{"id":224607,"date":"2026-05-08T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/224607\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:03:41","slug":"memphis-kiddie-park-opens-for-2026-season-continuing-family-traditions-in-northeast-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/224607\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Kiddie Park opens for 2026 season, continuing family traditions in Northeast Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis Kiddie Park describes itself as \u201cAmerica\u2019s oldest kiddie land,&#8221; featuring 11 amusement park rides \u201cdesigned especially for children under 50 inches tall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BROOKLYN, Ohio \u2014 It\u2019s opening weekend at Memphis Kiddie Park as the family destination in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Brooklyn<\/a> kicks off its 2026 season on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Kiddie Park, which is a nostalgic spot frequently creating first-ride memories for kids, features \u201cclassic rides sized for young children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opening weekend also includes a special offer to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day as Memphis Kiddie Park says moms ride free on the following attractions Sunday:<\/p>\n<p>                                        &#13;<br \/>\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                        &#13;<br \/>\n                                            This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Big Creek &amp; Memphis Railway<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most amusement parks where you pay an entrance fee, Memphis Kiddie Park has free admission and free parking. Guests just pay for each ride they choose to experience.<\/p>\n<p>Prices are listed as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Stirp of 10 tickets:\u00a0$29<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Book of 25 tickets:\u00a0$49.50<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Season pack of 110 tickets:\u00a0$185<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Kiddie Park&#8217;s site also says their ride tickets never expire.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/entertainment\/places\/cedar-point\/cedar-point-opens-2026-season-whats-new-park-changes-sandusky-cleveland-road-roundabout-traffic\/95-b6c057f2-c2f8-46d7-b789-6f089d37ff4f\" class=\"cms__embed-related-story__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cedar Point opens for 2026 season this weekend: See what&#8217;s new this year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHOURS &amp; RIDES                    <\/p>\n<p>Operating on a weekend schedule for most of May, the park&#8217;s calendar shows they will begin daily operations starting Memorial Day weekend. You can check their 2026 schedule and hours <a href=\"https:\/\/memphiskiddiepark.com\/hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 10340 Memphis Ave. in Brooklyn, Memphis Kiddie Park describes itself as \u201cAmerica\u2019s oldest kiddie land.\u201d It features 11 amusement park rides \u201cdesigned especially for children under 50 inches tall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur rides are all classics from the early 1950\u2019s, fully restored to look like they did when delivered from the factory and updated continuously for the latest in ride safety,\u201d according to their site.<\/p>\n<p>Their roller coaster &#8212; the Little Dipper &#8212; has also been recognized by the American Coaster Enthusiasts as the oldest continuously operating steel roller coaster in its original location in North America.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the full list of rides <a href=\"https:\/\/memphiskiddiepark.com\/things-to-do\/kiddie-rides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Kiddie Park describes itself as \u201cAmerica\u2019s oldest kiddie land,&#8221; featuring 11 amusement park rides \u201cdesigned especially for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-224607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}