Our Vrbo is right across the street from this amusement park. And luckily it opened the weekend we…read moreare staying here. Opening night was Saturday. We rounded up our adult children and made them come with us to check out the park. To be honest, this amusement park is far from it's prime. I'm sure back in the day when it first opened, it probably was so much more exciting and fun. The amusement park looks really run down. Some of the game stands were looking pretty sad. There were a lot of arcade type spots, some were nice and some needed some tlc. There were a few of the rides that were open and operating. Some were still down. The roller-coaster gives you some butterflies while riding it but it's still very tiny. It's about 8 bucks for a very fast ride. So, you're really paying for the core memory of the ride and not the ride itself. I can see this joint being fun for kids and teens. They don't know any better. The bright lights and arcade games is exciting for them. For my older kids who are in their early 20's, we were able to distract them with a few games for some tickets but the interest didn't last long. For a smaller amusement park, it does it's job. It would be a fun date night just to walk the beach, share a fry bread and ride the roller coaster. I'm happy I got to check it out with my little family tonight. It wasn't the most exciting but we got to share time and create some memories together hanging out at the amusement park tonight.

Looking for a time warp back to the 1960's? Sylvan Beach amusement park is for you. Looking for a…read moremodern, high-tech, well-kept spot? Move along as this isn't it. Thankfully for me and many others, the retro vibes are what we want and this place has it in spades! The roller coaster looks old and ready to buckle, but hey what's life without a little risk? The main arcade has skee-ball that is so old, there are no 100 pockets in the corners! I love it! Several games in the arcade are not working correctly, the staff knows it, but they are super friendly in spite of that. But the real reason to come to this amusement park is.... FASCINATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sylvan Beach is one of only five or six amusement parks left in the United States that still offer this PERFECT game which combines bingo, roll-a-ball derby, and skee-ball. Go watch a Youtube video or two on Fascination Bingo and you'll be as hooked as I am. Be the first to light up five slots in a row on your grid and win redemption tickets and bragging rights! They offer bonus tickets if you light a harder line (like the center row or the back row), or if you get a double or even triple bingo. There's room for 40 players, but half of the lanes don't work as these were constructed back in the early 1900s and are close to 100 years old - so if you don't snag a lane, watch a few rounds and jump onto one when someone gets up! 50 cents per game, can you beat the price? No, you can't. The two young ladies who operate the Fascination parlor are sassy and sweet, engaging to all guests young and old, roast you beautifully if your ball gets stuck, and genuinely love their job. Bring hydration to the Fascination Parlor - there is no air conditioning and you'll be jumping and celebrating your wins - it's a hot-yoga-esque workout! Sylvan Beach has a cute snack bar with reasonably priced food and ice cream, old-school midway games, an air-gun target shooting gallery, three arcades in total, bumper cars, bumper boats, and other fun things, but Fascination is why you want to go there, so enjoy it - I'll cry when this place closes and maybe I'll buy the lanes and open up my own parlor!

Peterpaul is yet another great longtime attraction on Rt. 49. Where else can you enjoy batting…read morecages, bumper boats, Slush Puppies (!!!!), go-karts, and an arcade full of the classics, plus foosball and that awesomely timeless basket-shooting game. The people who run Peterpaul are VERY nice and the prices are extremely reasonable. If you have somehow missed this place, or haven't been here yet this summer, check it out!! http://www.peterpaulrecreation.com/arcade.html

I second the previous review! This place is clean and very well run! The owners and staff are so…read morenice and friendly and very accommodating to young children! We will be back during our next visit to my in-laws.

OMGOSH. Amazing hidden gem in Oneonta, New york. Great little arcade and not-so-crappy prizes! love…read moregoing! It's a must go!

We have revisited this rink after a very long interlude and WOW it's amazing!…read moreThe staff are patient, knowledgeable and keep an unintrusive eye on their clients. That being said they are not babysitters and children who are not able to skate independently and safely need to be supervised. The skates are good, but don't hesitate to make them aware if the laces need to be tweaked or replaced. There are very few things for minors to do in any direction and for very long distances, but even if there were more choices this destination should top your list. It's affordable, a healthy way to spend a few hours and fun memories to be made. They also do a wonderful birthday party during open hours or schedule a private time.

