Fav new spot to take the kids super affordable and fun for everyone! Never too busy and the water park was perfect!!

We had a great time, came on memorial weekend. Got our tickets online so we didn't have to wait to get in, very convenient. It was our first time here, we were surprised at all the rides and games they had for kids of all ages. We played mini golf, they offer 4 courses which were all decorated fun, colorful and unique. They were a lot of fun. They had a boardwalk of games which didn't cost an arm and leg to play and the indoor arcade had plenty to play as well, including bowling and a mini ride. They had plenty of snacks and food to buy and souvenir cups with refills. The pizza was made fresh to order and the hot dog was so flavorful. Having so much fun, we missed the magic show and we didn't get on any rides this time. But we will be back, we had so much fun! The whole park itself was very clean and the staff were all friendly and helpful. This is a great place to bring your family or friends. Thank you Castle park for making our first time memorable! read more

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This is for Castle Dark. I went there on the last day of operation (October 29). The place wasn't the best but for what I paid for, I expect it. I was really disappointed because when I was about to go on a train ride, a staff member said that the seats are full and that I will be able to take the next one but I see a few open seats. I didn't mind waiting for a next one but a min later, another staff said that the attraction is closed and that it was the last one. It's because he said that the management made the last minute desicison to close it early. WTF are you serious??? I waited just to find that it's closed. Man this park needs better management. I should sue the shit outta them if I don't get my refund because they wasted my time waiting for nothing. In addition, there was a handful of rides that are closed I give it a 2 stars because the mazes were decent read more

Castle Park is everything needed from your local amusement park. If you're expectations are high, don't come here - go drop a house payment at Disneyland. For the rest of you - Enjoy some mini golf, listen to Kevin the peacock screech, and eat some stale popcorn. It's all fun. At the end of the day, we don't want this to get mowed down and become an apartment complex. So get over yourself and come on down. read more

Castle Park - Amusement Parks Near Me - Riverside, California

Great Birthday Celebration at Castle Park for my 3 year old niece! Great customer service from Mandy and the team of staff. Responded quick, supporting any ask, and had everything ready to host 60 kids and adults ! Everyone had a blast ! Thanks again to your staff and the team ! read more

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Rides are getting stuck. Me and my Granddaughter we're stuck on the Screaming Demon, and the staff acted like it was no big deal. All they offered was some faucet water. Unacceptable read more

I bought 7 tickets, there was 6 ride closures, very upset, no magician, the new log ride still closed For 2 more weeks, no swings, no roller coaster on the right, no train , no demon tower ext.. big waste of money, we used to Al get annual passes nooo more, short on help, not enough staff to do the rides.. super bummer read more

Minigolf was fun! Staff was friendly. Kids had fun. Not busy at all. Next time we're in town we will be back read more

Very fun place to be in except when it gets crowded. It was my first time playing golf and I got professional at it right away and did amazing. Perfect place for kids and families. read more

How can people hate of Castle park???!!! It costs $9.99 to get in and ride all you want, how can you beat that?!! I have paid that much for a single ride at the fair. Yes, the rides and the park could be updated, but everything is clean and well maintained and works well, and at the prices they charge who can blames them? Every single staff member at the rides was very friendly, we never had to wait more that one turn to get on a ride, again that just can't beat beat and the long waits are the sole reason I avoid big parks like Disney, and again the price. My son is 12 and still had a blast, rides are great for all ages, we all had a fantastic afternoon here and didn't break the bank, even food prices are cheap here, they offer unlimited drinks and popcorn for $20 a year, unheard of! Easily managed in a few hours, tons of parking ($6) read more

Due to covid, only the mini golf area was open, which was fine cause that's what we went there for. Employees are extremely nice. The mini golf area needs a little bit of a face lift. really cool concept with the 4 different courses but definitely should be kept up with a little more, especially during such a slow season. Masks and social distancing aren't really forced but they do check temperature at the entrance. I don't remember the specific pricing but I also don't remember it being crazy expensive. it seemed like a decent price to be able to play unlimited mini golf. we also had some hotdogs and they weren't too bad either. read more

They were selling tickets even though their parks were closed. They also do NOT accept refunds.

I love castle park only because of Erick Montono he is the best worker there he is so nice and funny!!

