Silverwood..for the brave only?

We are planning our family vacation for summer. Silverwood is on the list, we like rides, but not the ';big, scary for the bravest of the brave, roller coasters';. Their web-site shows a lot of coasters, many appear to be of this type. Is there enough to do without getting scared silly?

Silverwood..for the brave only?

Silverwood is fabulous! You could spend all day in the waterpark alone! There are plenty of ';less thrilling'; rides in the park and even my son, who is not much of a roller coaster fan, ended up riding all but one of the coasters multiple times. My son doesn%26#39;t like roller coasters that go upside down, so he wouldn%26#39;t go on the one roller coaster there at all. (For some reason the name of that one escapes me - it is the roller coaster that was originally at Knotts.) He was scared of Tremors at first, but once his sister talked him into it, they rode it over and over. Tremors goes awfully fast, but that is about the limit to its thrill factor. The other roller coaster is even more timid than that.

I have some pictures from the park on my travel page, you can have a look.

Silverwood..for the brave only?

Doh! It would probably help if I posted the link to the page!

members.virtualtourist.com/m/adecc/bd5bf/6/

The panic plunge was the other ride that the kids loved, but you would never get me on it!

What age are your kids?

Our youngest is the only one with us this trip, she is 13. Hubby and I will go on the rides with her, just not one the ultra scary ones...I was on the upside down coaster at Knotts years ago, and it scared the heck outta me, and I swore I wouldn%26#39;t do that to myself again. Although a few years ago we did the Tower of Terror at Disney, I was really scared then too, but I may be talked into doing it again (shhhh!!).

Thanks for your comments!!

My kids love Silverwood. It is not a park full of super scary stuff, more a small traditional park with some good traditional rollercoasters. We even got my mom and dad on the roller coaster, so it is not too bad. The water park is a lot of fun, too.

You can get discounts at Burger King restaurants in the Washington State in the spring and summer, and on Coke or Pepsi cans (can%26#39;t remember which!).

It is fun to camp at the campground across the highway from Silverwood, as there is an underground passageway (wide and brightly lit) so you can run back and forth during the day for lunch or to take an afternoon siesta.

We took our grandkids to Silverwood about 3 yrs ago.

They were 10 and 12. They had previously been to Disneyland and 6 Flags.

They rode on everything, mostly by themselves. Enjoyed the park, but thought the ride on roller coaster that did the 360潞 loop was way too short.

The 12 yr old was annoyed with her brother because he wouldn%26#39;t go on the high water slides with her, but they had fun in the waterpark too.

It really is a nice park with a variety of rides. And since it%26#39;s the only one in the Pacific Northwest, enjoy!