A group of us went here for adult night! lol is all I can say. Definitely not for kids!…read moreWe had fun on the rides. Just like when we were kids! We went on the train twice, the scrambler, the big slide. they have a little school bus there that you can go on and sit and pretend to drive. We had a couple of drinks, it was a nice summer night and this place is close enough to Lyft. DJ music all night! We had a slice of pizza, fries, tried the fried dough. It was delicious. The beer is very expensive and they poured it into what looked like a five or 6 ounce cup and it was nine dollars. You could get the same size wine for the same price or you can get a can of various flavored ciders. It didn't really make any sense and it was insanely expensive for the beer and that is my only negative feedback. Why couldn't we just get a can of beer? Otherwise we had a great time and we had fun being big kids.

Brought the grandkids (and parents) on Sunday afternoon. Kids are 5 & 6 ( and another 14 month…read moreold). Got tix through our union for a nice discount -2 books of 25 tix for $50. Kids enjoyed the rides. Suitable for their age. Youngest did Like the carousel and caterpillar ride. Most of the other rides were good for 5 and 6 y/o. Spent about 3 hours there and everyone enjoyed it. Not crowded which was nice.

I'd read about the new ownership and Just went for the first time with our 5 year old and had a…read moregreat time. The kids area was perfect for her age and she was able to go on the bigger tube slide with me.

My kids love it here! Great place to visit in the summer to have fun and relax. I love how close it…read moreis for us and the price is reasonable. Great variety for fun for all ages. Worth the trip!!

This one is located inside a mall. They open only at 12 noon which is an issue . Hope they opened…read moreearlier - say 10 am .. luckily we were in early and there was no crowd. If crowded I'm sure the wait times are more for basketballs, and other kids games . Not many employees to help with 4D shows , helicopter rides etc. we had to go and call them from the front desk .. Overall the place was fun for kids . Luckily it's not insanely expensive . For 20$ it is worth it and with rope adventure it was about 30$. It took an hour for us to finish.. nicely located in a mall. Lots of food options .. parking is good .

What a let down. We…read moredrove the hour drive from Utica solely based on a family member's nieces' experience where she said it was amazing. Half of the attractions were down / out of service. Minimal staff to help out. My kids had more fun exploring the mall than visiting this place. We did the rope thing they have and at one point both my kids (9, 7) were on the same obstacle. The young lady working it yelled at my kids "only one at time" in such a rude manner it made my daughter cry and want to leave ASAP. No one told us that was a rule, would have appreciated knowing that before they yelled at my kids. Generally disorganized, a lot of things not working. Not worth the money and time spent. Would not recommend. My brother who lives in upstate and recommended it apologized for it being such a bad experience. On a plus they did have Astro Pops for sale which I loved as a kid and purchased for my children which they loved.

Amazing Food Quality products for sure…read more The atmosphere is super unique. Staff and service is always welcoming and friendly. The ice cream is best around Voted best Ice Cream in NEPA

savory bites, shared smiles, and the quiet anticipation of ice cream; five stars before the spoons…read moreeven hit the bowl. the service was so kind and welcoming, which made it all even better.

