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Adventureland Amusement Park
Category: Active Life Amusement Parks Amusement Parks [Edit]
2245 Broadhollow RdFarmingdale, NY 11735
(631) 694-6868
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
12 reviews for Adventureland Amusement Park
12 reviews in English
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Review from Glenn S.
East Setauket, NY
3/8/2012 1 Check-in Here
the best hot dogs on LI. Seriously, these are great. also get the knish. top shelf.
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Review from Kristy R.
2/16/2012
Wanna hear a secret? No? Okay, you're going to hear it, anyway.
I did not visit Adventureland for the first time until I was 18 years old. My parents never took me here as a child and I had no real reason to go as a teenager since I love rollercoasters and theirs never seemed to be big enough to meet my standards (take that however you please).
This place is great for photo opps and I keep saying one day I will bring my Nikon and take tons of pictures. The rides are small but good for kids. There are standard park food options (hellloooo, funnel cake), and there is also an arcade for those of us who like to whoop our friends' asses at games.
Take your kids, cousins, nephews, and nieces here but don't expect to spend the whole day or a ton of money. -
Review from Phil H.
2/15/2012 1 Check-in Here
Man, this place brings back memories. Every time I drive by it I think of the times we went here in our younger days. Sure, it's small and pretty tame compared to Great Adventure and pales in comparison, but it's a great family spot to bring younger kids, and actually pretty affordable for a day of having fun. They have been here for 50 years now, and is a Long Island icon.
I have to admit that when I am in the area between client visits I sneak away and drop in here for a few minutes to hit the arcade to play some pinball, skeeball, and video games. Stopped in today and noticed that the arcade has been renovated and a lot of new games were added since the last time I was here. There are actually a good amount of rides in the park too and some of the older staples that I still enjoy - bumper cars, the pirate ship, musik express, the frisbee, and a few others.
As with most amusement parks there are the normal "fun foods" offered for purchase - pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, fies, churros, funnel cake, ice cream, popcorn , cotton candy, soda, Icee's, and even gluten free pizza now. Not too costly overall, and decently edible for junk food. No alcohol though.
For a small amusement park this place offers up a cheaper and closer alternative than Six Flags, and is a fun way to spend a day with the kids, or just for a goofy date night out.Listed in: Suburban Nightmare!
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Review from Chris A.
Long Island City, NY
7/19/2011
Children will love this place. Rides are OK. Love the roller coaster and Music Express ride.
The arcade had Centipede last time I was there. The food is not that expensive. -
Review from Bridget M.
Santa Monica, CA
12/20/2007
Oh Adventureland, you were my first job ever. I got to stand around in the intolerable sun wearing a goofy khaki safari uniform and try to get people to waste their money on games of chance. You even let me be a jerk and wear fishnet stockings and combat boots under my shorts...because I was just that cool (hey, it was 1993). I remember seeing all sorts of random Long Island celebrities show up on the weekends with their kids, I remember nearly passing out from the heat, becoming a Mortal Kombat II shark....it was awesome. I was 15.
As for the park, I mean, it was closer than Six Flags, cheaper, and something to do on a summer night if you were really really really bored.
I took my husband there over the summer so he could see a part of my past, and I was surprised at the upgrades. They have an ok arcade (it used to be better), lots of vendors schilling all sorts of glow in the dark crap, a terrible haunted house, water rides, a roller coaster...I mean, it's a small amusement park, and it delivers as either a fantastic place to bring young children, or a decent place for bored teenagers to hang out.
But I'll always love the memories of trying to convince people how utterly easy it would be to win their girlfriend a stuffed Homer Simpson doll by simply knocking down three milk bottles with a tennis ball. Actually, writing that, I feel like a bit of an ass. Sorry about that guys, it was really next to impossible to do. -
Review from Cara B.
Queens Village, NY
7/9/2011
Had a great time with the family. Lots of fun rides for adults and children. Most if the rides could use some dusting.
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Review from Tina C.
10/16/2008
It's a very small park although not as famous as Coney Island's Astroland although it's much cleanier. I like the Adventureland Falls water ride. The funnel cakes are good and so were the bumper cars.
This amusement park has been operating for years and the signs of age is visible. -
Review from Rocco B.
Lindenhurst, NY
7/16/2011 1 Check-in Here
Someone said "costly." For 22.99 my kid gets a bracelet and can ride every ride he is tall enough to ride all day as many times ad he wants. Once we came when it opened at 12 and stayed for 5 hours and my kid went bezerk. Great bang for the buck. Food is edible and average amusement park price... Maybe even less.
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Review from Franco C.
8/28/2007
As small regional amusement parks go, this one is pretty decent.
Adventureland has been around for decades and for a while, it was looking it's age. The place cleaned up it's act a few years back and added some neat new rides and stuff and it is actually a fun day over there.
I took my niece there and they have enough rides and games for any age group - granted it is no Six Flags, but then again, you don't have to drive 2.5 hours to get to it either. -
Review from Adam S.
Long Beach, NY
9/12/2008
Really not a good amusement park. It's for the kiddies I suppose, altho they have some rides that make me queezy. If you're going to be for kids be for kids but this place teases adults and gives us a very unsatisfying amusement park experience. 10 years ago it was worse. Nunley's was the ultimate!
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Review from shelley h.
Flushing, NY
10/17/2010 1 Check-in Here
Not a six flags adventure park but is quite comparable. Within minutes drive from me, it's a nice place to go for a date with or without kids. Two thumbs up
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Review from Vincent M.
New York, NY
1/25/2010
Good 'ole Adventureland... I spent summers here as a kid, loved the spinning swings, the crappy amusement park food, the one mediocre roller coaster and the bumper boats. I went back to Adventureland over the summer and noticed that nothing really has changed. There has been a small extension which I thought was a nice try at staying connected but still... it's the same place. It's run down and kinda sad. :-\ poor Adventureland