I love bringing my kids to castle park they always have such a good time here!. and it is Not expensive at all!. read more

Erick and Estephanie have great customer service felt so welcomed, over all a great day with my family the park has that nostalgical feeling to it, Been going since read more

Everything we got in line, the ride would break down and we were asked to come back after maintenance. It was awful with crazy heat to have to waste time and energy going back and forth. read more

I do NOT recommend this place for any school field trips. There is no organization whatsoever. It took over an hour to get on certain rides since a cluster of children would see their friends in front of line and cut line. The food line took over an hour because the same would happen with line cutting. The workers did nothing to make the visit any easier when the issue was brought to their attention. I am extremely disappointed with this place. This is the first and last time I'll ever come to this place. I rather raise funds to go to Knotts Berry Farm than here. I will not allow my child to come here either, even if it's paid for!!!! read more

This place should have been condemned decades ago. All the rides are 50-60 years old. The mini golf course has not been upgraded in decades. The game room is nearly there. The food is awful and expensive. I did like the magic show The only redeeming feature is the waterpark. I'd give that a solid 4 out of 5. Castle Park wants to know how to improve the park! Where do I start? 1. Replace all the rides starting with the one that killed someone last year. 2. Renovate the game room. 3. Renovate or replace all of the games. 4. Replace all of the golf tees and greens, and the lights on the course. 5. Get some better foods and some good coffee. (Starbucks franchise?) 6. Go back to pay-per-ride. 7. Stop charging for parking. There you go Castle Park. I hope that wasn't too painful. read more

A terrible day. They open at 11am for the water area. And 12 for the rides. We arrived around 11:30am so we headed to the water area to kill some time. Seating is minimal. Just after opening and already there's no seating. So my husband and I stand while the kids check out the water area. My daughter comes back and says they won't let my 2 year old on the slide because she isn't tall enough. Now I'm pissed because she was tall enough at the entrance when they wanted my money. So I have to climb up the water area to the slide attendant and explain she's over 36 inches which is why she has a wristband that I PAID for. He measures her and says she's too short. I reiterated that I paid for a wristband so she's clearly atleast 36 inches. He finds another measuring stick and by golly she's IS over 36 inches. So now my clothes are wet for nothing. Also there is Parmesan cheese packets all over the floor of the water park area and they JUST opened. They must not clean . Decide it's now 12:05 let's go check out the rides. No rides are open. I ask an employee when they'll open and they say they have to turn them on and test run each one first. WHAT!? the rides open at 12!? Why do they not turn them on and test them between 11 and 12. We wait 29 more minutes for the first ride to open. They have to measure my daughter AGAIN! why did I pay for a wristband!? It's obvious she's 36 inches...the reason she has a wristband. Anyhoo no other rides are open yet. So we wander to the other side of the park. The tug boat is opening my daughter goes on. Head to the bathroom up front. It has two stalls but one is out of order. And the other one is out of toilet paper. The park has been open about 2 hours now and it's out of toilet paper. Walk past guest services and I want so badly to ask for a refund and just leave. The day has already been terrible. But instead I just tell them they're out of toilet paper. My daughter see the icee booth. We stop to order one and the workers inside say they are closing for maintenance!? 2 hours into the day they have to close for maintenance!? Okay. Next ride the cars. We get on and it's cool. My Daughter really likes it. Then of course the ride breaks down. They have to walk over and deboard us. you have to be kidding me. Train is right next to the cars so we get on that. One train runs at a time so you have to wait for the bigger train to come back. No problem. Our train goes and it's a tour of the back of the rides, storage, and other junk. Oh and a COFFIN!? what!? Getting off the ride I asked an employee what's the story behind the coffin just hanging out. She doesn't know what I'm talking about. But then says maybe a prop for Halloween. Oh okay. But still they should move that. Kinda weird if it's not Halloween. Dirty diaper at base of train exit stairs. Several of the kiddie rides are still closed. Despite nothing on the website saying those rides would be shut down. So we decide to just go back to the water area. But there's no seating and now very crowded. So many people standing there's hardly room To stand. So my daughter does the little yellow slide a few times. THEN omg I can't make this stuff up. An alarm sounds and EVERYONE has to get off the water area and stand behind a yellow line. So we decide to just leave. It has to be a sign right. Just go home. Take my daughter to the bathroom before we make the 40 min drive home. Bathroom is in the circus tent. We see the magician is just starting so we watch a bit. Starts off great! Doves and rabbits appearing it's great. Even I'm like WOW. then 10 min in he starts doing close up magic to a huge room. At this point if you're more than 10 ft from the stage you can't tell what's going on. He's showing a Rubik's cube to people. No one knows what's going on. This is beyond stupid. We leave. I knew coming it was run down. But I still expected to have a nice day because looks aren't everything. But customers service is. And this place has none. The teens they hire are not enthused to work here. Most the rides are for toddlers and none of the employees have skills with kids it seems. Felt like I was walking into the DMV with the personalities of most the employees. Not worth the price they charge. AND they charge admission to everyone over 36 inches. Despite most parents just standing around watching their child. Parking is $15 and that's ridiculous. read more

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absolutely love castle Park. I have been going here since I was a little girl and now I bring my kids for the family fun. We literally drive all the way from Arizona just to spend the day there well worth it. They're always doing cool little deals and their hours of operation is perfect. Highly recommended. Make sure if you've never been there. Take your whole family, the staff is absolutely amazing every single one of them very polite and fun read more

