Located in the north of Dallas, Sandy Lake, whilst advertised as an amusement park, is more like a huge picnic grove with a selection of rides. It's been open for almost 45 years and the don't encourage running.
We were the first to arrive and waited patiently outside the gates for it to open. I didn't get any photos but the staff all wear a t-shirt with SLAP adorned on it. That's short for the name of the park and I wonder if that was intentional.
They have a very bizarre mini golf set on the slope of a hill which given the large amount of land seemed very bizarre, or suitably eccentric.
Their dark ride, Pretzel, looks to have been there from day-1. It's a classic old thing, more sentimental than amazing. If you like your dark rides smashing through wooden swing doors then you will like this.
The first bunch of rides are the typical sort of rides you'll get in any park or carnival with tea cup variants and the obligatory carousel.
Towards the back in a large open field, the rides are like a museum of classic fairground attractions, all of which are in a beautiful condition.
For the coaster riders there are 2 small rides. First up was their Little Dipper which has been there since the park opened.
This kiddy coaster from Herschell is the standard oval design, the most common of their layouts. I loved the paint job on the trains though.
The second coaster is a dragon wagon, boo! In our Canada trip we found so many of these in travelling fairs but we weren't allowed to ride a single one. So we didn't hold out much hope for this today.
Those that have been there have also recommended this ride. Called Zumur, it's an innocuous looking ride that apparently has a bit of a kick to it.
So the good news was that following a quick chat with the staff it was apparent that they had no restrictions on who could ride what, which was great. So we bought a sheet of tickets.
and we got the Little Dipper first.
and we also managed to get the Dragon Wagon, which was hilarious as we tried to squeeze ourselves into the cars. Tal went for the side-saddle approach. I somehow managed to get my legs crossed and under the seat. Getting out proved to be much harder however.
But the best ride was the Zumur. A ride that doesn't maintain a constant speed but introduces frequent bursts of acceleration that have you travelling faster and more and more horizontal each time it kicks in. A great ride and worth a visit here in its own right.
So a very brief visit and we benefited from being the only guests. We did the rides we wanted to and handed any remaining to the next guest to enter the park.
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