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Adventure World
Adventure World is a park for handicapped children. The park is lined with material that minimizes the effects of a fall yet are hard enough for wheelchairs. Instead of shairs, visitors access park equipment via ramps. Specially designed access points allow children to climb onto park equipment from wheelchairs.
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Arlington Skatium
Arlington Skatium is a hardwood maple floor skating rink offering both wheeled skates and inline skates. The rink also contains a video arcade, a full concession stand, exciting music and fun.
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Dinosaur Valley State Park
Dinosaur Valley State Park is a 1,500 acre nature park along the Paluxy River in Glen Rose Texas. It feature some of the world's best dinosaur tracks and 113 million year old limestone, mudstone and sandstone deposits. Two fiberglass replica dinosaurs, Apatosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex are also park residents.
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Forest Park Miniature Train
The Forest Park Miniature Train takes passengers on a five mile round trip from Forest Park to the Trinity Park duck pond. The train route goes through the woods and passes over bridges and under trestles.
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Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is a nine gallery museum featuring tactile displays that encourage learing. Each gallery features a themed exhibit. Exhibit themes vary and include fossils, computers and Texas history. A dinosaur on the front walkway greets visitors entering the museum.
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Fort Worth Zoo
The Fort Worth Zoo is a pioneer in showcasing animals in natural habitats. This nationally acclaimed zoo features exotic animals that are not kept in cages, but allowed to roam freely. Rivers and waterfalls separate the animals from zoo visitors.
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Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is an exotic ranch that features giraffes, rhinos, tigers, ostriches, zebras and other animals that roam savannas, valleys and wooded hills. Center visitors embark on a 9.5 mile self guided tour that resembles an African safari.
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Hurricane Harbor
Hurricane Harbor is a theme park that features both wated based and dry wild rides. Water based rides include the SeaWolf, Black Hole, Der Struka and the Kamikazz. Dry wild rides include the Bubba Tub, Lazy River or the six story dropping Geronimo.
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NRH20
NRH20 is a 17 acre water park that features The Endless River, a manmade river. The park contains Green Extreme, the world's largest uphill water roller coaster. It measures 65 feet high and 1,161 feet long. The park also features a 12,000 square foot wave pool called NRH2Ocean. On Friday nights, NRH2Ocean becomes a dive in. This means movies are shown on a screen that is visible from anywhere in the wave pool.
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Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas amusement park features six section that are name for each of the six nations that once governed Texas. The new 85 mile per hour Titan roller coaster is a highlight of this 100 plus ride park. Other park attractions include the Texas Giant - one of the world's largest roller coasters, the Texas Chute-Out, the Oil Derrick and the Texas Tornado. The park also features Looney Tune Land, an area for small children.
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Vintage Flying Museum
Vintage Flying Museum is a collection of war airplanes that includes Chuckie the B-17 Flying Fortress, one of the few surviving airplanes of its type that was used against the Nazis in World War II. The museum also contains Texas Air Command helicopters, a B=29 hangar, model planes and war artifacts.
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