{"id":179932,"date":"2026-04-30T03:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179932\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T03:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:36:16","slug":"two-erie-attractions-make-top-five-in-usa-todays-10best-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179932\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Erie attractions make top five in USA Today’s 10Best lists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two attractions in Erie have made it into the top five spots in separate categories for USA Today\u2019s 10Best Reader\u2019s Choice Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the category of \u201cbest indoor water park,\u201d Splash Lagoon at 8091 Peach St., placed fifth. Ravine Flyer II from Waldameer Park<\/a> at 220 Peninsula Drive, took fifth in voting for the \u201cbest roller coaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

The top four best indoor water parks include:<\/p>\n

Kalahari Resorts with multiple locations;<\/p>\n

Epic Water Indoor Waterpark at Grand Prairie, Texas;<\/p>\n

Tropic Falls at OWA in Foley, Alabama;<\/p>\n

Bavarian Blast Waterpark in Frankenmuth, Michigan.<\/p>\n

Three of the top five roller coasters, including the Ravine Flyer II, are located in Pennsylvania. The four other top coasters are:<\/p>\n

Phoenix at Knoebels in Elysburg, Pennsylvania;<\/p>\n

Phantom’s Revenge at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania;<\/p>\n

Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri;<\/p>\n

Mako at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

What makes Splash Lagoon stand out<\/p>\n

According to the USA Today 10Best rank description<\/a>, Splash Lagoon is home to one of the biggest indoor wave pools in the Eastern United States.<\/p>\n

The indoor water park also features unique water-centric attractions from rope courses to slides and the lazy river.<\/p>\n

What makes Ravine Flyer II stand out<\/p>\n

According to the 10Best website<\/a>, the Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer Park & Water World<\/a> is the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in Pennsylvania. The Ravine Flyer II features a 120-foot drop and reaches a top speed of 60 miles per hour.<\/p>\n

The coaster crosses over Pennsylvania Route 832 through a bridge that mimics the path of the original Ravine Flyer from 1922.<\/p>\n

What is the USA Today 10Best?<\/p>\n

The USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards<\/a> highlight\u00a0the\u00a0very best\u00a0in travel, food and drink and lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Every week, USA TODAY 10BEST invites a panel of industry experts to nominate their favorite points of interest and attractions across a wide range of categories.<\/p>\n

The 10BEST editors then vet these nominations and select a final set of nominees to be presented to the public voting for a period of four weeks.<\/p>\n

Contact Nicholas Sorensen at Nsorensen@usatodayco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Waldameer coaster, Splash Lagoon rank on USA Today’s 10Best<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two attractions in Erie have made it into the top five spots in separate categories for USA Today\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[80346,136,138,137,66628,28,77122,58673,3489],"class_list":["post-179932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-best-indoor-water-parks","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-indoor-water-park","tag-pennsylvania","tag-roller-coaster","tag-splash-lagoon","tag-usa-today-10best"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179932","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=179932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}