THIS PARK IS SO MUCH FUN!!!! I recently took my wife and daughter, tickets were so affordable, the park was clean and not crowded, and the staff were SO friendly. We got on ride after ride, then went into the arcade, and then played a game of mini golf. We had a blast! This park was amazing! Definitely will be back again. read more

Finally! A place that is open during quarantine! What a splendid opportunity to spend with family and adults an children! It's like reliving an old past time before smart phones consumed our lives! The simple game of miniature golf! I saw several families all practicing the rules of social distancing and everyone was having a blast! Something this Covid pandemic situation can't affect for now! I was so happy to see the place was open! It's hard to know what people can do these days with so many businesses out of operation or temporary closed due to everything that is going on. Online you can't even know for sure if something is open or not cause some places or search engines haven't updated their information so we don't even know to do with ourselves these days! I can't just sit at home all day and watch all the nonsense that appears on social media. People need to breathe and enjoy the fresh air and spend quality time with loved ones! Castle Park provided a wonderful night for my family! At first I felt like I had to drag everyone out of the house almost as if it was a struggle to get off their big butts and do something a bit more interactive with each other rather than interacting with our phones or computers. Be sure to look online for any specials or deals that may be available for the park. Not all things were open during the pandemic time but the mini golf was the reason I wanted to go to Castle Park! My family was having a blast! I know it might seem like a past time for kids but I saw so many adults just enjoying the simple like of life experience and fun that came with putting a ball into a hole! I hope we decide to come back soon again! We will the the other golf route this time! Thank you Castle Park for making this such an enjoyable experience! read more

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I absolutely loved this park and have been season pass holder for 2 years now. Today we visited the park together with my 4 year old nephews. He is very short sided and is wearing prescription glasses. This are special glasses for kids while they do sport. Meaning this are tick plastic glasses that do not brake. Also they cannot fall off as they have elastic straps holding them to his head. We were told he is not allowed to go on water slide with his glasses. They created an unsafe place where he could not see the world he was enjoying. This is ablism. Please do better. read more

10/10 Took my 3yr old 9yr old & 12yr old on Friday it was not not packed. Cool rides . Good food. You can bring in snacks in a backpack. The water part of the park looked so lit. We all had a great time & can't wait to go back. read more

Peter Mesa at Dragon's Tower was amazing! He was friendly, professional, and made the ride fun!

I've been coming here since I was a kid and I've always loved it! It was my first time coming to the park in years, and it's a lot different. I do agree with the others about the golf course issues; the golf balls go missing randomly several times during a game, which makes it hard to really enjoy it. Other spots in the park could also use better maintenance. Nonetheless, what really enhanced my experience was the friendly service my family and I received from an employee named Asontae I believe. He had such an exceptional, polite attitude! Unfortunately, most of the other employees didn't seem too thrilled to be working there, but he definitely was! read more

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It could be really nice but, very dirty!! Kinda gross really and most of good rides are closed 80 % of time. Mini golf is good but dirty and sometimes you have to move trash to play and I'm not kidding but it was fun! The food is microwave stuff and soda. Gatorade 16 oz was 6 dollars with the season pass discount so maybe 3 times the price. So basically they charge you like it's Disneyland but it's worse than the traveling fair that comes around your town. The only reason they can really get away with this is because there's not much else around. If the staff did they job and cleaned and maybe were nice it could be very different but right now I would have to say stay away. Talked to manger she said yeah I wish it was different! And shrug her shoulders lol. read more

Castle Park - The pic is mid day on a weekend just show the main 4 rides all closed!! - Amusement Parks Near Me - Riverside, California

This is a fun little spot for families with toddlers to age 8ish. My 2 and 4 year olds had tons of fun. They rode multiple rides without getting off because there were no lines. Babies and short children can only ride 4 attractions, the child needs to be 36 inches to really have fun. Definitely don't take your 12 or 13 year olds expecting them to have the time of their lives spend the money at Knotts or Six Flags. These rides are geared toward younger kids. Older kids or preteens may have fun miniature golfing or at the arcade. Buy tickets online and in advance for the best deals. We bought annual passes for our family of 4 for $100. You can't beat that. read more

My favorite place for mini-golf! I love that there are four courses, each has it's own challenges and theme.

