and found that this one had the best of everything (price/size/features). It had a big slide plus room for my 3 wild ones to splash around. There was plenty of room for my husband and I to sit in the water with the kids while they played too. I cut up 10 pool noodles into 2.5 inch pieces (easy!!) and got over two hundred "balls" for the pool this way. They covered about 1/4th of the pool surface. We also have the Rock Crawler and this one is MUCH easier for me to set up/take down on my own. As for drying I empty as much of the water as I can and then wipe with my kids towels after they go inside. The Buccaneer dried on top very quickly this way but I still had to flip it to get the bottom to dry. There is no inside return but I fixed that with a 1.5' wide cut of indoor/outdoor carpet from Home Depot. The carpet rolls there are really long so you only need to buy the width you want your path to be. This kept the inflatable clean, kept my grass from getting trampled to death, and helped the kids remember to not run down the side of the slide where the inflator tube/blower is located. The only thing I could ask for is that they raise the weight limit on the slide so I can go down too!!