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Belmont Park Review
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Belmont Park
- Address: 3146 Mission Blvd., Mission Bay, San Diego, CA | Map It
- Phone: 858/488-1549; 858/228-9283 for pool
- www.belmontpark.com
- Category: Amusement Parks
- Location: Mission Bay
Fodor's Review:
The once-abandoned amusement park between the bay and Mission Beach boardwalk is now a shopping, dining, and recreation complex. Twinkling lights outline the Giant Dipper, an antique wooden roller coaster on which screaming thrill-seekers ride more than 2,600 feet of track and 13 hills (riders must be at least 4'2"). Created in 1925 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this is one of the few old-time roller coasters left in the United States. The Plunge, an indoor swimming pool, also opened in 1925, and was the largest -- 60 feet by 125 feet -- saltwater pool in the world at the time (it's had fresh water since 1951). Johnny Weismuller and Esther Williams are among the stars who were captured on celluloid swimming here. Other Belmont Park attractions, nonvintage, include a video arcade; a submarine ride; bumper cars; a tilt-a-whirl; and an antique carousel. Belmont Park also has the most consistent wave in the county at the Wave House, where the FlowRider provides surfers and bodyboarders a near perfect simulated wave on which to practice their skills. The rock wall challenges both junior climbers and their elders.
- Cost: $6 for roller coaster, other rides cost $2 to $5, or buy a full-day unlimited ride package $22.95 for 50" and over, $15.95 for under 50"; pool $7 for one-time entry
- Open: Park opens at 11 daily, ride hrs vary seasonally; pool open weekdays 5:30-8 AM, noon-1 PM, and 2:30-8 PM and weekends 8-4
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