idlewild & soakzone

Love this park, can't say enough about it. My husband brought is here and kids loves it.my husband used to go here when he was a child and the fact we can bring our children is wonderful. We go visit his parents every yr who live less than an hr away from the park. So we always take a trip here. Something for everyone. They have a nice area for the little ones. I love storybook forest where the characters come to life. There is always a different theme every summer.i just live going and spending time with our children there. Can't wait to go again. :)

Fun afternoon at the park nestled in the mountains! - great family experience. Very clean and definitely will go back. The lazy river is not huge but a nice little ride and the soak zone with the wave crashes is lots of fun

This park is great if you have young children. The swimming pool area is also very nice. Have fun!!!

Idelwild is an historic and beautiful amusement park dating back to the late 1800's. It is a park for youn kids so if you have little ones this is the place for you. Mr. Roger's neighborhood, tame roller coaster, little kids rides, Fairyrtale Village etc. are great for young kids. The SoakZone is also great for little and older kids. This place is a gem in the Laurel Highlands and a great day

We've traveled lots of places and seen loads of amusement parks. None is as good for little kids as Idlewild. The best rides, totally safe and a great place for any kids first amusement park experience. Don't miss the Dodlebug, It was my first ride and still running strong. They even have a special fish pond for kids.

The family really enjoyed this little park. The rides and attractions matched up so wonderfully well for our mixed age range (4 yr, 9 yr, and 12 yr) No one was left out or bored. There could be some updates to the story book land/Mr.Rogers ride, but both were very great and pleased our children. Prices seemed fair and reasonable. Lots of activities and rides, was well worth the travel time to get there. Would go back again. We did this as pack and go road trip.

We visited on a Sunday for Hallowboo. Restricted hours and rides and obviously no soak zone! My son is 7 and is such a thrill ride enthusiast that we are slowly outgrowing this park. Our day was short due to a few rides being closed and long(er) lines than we are use to. We usually attend during the weekday in the summer and never have to wait more than 10 minutes to ride. They have trick or treat in Storybook forest - and the candy was way above average - they were giving away bags of chip type snacks along w/ the smaller "penny candy". They had some well done Halloween shows that we enjoyed. We missed the train ride which looked like fun but the line looked way long - probably 2 to 3 train ride waits - 30+ mins?I think they charge too much for this restricted ride/reduced hour day ($33.99) - but, you can get discounted tickets online if you purchase in advance or get a $5 coupon from Giant Eagle.I thought they could do better on the hay maze. Some of the ride attendants were not the best, but this time of the year they probably don't have much choice. I still give them a 5 because honestly this park still does a great job - esp. for younger families w/ smaller kids. The food lines were long too - but, it was a sunny "warmer" day in October so I think the attendance was above average. We had a wonderful steak hoagie and my son enjoyed an authentic german sausage (hotdog).

My children have grown out of this beautiful park but we still visit with them and they still enjoyed being there even though they're a bit old for the park because of the beauty.

Our Girls’ loved Hallowboo when they went in 2008, but now the park is in desperate need of Maintenance & Upgrades. This park does not maintain its facilities anymore let alone add new attractions.Not worth the money now!

When i was little this was such a big place... now that i have a 2 year old nephew it makes for an even better experience... just to watch his little face light up and smile when he sees something for the first time... Makes me smile more and this park makes that happen ..

The kid had a great time in the park and the Soak zone is great even for the adults. The parks needs a little bit of sprucing up but overhaul nice.

Sorry, this place is pretty bad. Maybe i'm spoiled by visiting Disney parks but this place just doesn't cut it. Food service is poor with zero healthy options. In fact, for health reasons I'd probably only trust something fried anyway to avoid any type of gastrointestinal illness.The water park was also a joke. The park was full but only 50% of the slides were operational. Right before we arrived, a "guest" literally THREW UP in the wave pool (which was already SHOULDER TO SHOULDER") everyone had to evacuate. Gross.

Visited this park for the first time recently as part of a road trip through PA. When I saw the ticket prices, I almost decided to skip it as there was really only a couple of things I wanted to do there. But given that I didn't know when I may be passing by again, I decided to go for it and was able to get a decently-discounted ticket through the local county tourism bureau. One of the highlights of Idlewild is the Storybook Forest. A long winding trail that takes you through many different houses and vignettes of various well-known nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Every now and then there is an actor or actress playing the role of someone from these stories. These were hit and miss. Mother Goose was great, but some of them seemed rather bored and disinterested. This could be because we were two adults - maybe if there had been children around they would have perked up a bit. This is a very cute area and I loved the concept. Many of the areas could use some fresh paint and some repairs as it looks like this area was once even more beautiful. The rest of the park has a very nice setting with plenty of shade and trees as it is literally in the forest.The Rollo Coaster is a great classic coaster with some very surprising airtime and feels faster than it is, especially before the turn-around. It was threatening to sprinkle rain, which apparently meant that the wild mouse coaster could not run. There was an employee seated on a bench in front of the entrance telling everyone it was down due to weather, but I'm not sure why being overcast counts as "weather" such that the coaster can't operate. Many booths and stores had not even opened by the time we left (around lunchtime). It was a very slow day in the park, so I can understand not wanting to keep a full staff, but it would have been nice to be able to look around and shop. The park is rather small with a nice collection of carnival rides, but there are not enough attractions here to merit the standard ticket price. They are priced almost the same as their sister park Kennywood, while Kennywood is a much larger park with a lot more rides and attractions to offer to merit the pricing.I am glad that I made the stop to see Idlewild, but I would not return without some decent improvements, newer attractions, and/or a better price point. If someone were going to take an entire family, it would get very expensive very fast and the value would not be there.

This was a terrible experience! We visited Sunday 9/7/14 and it was like they purposely wanted to piss off parents. The ride operators moved so slowly it was unbelievable! Several rides were closed, they only filled the rides halfway up, they only had 1 food stand open...My husband stood in line for hotdogs and french fries for 45 min. The one roller coaster that was open only had 3 cars running. The log jammer had 3 cars running. The employees were cranky and miserable. I could go on and on...the only positive was Storybook Forest. My boys really enjoyed that. Save your sanity and make the extra trip to Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster. We will not be back.

I visited this park as a kid mad I have great memories. We took my granddaughter and a a great great day. Yes you have to stand in line but that's a given at any park. I love story book forest. They have added many attractions but have maintained the original ones. My granddaughter rode the same rides I did when I was her age!! It's a perfect location and has a lot of shade so you can sit and relax. I highly recommend this wonderland. You won't be disappointed .