We started on a twisty coaster called Super Flight that you ride standing up.
Then we braved the old wooden Dragon Coaster, which is only two years younger than the Coney Island Cyclone.
Ethan and I rode the Log Flume.
Samuel was traumatized on this ride at age three and has never gone on it since. Here's the traumatic moment immortalized on a Father's Day mug.
But we digress. We rode Starship 2000 (a spinning g-force ride), the Yo-Yo (flying swings), the SkyFlyer (an upside-down spinner), a haunted house ride, the Playland Plunge (just me and Ethan again), and one more trip on the Dragon Coaster before heading home. Fun to ride the big-kid rides, fun to see toddlers and little kids having fun (alternating with meltdowns), fun to eat chicken strips and cotton candy.
Despite being a hot, sunny Sunday in mid-July, the park wasn't that crowded.
I love the fact that it's historic (opened in 1928) and that they've maintained many of the original buildings and several of the original rides. It's cheaper and closer than Dorney Park or Six Flags, and although it doesn't match those parks for thrills, it's a throwback to simpler times.
Speaking of throwbacks to simpler times...
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