This park is an old establishment, but provides a certain level of nostalgia. Admission is much cheaper online, so be sure to get your ticket from there. I was a bit annoyed that they charge so much for parking, especially when there is neighborhood parking around the area, I would just suggest parking there instead and walking over when we entered the park, we were told that more than half the rides were down, but at least they gave us a ticket for future use, which was a good gesture. We ended up asking if they could give us mini golf instead, which they were able to do thankfully as I don't come up to this area often. I did enjoy the mini golf and what little rides were available. The mini golf is on the harder side, so if you're looking for a challenge, this would be a good spot. read more

It's always fun! I've taken my daughter when she was younger and now my grandson. I like it because it's close to my home. Therefore, it's convenient and for the most part I feel safe. I think their food prices are a bit high for the quality you receive, but everything is expensive now a days. Regardless, when kids are little, they enjoy the rides and the experience. I will probably continue to bring my grandson if he wants to go. read more

Took my nephew here today, and he had a blast. The park was clean, lines were not long at all compared to Disney, and there was an employee who was super helpful and led us part way to find the arcade. I haven't been here in over 10 years, so I was pleasantly surprised. Yes, some of the rides were closed, but there were many still open. PS - super value to get the annual pass. We will be back! read more

Terrible! All the big rides were closed. Rides that said they will be back in 30 mins were closed all day. We were there on Sunday 2-7:00pm. read more

After careful review of their website. I loaded the kids in the car for a fun time in the Arcade. None of my group was interested in rides. When we got to the ticket booth we paid $15.00 for parking (no problem) then we were told each of us would have to purchase ride tickets, in order to enter Arcade. i questioned this, then I was told we would at least have to purchase miniature golf tickets. Again, I questioned this. I stated that no where on their website does it say "in order to play in the arcade we would have to purchase tickets of any kind". Since one of our group members was in a wheelchair I asked if miniature golf was wheelchair accessible. The answer was No, and that i would still have to purchase that person a golf ticket. I had very disappointed kids. The park needs to update their website in regards to Arcade access & that you have to minimum pay $15 per person for access to Arcade. Maybe as a solution get Wrist bands for arcade only clients And dont charge. And how about your wheelchair community being able to miniature golf, especially when they are forced to purchase a golf ticket at the price of $15.00. Website is misleading!!! Do Better Castle Park. At least we got a refund on our parking. Signed, 35 year Riverside resident & kids! read more

Many rides were closed but they did give out free passes for it and have to use them by the end of the year. Not happy with what all the park offers at that price. read more

Brought my grandson here today, half the rides were closed. The rides need painting and are really run down. The restrooms were really dirty and we came just as the park opened. I would definitely drive to Knotts berry farm for 10 bucks more a ticket than go here. Don't waste your money. Super disappointed! It's not the castle park I grew up at:( read more

This was my husband and my first time here today. My husband was looking forward to going mini golfing and had wanted to come here for quite some time. Let me just say, it was not worth it at all. The courses are severly run down, the water displays do not have any water and the overall lack of care for the place makes it not enjoyable. We did course #4 and not only was it missing the starting mats to place the ball on, but several holes were missing obstacles, which left random holes in the course as well as the target hole was missing the bottom and they had put what looked like cut up pool noodles in them to stop the ball. Additionally, the course green was torn up all over the place. I would never reccomend coming here. I would rather drive further to go to a well maintained mini golf course. read more

Lots of vintage charm! Original builder/owner also built for Knotts berry farm back in the day. Buccaneer cove was fun but better for little kids under 10 and too many older kids were there. Not enough seating for parents. Food prices were affordable. Dumb to have to pay $15 for parking. Not really needed as there aren't any other businesses around. $15 for a refillable cup ($1.62/refill). Rides were a little old but our kids had a blast. Clientele is a little sketchy but didn't run into any problems. Definitely wouldn't pay full price for tickets but we got a discount. read more

Experienced racial discrimination today after visiting castle park in riverside California They treat disabled people like crap and laugh in your face. Peter and Yesenia and the other woman working at the water log ride 4/6/24 around 7:10 pm are unprofessional. Peter yelled at me in my face and left me feeling very uncomfortable after forcing me to ride with strangers and not my family member who is 10 years old and disabled. The other person working made me and my family wait to the side while several people cut us in line after waiting for over 30 minutes after yelling at us. Please do your research on this establishment before coming here. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!! THE 3 people who were working the water log ride are rude and racist and left me and my family feeling extremely uncomfortable and embarrassed. 7:10 pm 4/6/2024. Date and time of incident and I hope corporate reads this review and contacts me regarding this because there is much more to this story on how me and my family were treated and talked to by the employees. Peter even tried to forced me to ride in the front after I was already seated and told me the people who were after me had the option to pick where they wanted to sit and I did not have the choice. He was so mean and rude to me and left me feeling so uncomfortable and embarrassed. The 3 people working this ride include the ride manager Peter need training on how to treat people especially people with disabilities. They heckled me and my family members and yelled at us and made our experience unpleasant. read more

The "supervisor" was so rude. It was my first time at castle Park and I had no idea how the mini golf system worked. She basically treated me like I was dumb in front of her staff and they all laughed at us. Nothing makes Me more angry than a teenager talking to me like I'm an idiot. Sad part was she was a supervisor so I'm sure she allows this type of behavior. read more