When going to Elitch, get there early to enjoy everything. The added entertainment of the waterpark makes it worth the fee to get in. Start at the waterpark and finish at the amusement park. Bring your own food and drinks, as they are pretty expensive there. Or buy one of the souvenir cups for 5-6 dollars and get refills for .99 cents. We bought one and shared it amongst us. As well, you can fill them up in between at the fountains available.
If you bring the Coke cans you can get discounts to the park entrance fees. They have to be the ones advertising elitch on them. If you can go during the week days, you can get buy one get one in free.
My kids 3 and 5 loved kiddie land and the looney tunes characters. The show they put on kept them in their seats for the whole show. even my three year old enjoyed every ride including the roller coaster for kids.
Make sure you get to the water park early though as lines can get long and it does close at 6 pm.
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