点评:This adventure park is most walking distances from anywhere in town, if you don't mind the walk, that is. We were staying at the La Quinta Inn (don't recommend) and the walk was about 8 minutes, which saved us $5 in parking.
ADMISSION: $65.00/person for the Fun Day pass which allows you unlimited rides, cave tours, and the Gondola ride. We only stayed a few hours because we wanted to hit Glenwood Hot Springs on the same day. There are other cheaper day passes you can buy that don't include everything.
GONDOLA: Takes a few minutes to get to the top or back down. There was no line because we went during off-peak season in Mid-March. A winter storm blew through Colorado a few days before we got here, and that could have been another reason we didn't really wait in line for anything (not even the Alpine Coaster).
RIDES: My husband went on the Canyon Swing, which was like a back-n-forth thing. We (son and I) were too chicken to get on it. My husband and son got on the Crystal Tower ride, got buckled in, and the ride didn't go on as scheduled due to a possible malfunction. I am glad Glenwood stopped the ride for safety reasons. Better safe than sorry!
The Alpine Coaster was the best thing here, in my opinion. Our wait was only 10 minutes. The lady in front of us said during peak times the wait can be as long as 2 hours since it's so popular. You basically go down some metal tracks on a coaster and not supposed to stop, although I did see a total dufus from the gondola taking selfies and holding everyone up behind him. People like this total dufus need to be banned from riding as they also pose a safety hazard. Glenwood Adventure park needs more cameras to monitor these kind of unsafe behaviors. Maybe they have them already, I'm just not aware of them. If you only do one ride, go on the Alpine Coaster. I felt like I was back mountain biking on a singletrack!
CAVE TOURS: Highly recommend DOUG (he says his name is all in caps on his name tag because he's old, haha). Doug leads both Fairy Cave and King's Cavern. He's super passionate about leading his tours, he has very good stories and is funny as heck. He makes everything fun and informative. He's like your favorite history teacher that made everything fun to learn. If you have claustrophobia like I do, I recommend the King's Cavern, although I was OK in the Fairy Cave as it wasn't as bad as I thought. Just be prepared to climb up and down some stairs in King's Cavern, so if you have mobility issues, bad knees, breathing problems or poor balance, I'd stay away from King's Cavern, and maybe even Fairy Cave, although there were no stairs that I could recall in Fairy. But hey, it's a cave, and the ground can be uneven.
FOOD: there was a place serving food, but we didn't eat here.
FRIENDLINESS: everyone at the park was super friendly and helpful, from the ticket booth, to the gondola attendant to the ride attendants, and yes, DOUG was the best. Make sure you tip your tour guides well, as we did. It's optional but I felt we got a great tour and it was worthy of a tip.
翻译:如果您不介意步行的话,这个冒险公园距离镇上的任何地方都只有步行距离。我们住在La Quinta Inn(不推荐),步行大约8分钟,节省了5美元的停车费。
门票: 65.00 美元/人的欢乐日通行证,可让您无限次乘坐游乐设施、洞穴游览和乘坐缆车。我们只待了几个小时,因为我们想在同一天去格伦伍德温泉。您还可以购买其他更便宜的日票,但不包含所有内容。
贡多拉:需要几分钟才能到达顶部或返回。没有排队,因为我们去的时候是三月中旬的淡季。在我们到达这里的前几天,一场冬季风暴席卷了科罗拉多州,这可能是我们没有真正排队等待任何东西的另一个原因(甚至没有排队乘坐高山过山车)。
游乐设施:我丈夫去了峡谷秋千,这就像一个来回的事情。我们(儿子和我)太胆怯了,不敢参加。我的丈夫和儿子登上了水晶塔游乐设施,系好安全带,由于可能出现故障,游乐设施没有按计划进行。我很高兴格伦伍德出于安全原因停止了骑行。安全总比后悔好!
在我看来,高山过山车是这里最好的东西。我们只等了10分钟。前面的那位女士说,在高峰时段,由于太受欢迎,等待时间可能长达两个小时。你基本上沿着过山车上的一些金属轨道走下去,不应该停下来,尽管我确实看到缆车上的一个十足的杜夫斯在自拍,并把每个人都扶在他身后。像这样的人应该被禁止骑行,因为他们也存在安全隐患。格伦伍德探险公园需要更多摄像头来监控此类不安全行为。也许他们已经有了,只是我不知道而已。如果您只乘坐一趟,可以乘坐高山过山车。我感觉就像在单轨上骑山地自行车一样!
洞穴之旅:强烈推荐DOUG(他说他的名牌上的名字都是大写的,因为他老了,哈哈)。道格领导着仙女洞和国王洞。他对带领他的旅行充满热情,他有非常好的故事,而且非常有趣。他让一切变得有趣且信息丰富。他就像你最喜欢的历史老师一样,让学习一切变得有趣。如果你像我一样有幽闭恐惧症,我推荐国王洞穴,虽然我在仙女洞里还不错,因为它没有我想象的那么糟糕。只要准备好在国王洞穴里爬上爬下一些楼梯,所以如果你有行动不便、膝盖不好、呼吸问题或平衡能力差的问题,我会远离国王洞穴,甚至可能是仙女洞,尽管没有楼梯我在《仙女》中记得的。但是,嘿,这是一个洞穴,地面可能不平坦。
食物: 有一个地方提供食物,但我们没有在这里吃饭。
友善:公园里的每个人都非常友好和乐于助人,从售票亭到缆车服务员再到游乐设施服务员,是的,DOUG 是最好的。确保像我们一样给导游足够的小费。这是可选的,但我觉得我们度过了一次很棒的旅行,值得给小费。