What an awesome place to let your kids run off some energy! I love the quaint location and the fact…read morethat admission is FREE! For $20 you get 25 tickets and rides are only 2-3 tickets! From roller coaster, to Ferris wheel, bumper cars and swings--this place is a must for the whole family! And of course, you can't forget the Super Slide! Going on a hot day? Have a water balloon fight for only two tickets! We had a great time and will definitely visit again.

Pure nostalgia. It was great fun in the youth and it continues to be as I take my kods there. Best…read moremini golf in ND!

I like this place and have been going here since I was a chit but back then it had a race track w…read morecars, arcade & laser tag but now it's just the water park. So I only give it a 3. I had my daughters birthday party here and ended up spending a fortune. They don't allow outside food or beverages besides the cake which is understandable but at least have some of the food supplied. I would have ended up spending a lot of $$ just for some burgers and chips. Not worth it. It's fun for a day w family but having a party here isn't worth the $$ or hassle. Also, I paid for extra kids to swim and when the party showed up my party ended up paying for themselves?!?! I didn't get $$ back for paying for extra kids. Just don't have a party here. Go to the Ramkota or Seven seas for a swimming pool party.

Their lifeguards need more training on enforcement. They all need to have a voice, if you don't…read morehave the guts then don't take the job. They need to enforce the same rules instead of letting the kids run the place. The female guards were better at doing their jobs while the males like to sit in the corner and look pretty. On a busy day, it's a mad house. Half the tubes for the slides were deflated but they're expecting you to still used them. Better luck next year.

Fantastic place to bring kids of all ages in any weather! Clean, well managed, fun. Plus slushies,…read morepizza and good coffee for parents! Fill out the waiver online to save time and check time online for your kids ages. Toddlers before 1pm, older kids after.

My husband took our nephew here. The website lists it at $20 per hour yet when they arrived they…read morewere told there is a minimum two hour booking. The socks are an additional six dollars and are mandatory, the lockers are a two dollar per use fee or $6 for the day. there are Other features that are an extra cost such as a ride where the kid gets strapped in and they can jump really high - that was six dollars for two minutes! we had to tell our nephew that money doesn't grow on trees.. They also try to get the parents to buy a pass to go inside in order to get good photos. overall it was about $50 for our nephew to go by himself for an hour and a half. I would consider it again for a very special occasion but definitely not worth it for an average afternoon.

We're visiting from Texas and came by this park and I knew the kids would love it!! There's a huge…read moreempty space we used to fly kites and then they enjoyed playing on all of the fire department themed playground equipment. This is so much different from back home and the kids loved it!!

What a gem of a park! We camped for one night (could have easily stayed longer if we'd had more…read moretime) and enjoyed fishing and the historic sites. Ranger Austin was a friendly wealth of information and my 5 yo really enjoyed wearing the buffalo head dress he brought over. Our campsite faced the Missouri, which was sweet. However, all of the campsites are pretty close together. If I were to go back, I'd opt for site 1, which faces the river and has a little more space to it as it is close to a parking lot, but not obtrusively so. Also, the bathrooms were spotless and boasted the nicest campground shower I've ever had.

For a state with an abysmal and brutal record (in fact to the present day) of encounters with…read moreindigenous Americans (oh wait, that's not very distinguishing among other states is it?) this state park does quite an excellent job of presenting a rebuilt indigenous people's village. The cultural and linguistic explanations about the native people's way of seeing and thinking is especially noteworthy. The reconstructed "earthlodges" sit on the site of an actual, large settlement of a northern plains tribe from the 1700s. If you tour this site, you'll learn about the spread of smallpox from the Spanish populations further south, up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, that weakened the entire population even before contact with the european invaders from the east. There are exhibit narratives about a tribal leader traveling to the east to meet with U.S. leaders, however, these narratives omit the brutal part of the european-native confrontation. Notably, the Whitestone massacre from the 1860s, where 300+ women and children at a big harvest camp were brutalized and killed, not too far from this exact site. (A "genocidal" action of the U.S. Army that provides historical precedent for the likes of Boko Haram.) Yes, history is told by the vanquishers, but in this case, a very dedicated woman of indigenous origin has spoken of her heritage through storytelling over many years, and her painstaking, tenacious work has paid off in the quality and insights available at this exhibit. You'll be enriched by insights into the native peoples' worldview. Additionally, I recommend a stop at the visitors center because the media there really brings alive the structures you see in the native village. The military forts at this state park are so predictable...and deceitful (because right to the present, few european americans want to admit and reconcile with the perpetration of atrocities.)

Nice park for the playground, a small picnic area, letting your dog run, and a sweeping view.read more

Ever seen a sundial? Optimist family park is the only park in this city that features one. Some…read moreother features of this park are a basketball court, horseshoe pit, reservable picnic shelters, sand volleyball courts, decent sized grass fields and restrooms that are nicer than at most parks. Located in a friendly neighborhood, this is small park is perfect if you got a hour or two to just chill. It isn't crowded and has pretty much all you are looking for in a park.