{"id":179479,"date":"2026-04-29T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179479\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:51:09","slug":"usa-today-ranks-dorney-park-among-countrys-best-for-two-water-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179479\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today ranks Dorney Park among country&#8217;s best for two water attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USA Today has ranked Dorney Park &amp; Wildwater Kingdom among the country\u2019s best for two of its water attractions.<\/p>\n<p>For the 10BEST Readers\u2019 Choice Awards, <a href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-lazy-river\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Runaway River<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-wave-pool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wave Pool<\/a> ranked No. 10 for best lazy river and best wave pool respectively, a Dorney Park news release announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to see both Runaway River and Wave Pool recognized on a national stage,\u201d said in the release Ryan Eldredge, the public relations manager for Dorney Park &amp; Wildwater Kingdom. \u201cWildwater Kingdom continues to deliver the kind of summer experiences families look forward to every year, and this recognition reflects the unforgettable summer memories guests make here each season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dorney Park will open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/2026\/04\/22\/dorney-park-reveals-events-for-2026-season-ahead-of-opening-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 8<\/a> for the 2026 season while Wildwater Kingdom will open May 23. It joins other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/2026\/04\/17\/lehigh-valley-usa-today-10-best\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nationally recognized attractions in the Lehigh Valley<\/a> such as Musikfest, Christkindlmarkt and Coca-Cola Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USA Today has ranked Dorney Park &amp; Wildwater Kingdom among the country\u2019s best for two of its water&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,1681,289,432],"class_list":["post-179479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-entertainment","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}