When you're traveling around the state of New York, you'll find that we're home to quite a few major amusement parks that draw in visitors from all over the country each year. As exciting as it may be to have these outstanding attractions in our own backyard, they can often be bittersweet if your family is full of youngsters that happen to frequently fall below the height requirement for the park's epic rides. Giving the smallest family members their very own playland paradise, find out why your kids will get a kick out of spending the day at this one miniature amusement park in the Capital Region.
Giving you a warm welcome to New York's State Capital, the city of Albany is where you'll find Huck Finn's Playland.
Huck Finn's Playland may have only opened up back in 2015, but many will recognize that these rides came from the historic Hoffman's Playland that once resided in Latham for over 60 years.
Now put together in a new location, generations of New Yorkers have been riding the attractions that you see set up at Huck Finn's Playland.
Everything here at Huck Finn's is made to fit the smallest of visitors, with its own miniature Ferris wheel that your kids won't be nervous to ride.
Seriously, miniature full lives and breaths here! There's even a miniature train that runs around the entire park and takes you through a tunnel!
You'll have an exciting variety of rides to choose from, with classics like the beautifully colored carousel...
...to old-school cars and vehicles that kids will love to take for a spin.
Seriously, all of your favorite amusement park attractions have been shrunk down for kids to enjoy here - there's even a miniature roller coaster.
For those who are looking to get off of the ground, you can find plenty of rides that bring you up into the air.
It isn't just the tiniest of visitors that will have fun here, older kids can enjoy some of the more thrilling rides that Huck Finn features.
For the biggest thrill, older kids can go for a ride on the Paratrooper, while you can also choose from riding the large Ferris wheel, Tilt-a-Whirl, and The Scrambler too.
No need to worry about working up an appetite, you'll find not one, but two convenience stands where you can get things like drinks, hot dogs, pizza, ice cream, and all that good stuff.
With roughly 20 different rides to enjoy all in this one park, see how wonderfully time flies when you're having fun at Huck Finn's Playland in Albany.
So, how does it work to enjoy Huck Finn's Playland? Anyone can walk into the park for free, but if you plan to enjoy any of the rides you'll need to buy tickets! The majority of the rides at the park will only cost you one ticket, while the bigger attractions will cost you two. You can buy single tickets or a book of tickets, depending on how much fun you plan to have here.
To find out more about Huck Finn's Playland and to see their 2019 schedule, click here.
Have you been to Huck Finn's Playland before? If you have, share your pictures and memories with us in the comments - or even your photos from the old Hoffman's Playland if you have any!
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