We are an amusement park family, rotating annual passes or choosing to go to the bigger parks of…read moreFlorida on a particular year. In 2024, we were on a Six Flags kick and hit up as many on the east coast as we could. One last stop was to Great Escape, another of the parks within driving distance of the Boston area. Our trips to these parks farther away usually end up being multiple days, so on this visit we did a Sat/Sun visit during spooky season. As you drive along I-87, you spot SFGE off to the right. What greets you though isn't the best looking park in the world because you've got to see front and center, one of the ugliest Arrow coasters known to man. This thing has seen better days, the best thing this place could do is tear it down and put something in that spot that has a wow factor. Like yesterday, just do it. Our GPS took us right up to the park when it was typed in, whoops. Totally our fault, but we had to turn around in a hotel right next door to the park to actually go to the lot entrance, which is on the other side of the road (the sign isn't super big and you get no warning as to when it's coming). Parking in Lot #2 wasn't paved, so it was really difficult for our two kid stroller to navigate, I can't imagine how someone with a wheelchair gets around in there. Pave this next time, please. I continue to mention the two day stay, because one wasn't really pleasant at all while the other was a dream. And yes, when I say that I mean the size of the crowd. Too many unchaperoned teens running around on Saturday not really caring who they might run into or what they were saying around small kids. Sunday was nothing like that and most rides were a walk-on. The park itself is relatively clean, especially compared to its Six peers. It's probably that time of year, but why must you close down what amounts to big portion of the front of the park? I counted 6-7 rides closed the first day, including some kid rides that they were disappointed they wouldn't be getting on. They are trying to compete by adding the likes of Bobcat, the new and possibly the best entry from The Gravity Group. Find something with a small footprint like Bobcat to again, welcome people to the park, not one that your grandparents enjoyed in the 80's. That thing looks far from being any kind of "demon". The carry over items from when it was Storytown are a lot of fun, even if some of them look a bit dated. I'm just glad they decided to keep this decor, from the castle now flowing with rivers of blood for Halloween to the tiny storefronts all kids up to the age of 7 will enjoy. You can also see some of the items from the olden days on the train ride around the park. We got a meal deal for the day, where you can purchase a meal or snack every 90 minutes. As long as you get there early, this is super worth it. But what we didn't plan on was waiting in line 25 minutes to get dinner so this can hurt the timing of it all and you might miss out on a last snack at the end of your day. The nachos were stellar, the pizza I give a 4.2 on the Portnoy scale, and the chicken tenders were you know, tenders. It's amusement park food but at least none of it made us sick to go on rides. The next day we had a treat of fried dough which was super fresh and soft. Staff was hit or miss, 90% of them like most places, were helpful and nice...even if they can be tough to find beyond those working rides at times if you have questions. We ran into a few that could have been having a bad day, it can't be an easy job trying to watch out for the safety of teenage idiots all day. It's not the best Six Flags, refurbishments suck when you hope they wait until after October ends and its all closed until the spring. Some of it still needs an upgrade but overall, we enjoyed ourselves. There is still work to be done and I hope SF and the new corporate structure will continue giving this park the time and money it deserves for what is a pretty rural community. But it was still enjoyable enough to get us back some day, as long as things can remain open and staffed.

Not worth it Under new ownership and boy! does it show. 80%…read moreof the rides were not in operation and the 20% that were running were malfunctioning. Only 1 option for food vending on top of it. Water park looks like it hasn't been running in years. Don't waste your time or money on this place. I wish I hadn't.

It's a hidden gem.. the perfect five star fun park for kids of any age.. we were driving back from…read moreVermont to New Jersey and found this place on the way.. it's actually wanted to do some go karting and I found this place through Google and it had good reviews.. yeah even though it's not the biggest go karting tracks kids had ample fun.. a smaller track but they had about 21 laps per person.. It was fun. Kids went to the go kart twice .. and pricewise. It wasn't exuberantly expensive like other the so-called go karting tracks... we paid about $70 for 12 activities, which wasn't bad at all.. There were also batting cages. Kids had fun hitting baseballs at 405060 MPH. Mini golf was fun too... they had 14 holes and somewhere really difficult.. kids also loved the basketball area .. Really good place to past time for about two or three hours . Staff were so friendly and helpful... not much to eat around, but they had cold drinks.. very good experience overall ..

So I showed up at 10:00 and there was nobody there and still nobody at 10:30 so I left came back…read morethe we a giant line and 1 staff what the. You want kids to play so run the place on time!

More than just the amazing three county fair every August, there's the Harvest and Wine Festival, A…read moreVery Fair-y Christmas, and lots more events!

Came here with the wife recently, and we hadn't been in ages. I forgot how much fun it was to walk…read morearound and look at the farm animals (my wife grew up on a farm, in farm country, and was decidedly less amused... oh well). There were lots of cows, chickens, and rabbits to see. There were set-ups for antique farm machinery which were pretty interesting for someone like me who is into mechanical things. Their model train exhibits were underwhelming but frankly I will never turn down a chance to see toy trains. The same goes for their antique cars. The food vendors were not plentiful though they had nearly everything I could think of as standard fair fare (see what I did there?). Well, almost everything. I didn't see a popcorn purveyor, but all the other usual suspects were in full force. Some of it was a lot better than others. There were also the typical games and rides, though I didn't realize that our admission gave us free access to all of the rides until it was after dark. They might have posted signs at the door, but I didn't see them. It was a dark and stormy night, and the crowds weren't very large. This worked to our advantage, and it was pretty to see things lit up at night. We went into the food and judging areas and learned about their cooking classes and competitions. Perhaps we will think of something to enter for next year. I doubt peanut butter and jelly would win an award, but who knows? All in all, it was a fun evening. I am sure with better weather it would be a nice way to spend the afternoon.