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| Washington, DC to Tipton, PA (Point B) |
1. Drive to Tipton, PA (189 miles, 3 hours 32 minutes) - parking is free
2. Enjoy the park rides (included in all-day fun pass) - family favorites include:
- Crazy Mouse
- Paratrooper
- Yo-Yo
- Tipton Creek Train Station
- Tilt-A-Whirl
- Dizzy Dragons
- Fire Trucks
3. Try the wonderful food - family favorites include:
- Fresh made pizza
- Murf's Potato Salad
- Funnel cake
4. Other things to do include:
- Tipton Waterworks & Rapids (during the summer and included in all-day fun pass)
- Altoona-Tipton Speedway (not included in all-day fun pass)
- Championship Miniature Golf (not included in all-day fun pass)
THINGS TO KNOW:
Theme parks can be a challenge with kids. Adults enjoy racing up and down hills or being spun until dizzy; however, children can make it difficult to go on rides. If you are like us, you find yourself paying a lot of money to enter theme parks only to watch your kids sit in mini-car after mini-train after mini-plane going in circles. Full admission seems a waste of money when you become merely a spectator of the more appealing rides rising over the tree line in the distance.
DelGrosso's Amusement Park eliminates this frustration. DelGrosso's pay-per-ride option allows you to enter the park free of charge and pay only for rides you and your kids actually ride. If you have no intention of getting on a ride, you can enter the park with your loved ones and applaud your children for holding on tight, capture their joyful expressions on camera, and be the guardian of strollers, jackets and purses for absolutely free! Finally, what you pay is proportionate to how many rides you go on!
If you prefer, DelGrosso's also gives you the option to pay for an all-day pass that gets you on every ride (except the go-karts and miniature golf).
To make this park even more affordable, click on the "events" tab on their website to find out when dads, grandparents, and veterans ride for free; when you can purchase an all-day pass for $5 off the regular price; when you can purchase an all-day pass for just $5; or when everyone in your car can receive an all-day pass for only $10. (This $10 per carload deal is ideal for those traveling from the Washington, DC area). You'll also find free music concerts, antique car shows, and food festivals on the calendar.
The park is small, which makes it easily manageable for children's little legs and grandparents' tired legs. It also make it easy to find members of your party after you've split up for a time. The rides are similar to the types of rides you'd find at a traveling fair, so you won't find long roller coasters with loops here. However, we found that the bigger park rides were enjoyable even for the roller-coaster-lovers in our family while still tame enough for the family members who lack a strong stomach or lack a little bit of height. Many of the rides were suitable for the entire family to enjoy together. There were only a handful that the very smallest child could not ride and on the opposite end of the spectrum a handful that the adults could not ride.
One more favorite thing about this park was the food. The pizza was delicious and made with DelGrosso's own sauce that is bottled right across the street from the park. You can't get much fresher than that!
A little tip on driving directions: It's worth it to just pay the money and go on the PA Turnpike. We went out of our way to try to avoid that road and found that the instructions weren't clear and the roads in a few places were a little confusing. We wasted enough time trying to get back on the right track that we decided we would've been better off on the Turnpike.
