And wildly expensive theme parks ?
And either you live on the West Coast, (or will be visiting with small children); try Oakland's Fairyland. It opened in 1950, and basically nothing has changed.
http://www.wsj.com/video/oakland-fairyland-a-theme-park-for-children/1A1E1567-F240-4728-825E-8AF70850264A.html
https://storybookland.com/ - ( New Window )
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It's awesome in many ways, but there are certainly some creepy aesthetics about it. There's something kind of depressing or disturbing about theme park attractions that are in ill repair, and Children's Fairyland has them in spades.
But the idea that they haven't sold their soul for the "almighty dollar" is refreshing (even though they're right in the middle of the high tech industry).
The puppet show is a first class throw-back (how many of today's little kids will be able to say they saw something like this).
The highlight was the goats walking on the barn roof ! It's amazing how those animals can jump !