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    Fun rise. Holds one parent and one child or two children.
    Joanne M.

    Interesting and fun park in the midst of Pittsburg, CA to take your children to! There are a lot of fun areas to let your children play. Once you pay the entry fee, all the rides are free. Our friend's 7 year old daughter loved the zip line area. You have to wait in line and usually the parents make sure the children take their turns. During the summer, there is a train that goes around the park and there is an area to have picnics and BBQ. There is a wooden house with a rube slide and a mechanical ride that kids will lov This is an older park, but well maintained and the children love going there!

    Diem N.

    Amazing place for small children. I highly recommend this location. Great price and amazing staff. If you are in the area. I will definitely be back. Support loc

    Tiffany R.

    We had my daughter's 2nd birthday party here and it went well! We reserved the Party Castle all day for a great price! Elaine had great communication with planning and reserving the place! Thank you again!

    The inside showing most of the main table and the big chair for the birthday person on the inside of the party castle
    Stacie R.

    We had the most wonderful experience having our daughter's 2nd birthday party here. Wow. I can't begin to explain how great this place is and what a hidden gem it is! Firstly, Elaine, the woman who runs the place and organizes all the parties, was so patient, helpful and easy to work with. Elaine is the bomb! She hooked us up with a party in the castle on the Sunday before labor day and it was such a great set up, because apparently most people thought it was going to close early that day, but last minute they changed the schedule. It didn't get changed on the website so there were not very many people at the park that day which was great! There are soooo many things to do here. Many playgrounds, different play houses, a zip line, a few rides (the train and carousel are down for an indefinite amount of time, but you don't even need those with everything else going on). If you rent the castle, you only get MORE things to do! There's a huge slide in there (it goes really fast, so rider beware), and there's an obstacle course type thing upstairs. The other incredible thing about the castle is there's a huge table inside with more tables on the outside area, air conditioning, a full kitchen, a BBQ, and a door out the back so at the end of the party, you can drive your car in to load up. The pricing is good! You get discounts if you're bringing over 15 people and then a further discount over 25, I believe. There were so many steps along the way that I was worried the calculation of the reservation or the tickets wouldn't be done right. Or we wouldn't get our deposit back from the city. Everything went so smoothly!! We got all our money back, we were always charged the right amount. I honestly was mad that I hadn't used this place more for my kids prior 6 birthday parties. So don't delay! Have your birthday party there now, you won't regret it.

    P L.

    This is a new discovery cute place nearby! Small amusement great for kids of ages 2 to 10. We love this place for our kids ! I can honestly say that this small is reasonably priced better than the other small amusement I know nearby that goes by tickets. I love how you pay for each person to go in and all rides inside are unlimited for kids. They have lots of cute playgrounds too and cute little ponds and river streams. This place has a nostalgic feel too reminds me of when I was young. I also love how you can reserve a party here for a good price . Only thing is wish that tickets were included with the reservation fee for the spot for all the guests. And maybe if they can add a few more rides inside. This is a truly hidden gem! I hope they don't change.

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    Ron L.

    Small World Park is the kind of place you'd expect to find in San Jose or Oakland - wait, they already have one. But this is in Picksburg? Wow. It's a small-scale park, with several rides, several play areas, several party areas to rent, several places to fish. Geared toward the younger set. And for the majority of parents who are low on cash, the prices are small-scale too. It's somewhere between a neighborhood park and Oaktown's Children's Fairyland. We finally went, and come to find out that my daughter is already near the upper age range of who it's built for (she's 7). A birthday party was held here. The girl's grandmother booked the Party Palace, and was amazed at their rental price for 2 hours: "Because sometimes I'm involved in renting rooms for the women's ministries for the church, and over the hill [Concord] we have to pay around $300-400 and still need to provide our own tables and chairs, and this was only $55 for residents for 2 hours. They want a place where residents who don't have a lot of money can rent a room to have these kinds of parties." It looks rinky-dink, but the kids don't care, they'll ride the rides all day. We didn't have or see any incidents, so I don't know first-hand how they handle wild kids or dangerous adults. So Small World is another place where, if you keep your expectations in check, then you'll do fine.

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    Alexa T.

    I'm a bit attached to this place because I used to go here a lot when I was younger with my family and my classmates back in elementary school. This place still has it's charm to it too. I see little kids running around, heck even bigger kids (no teenagers unless they are supervising) running around too. I'll even say that I ran around today here. ON THE SPOT RUNNING BACK AND FORTH AFTER MY BROTHER. What a workout! Entrance fees are cheap: $2 for kids under 12-14 and for seniors and the like. $4 for adults. $1.25 for wristbands to use for all rides all day. Cash only though! You get stamped so you can have in and out privileges. Lots of different play structures. They got one that's built like a boat. There's another one made to look like this wooden town. There's another that's like a castle. It's super cute. For rides we got a merry-go-round, a train, this spin on a car or a boat ride (not sure) and this zip line too! The zip line was the hit of the park. But my favorite ride wasn't even an official ride. Basically it's like this wheel. You sit inside of it. Hold on for dear life as people spin the wheel. So you're rolling in the wheel. Like you're in a tire. It's nuts! Their food stand wasn't open for some reason, but that's okay. They allow people to bring in their own food. Parking is best on the opening hour and maybe two hours after. It can get full pretty fast. If it does, they'll direct you to overflow parking. I had a grand time! 5/5

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    Awesome hidden gem for toddlers IF the park is not busy. You can't beat the price and the rides are included in the entrance fee.

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    I love this place. Great for the young ones. They also hold amazing community events.

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    This place is much fun! My kids and me love going for events they host or just to spend family time at a peaceful beautiful place

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    11 years ago

    I brought the kids on a Saturday around 11:35am in 11/14/15, but the park was closed without notice even though Yelp says it's open.

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    Looks good for birthday parties. But kind of lame for a random drop in they is only three rides.

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    Best place to bring your kids! Crawdad fish in n all! Best place with all fun activities for your kids kids.!

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    If you reserve a picnic site, do you also have to pay for guests admission?

    Yes.

    For the birthday parties; do they have BBQs to cook hotdogs and such?

    Yes, they have small grills around the park.

    How much does it cost to go in? Does admission include unlimited rides too? Opened weekends only?

    The admission is $4 per person and it includes unlimited rides. Babies 11 months and under are free. The park is open Friday-Sunday 12:00 pm -4:00pm. Starting 8/14/21 the park… 

    Is there extended parking lot? If not, where does everyone else park when the parking lot is full?

    Hey! There's a parking lot across the street, going up towards McDonalds. I think it's like a church parking lot or senior apartment homes parking lot. Everyone always parks there when the small world designated parking lot is full. As far as making… 

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    Reviews for summer 2026 are not looking good! Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in Concord has been around…read morea very long time, so I get that things might be a little old and run down. We went for our grandson's birthday celebration with his friends. Thankfully, my son rented a cabana facing the wave pool. There was more private space to lounge and relax. I highly recommend getting a cabana for that reason. Otherwise, you'll be sitting in rows of plastic chairs. No outside food is allowed in the waterpark, so food lines are long. Food and drink prices are high for the quality you get. Some people go to their cars and eat food they've packed from home. We ate before we arrived, then snacked while we were there. But honestly, no one searched our bags upon entering. We watched kids this time, so we've never gone on any slides. The lazy river was super crowded and there weren't many floaters available. Most of the people were just walking through it, and the water didn't look clean. It was overall an okay experience, particularly because we had a cabana with lounge chairs, a table for eating, and some shade. It would be nice if the cabanas had water misters.

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    Small World Park - amusementparks - Updated September 2026

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