Tahoe Amusement Park

This place was horrible. First off, I went to the South Lake Tahoe's website of things to do for kids and this place was recommended. I even talked this place up to my family and friends who were visiting Tahoe.

My sister and I took her daughters here for a fun time. When we drove up the place looked deserted. Most of the rides were not operating. When we walked up to the ticket booth (which looked like a dump) the guy who was sitting there smelled like alcohol and looked like he was on drugs. He was very rude and not very helpful. We asked him how many rides were operational and it took him a minute to answer us. All I have to say is if you do not like your job find another one. This guy looked like he was being forced to be there against his will. Although my sister and I were afraid to stay we still purchased tickets which to say the guy made up his own prices (there were no prices listed).

Second, we purchased tickets for the go-karts and it took 5 minutes for someone to come over to us to help with the ride. The guy who managed the ride was also very rude and mean. When he gave us instructions he made the go-karts seem so unattractive and at that point we wanted to leave. He also looked like he was on drugs.

We finally went on the famous slide which you require potato sacks to ride down. The lady who took the tickets looked like she had been up for days and was not very helpful either. She failed to mention that each row of the slide was a different level (meaning certain rows go faster than others). My 5 year old niece went down the fastest row and she actually flipped over as she was coming down and because the slide was so hot she burned and cut herself. She also got bruises. My niece was actually traumatized and cried most of the night.

I tell you parents do not take your kids to this amusement park as it is not safe. If you do go do so at your own risk.

If I could give this place zero stars, I would. When we got here, we were literally the only people there - alarm bells should have gone off. We had a terrible experience. The staff is incredibly rude, the ride operators literally looked like junkies, and I'd be surprised if the rides were capable of passing any safety inspections.

You should go here if:
1) You enjoy the feeling of getting ripped off.
2) You want to give your money to the drug addicts, alcoholics, and other lowlifes who work here so they can get their next fix.

Otherwise, you should STAY FAR AWAY from this place. It was so bad, that I felt compelled to create a Yelp account in the hopes of preventing some other family from experiencing what we did. If enough people avoid this place, then maybe it will go out of business and the land can be put to better use.

Terrible place. Rude staff. We went with our two young girls. A ride operator gave our girls stuffed animals, and acted friendly towards them. He smiled and asked them things like "do you like these animals?" "aren't they cute?" and "Do you want to keep those toys?" Then he took the animals away, to make them cry, which they did. To get us to pay money to play the game, to win the stuffed animals. 'Indian giving' is generally not considered acceptable, but this place thinks its fine in order to make a buck. So is making kids cry.