🎠 5 Classic Amusement Parks to Visit With Your Family (AARP Article)

[Spring2025]

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Kathy Kenez, 65, and Ralph Meranto, 60, love the adrenaline rush of a roller coaster ride. But the Rochester, New York, couple isn’t screaming headlong down Kingda Ka at 128 mph at a New Jersey Six Flags resort — they’re finding their bliss at vintage amusement parks, the kind they remember from when they were kids.

Their favorite is Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. “They have everything you ever loved in your childhood about amusement parks,” says Kenez. “A beautiful creek runs through it. There are trees all around.… You can ride the carousel and catch the brass ring. There aren’t many places in the world where you can do that,” she says.

https://www.aarp.org/travel/vacation-ideas/family/info-2024/classic-amusement-parks.html