A G.
Yelp
Royal letdown! We came, we saw... we left disappointed and mildly sunburned.
Castle Park might seem like a fun, budget-friendly amusement park -- and sure, it's not terribly expensive -- but even at a lower price point, you should at least get what you pay for. Instead, we showed up to find their two best rides completely shut down. Not "check back in an hour" shut down -- we're talking "boarded up like they've been out since the Dark Ages."
What was open felt like it had been rescued from the bottom of a garage sale pile. The rest of the park looked tired, worn out, and one step away from being taken over by weeds. If Disneyland is the castle of dreams, this was more like the castle of "meh."
And just when we thought we'd seen it all, they tried to pawn off "mystery bags" for $10 -- ooh, exciting, right? Wrong. These mystery bags were filled with the kind of sad, off-brand candy you find at the bottom of a Halloween bucket in February. I'm 90% sure I saw a melted taffy stuck to a used sticker.
Castle Park, do better. You've got charm hiding under all that cobweb and disappointment, but right now? It's not worth the trip -- or the ten bucks for mystery candy that probably came from 1998.
If you enjoy paying to wander aimlessly through closed attractions, snack on sadness, and question your choices -- Castle Park is your spot! Otherwise, save your money and go do literally anything else.