Spent last Wednesday afternoon at Dorney Park with the family! Grew up right down the road from Dorney and spent MANY hours with friends there and made many great memories! I was excited to take Alissa. We got discount tickets through the company my mom works for which was another plus! And kids under 2 are free!
Seeing that it was a hot summer day, I expected the place to be crowded! We were pleasantly surprised when we saw many empty parking lots as we pulled in! Before we even entered the park Alissa saw the "horsies" also known as the carousel. So that was the first ride we went on.
We spent a few hours in Planet Snoopy, the kiddie area at Dorney, and it was great entertainment for a 2 year old (ahh can't believe she's almost 2) and a 4 1/2 year old. They have a great Snoopy Show and many more rides than they had the last time I was there. My niece who is 8, of course wanted to go on the bigger rides so we had to split up for a little bit.
I was sooo surprised at all their safety precautions/regulations though. I guess it is a good thing they are very strict about the rules, but it was definitely almost a little over the top as far as height requirements, safety restraints, etc. Someone had to come around and open our seatbelt on every ride we went on. Defintely think the safety belts are a good thing, but it took a lot of time for the attendant to open every seatbelt at the end of the ride! (Seeing that we were riding rides such as the kiddie cars that go around in a slow circle). But I guess better safe than sorry! It was very different from the experience we had at Hershey Park.
We then decided to spend our last hour or so at Wildwater Kingdom, hoping that most people would be heading over to Dorney Park at that time, and we would have to worry about changing to go back on the rides. First thing we saw when we walked in was the wave pool. My sisters kids (who are excellent swimmers) wanted to run right in! That was until they saw the sign that said "If you are under 48" you need to wear a life vest". Well needless to say that didn't go over well with my nephew, which then led to meltdowns from very tired kids. We did put life vests on and try the wave pool for a little, then decided to check out the rest of the park. We found some great kiddie pools with cute slides (which
Alissa hated of course). But she loved the fountains!
However, after a few meltdowns and injuries we decided it was time to head home! We had a great afternoon, probably should have tried to get there a little earlier so the kids didn't get so tired by the end of the afternoon. But all in all, I would recommend this park to anyone with kids! I suggest a weekday visit, as we barely had to wait in line for any rides (and really wouldn't have had too if it didn't take so long to unbuckle seatbelts). Check into local businesses to see if they offer any discount tickets also! Otherwise, just like any other amusement park it gets a little expensive!
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