28 Aug 2023
We went on 8/27, the Sunday before labor day weekend. Got to parking lot at 9:45am, waited about 3 minutes parked closer than the reserve parking. Line to get through security 5-10 minutes, line to get ticket scanned 5-10 minutes. So we were in the park by about 10:10am and there was no line for anything. My husband and I went with our 3 year old girl and she had a ball. No lines for any of the dry rides, we rode three of them, and she passed on the rest, but there was still no long lines by the time we left the dry area around 11am.
I read the reviews of the food and opted for the Dine with Elmo to avoid the headache and get guaranteed character meetings. This was my daughters favorite part of the day and well worth it despite, the absolutely terrible food.
The shows were also cute for her and I really liked the one on Sesame Street with Big Bird because it felt like watching an episode being filmed.
We also skipped the two water slides because lines, and my daughter took one look and went "no thanks", but there was zero line for the lazy river and we did that a few times and spent the rest of the day by the wave pool (which I wish went a little deeper).
I didn't think the employees were rude, but I'm a NYer who doesn't really love/need in your face happiness either...
There were also little to no lines for the characters that were out and about if you caught it when they were getting to there spot, which was easy to do if you checked the app.
It was a great park for my 3 year old, who barely sat in her stroller because it's just not that big. Will we go back? She'll probably outgrow it in 2 years, so not likely, but it was worth it for the HALF PRICE tix we got. Worth it for full price? Probably not.