COEUR D'ALENE -- With temperatures bubbling up ever closer to the century mark people are going to be looking for all sorts of ways to keep cool. If Wild Waters in Coeur d’Alene was on your list of places to beat the heat this summer, think again.

The slides are dry at Wild Waters this year.

Wild Waters’ website says the park has been shut down to allow for refurbishing of water slides and new renovations. Back in 2007, the park spent $1.5 million dollars on a new lazy river and other features.

Tina Arneson lives a few blocks away from the park and her son has spent his summers working at the park while her husband enjoyed it as a kid. But this summer, a locked gate is turning people away.

“The big signs that says closed for the season is still up there and the gates have never opened," she said.

And there’s no telling when they’ll reopen. The company’s website says that the park will reopen for business next summer but there was no way to verify this; the company’s phone number has been disconnected.

“I’m hoping that they're getting their finances together, figuring out what they're doing and that they'll open next year," Tina said.