The boardwalk amusement park is one of the last of the oldtime beachside amusement parks, & its carousel house is an historic landmark. Expecting something closer to Coney Island (which has seen better days) we found a great place for exciting rides & delicious "junk" food. The rides were clean & reasonably new with a great variety of thrills & chills. The developers have used their space well, creating multi-level areas. Just when you think you've seen all the rides, whoops - there's a new section.
There are a lot of midway booths to try to win a prize - & I did! Shaun had been trying his luck at one of those squirt water into a target to move your racer to the finish line kind of booths, hoping to win a stuffed dragon. After 2 attempts, no luck. He went back for a third time (at $2 a pop) but didn't have anyone to race. So, being the sucker, I mean, good mom that I am, I ponied up my additional $2 & beat the pants off my son. Yes, yes, I let him keep "Blaze". Sheesh!
The food was really good, although Shaun had the misfortune to order popcorn chicken that had what tasted like Buffalo sauce on it. Good for mommy, not so good for Shaunie. I tried to trade my pad thai (told you they had good food here...) but he doesn't like peanuts. Fortunately, he did like Kimi's teriyaki chicken & rice, plus bought a jumbo corn dog, so all was good. Later we ate: Dippin' Dots ("Ice Cream of the Future"), soft serve ice cream with a "dipped" chocolate shell, funnel cake, caramel apples & chocolate covered strawberries. Well, we didn't all eat the above, but collectively it's an impressive list. And nobody barfed! Despite the spinning, swirling, dipping, splashing & flashing (the lights, not us) we all kept our heads, & tummies, together.
Eight hours later, we headed home, tired, tanned & terrific!
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