Rating:
* * *
Type: Amusement park rides
Time: As long as you (and junior) can stand
Kelly says: Head here with squirmy kids and teens
This large area, about as large as the rest of Jubilee Junction, houses some three dozen amusement park rides, only a handful of them rising above the level you’d expect to find at a well-appointed county fair or traveling carnival.
Among the more interesting rides are the three roller coasters. None will rival the mega-coasters at the major theme parks but they provide modest thrills for the younger set. Triple Hurricane, named for the three storms that slammed Cypress Gardens during its refurbishment, is an attractive 20-seater wooden coaster, while Swamp Thing is an inverted steel coaster, also a 20-seater, as is Okeechobee Rampage, a small steel coaster.
There are two water-park style rides. Storm Surge takes 8-person round rafts up a steep hill and sends them spinning down a corkscrew chute. Wave Runner is a twin, enclosed water slide that uses 2-person rafts. Some people say it’s the best ride in Adventure Grove.
Also of note is Paradise Sky Wheel, a Ferris wheel that sits over the old sinkhole that graced Cypress Gardens former entrance. There are also plenty of rides set aside just for the littlest visitors.
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