Six Flags New England in Agawam, near Springfield, is the oldest amusement park in Six Flags chain, operating formerly as Riverside beginning in the late 1800s. The park opens briefly for spring break, then operates mainly Memorial Day through Labor Day.Īnother Six Flags location makes the list in western Massachusetts, along the Connecticut border. Hurricane Harbor, included with your admission, provides water park fun with waterslides, pools and many ways to stay cool during the park’s summer season. Located in Upper Marlboro, the popular chain continues to thrill and delight in the Mid-Atlantic with thrilling coasters, playful family rides and plenty for little ones. The parks are open Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend.įor the largest amusement park in Washington/Baltimore area, Six Flags America is the spot. It has the standards: a wave pool, a lazy river and a splash area. What’s summer fun without a water park, and Kentucky Kingdom has that too, in the form of Hurricane Bay. Coasters include Storm Chaser, Thunder Run and T3, with many rides best-suited for families and school-aged kids. There is more in Louisville than baseball and horse racing: it is also home to the 53-acre Kentucky Kingdom amusement park. The water park has heated pools and is open from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. Little kids have a play area with 13 mini slides, and parents can enjoy the swim-up bar and private cabanas available. A chain with locations mainly in Texas, those in Kansas can ride towering water slides, surf on the Boogue Bahn, and get their kicks on water coasters that will leave them shrieking. Keep cool in Kansas City at the expansive Schlitterbahn Waterpark.
Adventure Bay features Iowa’s largest wave pool and longest lazy river, and kiddie, family and thrill rides are abundant, with more than 100 rides and attractions in which to try. With double-looping roller coasters, wooden coasters, and wild water rides like Raging Waters, kids of all sizes will love this amusement park. Iowa’s summer attractions can be found outside of the fairgrounds at the seasonal Adventureland in Altoona, not far from Des Moines. The park is open weekends in late spring and September, but mostly May through August. At its Splashin’ Safari, you can ride the world’s longest water coaster, Mammoth. Holiday World is filled with roller coasters and rides for kids of all ages, including the only launched wing coaster in the country. In a town called Santa Claus, you would expect to find fun for kids based around a holiday theme, and while it does offer winter events, the town’s summer draw is its Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari.
H2Oasis Indoor Waterpark in Anchorage provides a year-round splash destination with a wave pool, lazy river, flume and body slides, and a splash zone. Just because it is Alaska doesn’t mean the kids can’t enjoy some slip-sliding fun. For little kids, WaWa World has splash and play areas for those under 42 inches in height. The water park is open seasonally, from the end of May through September, and features a wave pool, a lazy river, FlowRider, and a number of waterslides, from the Screamin’ Demon 60-foot drop slide to the Triple Dog Dare body slide. Kids of all ages (parents, too!) can find fun and laughs across the country - especially in this collection of the biggest and best amusement parks in each state.Ī 20-acre water park near the Alabama coastline, Waterville USA in Gulf Shores adds more fun to a beach getaway on the Gulf of Mexico. in Connecticut in 1846, amusement parks provide a place where kids can be kids and run and slide and soar in a variety of rides. Summertime has always meant exciting playtime for kids, and what better way to have fun than at an amusement and water park? First appearing in the U.S.
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