It's a kitschy little theme park south of Oregon's capitol city, Salem....but alas, it is the best that Oregon has to offer so far as theme parks go. It is and old and dated (think early 70's) park with storybook and nursery rhyme attractions. There are 4 very old and expensive rides. So we went with my sister Lara and her crew and it was fun.The 7 Dwarfs' House
Hansel & Gretel at the Witch's Gingerbread House
Alice's door to Wonderland
(This was really cool...the door led to a tunnel that went under the sidewalk and came out someplace totally random.)
Jack and Jill
This place was awesome for Joshua. He loves stories and fairy tales and is such a good reader. He was reading everything for Toby.
Little Red
The Old Mother who Lived in a Shoe
Had a fun slide to give her children something to do
(this was fun...I tried it)
The pictures were blurry-I need refresher on how to use my camera for action shots
Snow White's Witch...
You actually climb into her mouth. There is a dark tunnel inside with scary witchy pictures and at the top, there is a slide that comes out the other side of her head. Cool. Toby was so brave. Joshua was too scared to go in.
The Man with the Crooked House
This house was SO crooked inside. It gave me fits of nauseous vertigo walking through it. It gives me vertigo just thinking about it. And I usually don't get nausea or vertigo!
Joshua with Abraham Lincoln (or a guy dressed up like him). Joshua was excited because he has a book about Honest Abe that he loves to read. Except he knew this was just a "fiction Abraham".
The Log Flume. Very big (bigger than Lagoon). This was probably the only ride worth paying for here. Wet. Good thing it was a nice warm summer-like autumn day.
The whole place was very charming
Joshua's favorite part of the whole day was not the ride. He loved this Tee Pee that had a tree stump inside of it. From the outside of the tee pee looking in, it just looked like a stump. But when you go in the tee pee and around to the other side of the stump, there is a secret dark tunnel (I had to crawl to get through) that goes under the sidewalk and into the Indian Caves. The caves were just like "Injun Joe's Caves" at DisneyLand, if anyone remembers those. (It's been a really long time since I've been to DisneyLand so I don't know if they still have those caves). Anyway, it was REALLY cool.
When we left the park, Joshua said "now we are out of fiction land and back to real land." Here, here! It was an enjoyable place to play for the day. We will probably go back again next year.
Alice's door to Wonderland
(This was really cool...the door led to a tunnel that went under the sidewalk and came out someplace totally random.)
Jack and Jill
This place was awesome for Joshua. He loves stories and fairy tales and is such a good reader. He was reading everything for Toby.
Little Red
The Old Mother who Lived in a Shoe
Had a fun slide to give her children something to do
(this was fun...I tried it)
The pictures were blurry-I need refresher on how to use my camera for action shots
Snow White's Witch...You actually climb into her mouth. There is a dark tunnel inside with scary witchy pictures and at the top, there is a slide that comes out the other side of her head. Cool. Toby was so brave. Joshua was too scared to go in.
The Man with the Crooked House
This house was SO crooked inside. It gave me fits of nauseous vertigo walking through it. It gives me vertigo just thinking about it. And I usually don't get nausea or vertigo!
Joshua with Abraham Lincoln (or a guy dressed up like him). Joshua was excited because he has a book about Honest Abe that he loves to read. Except he knew this was just a "fiction Abraham".
The Log Flume. Very big (bigger than Lagoon). This was probably the only ride worth paying for here. Wet. Good thing it was a nice warm summer-like autumn day.
The whole place was very charming
Joshua's favorite part of the whole day was not the ride. He loved this Tee Pee that had a tree stump inside of it. From the outside of the tee pee looking in, it just looked like a stump. But when you go in the tee pee and around to the other side of the stump, there is a secret dark tunnel (I had to crawl to get through) that goes under the sidewalk and into the Indian Caves. The caves were just like "Injun Joe's Caves" at DisneyLand, if anyone remembers those. (It's been a really long time since I've been to DisneyLand so I don't know if they still have those caves). Anyway, it was REALLY cool.
When we left the park, Joshua said "now we are out of fiction land and back to real land." Here, here! It was an enjoyable place to play for the day. We will probably go back again next year.
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E would love it there!