Hope it's just temporarily down, but in this economy I worry about these small parks

Site is back up today, must have just been a coincidence that it was down when I tried to visit, although the site is nothing but info on winter event.

Don't scare me like that! Skyliner is my #3.

It appears in recent years that Lakemont is a labor of love by its owner. Heaven knows it isn't making much if any money. One of the lowest admission prices in the USA, a parking garage (!) built for the baseball team beside the park, Leap the Dips--now run by the park, last I heard. And DelGrosso's so close by......

Leap the Dips--now run by the park, last I heard. And DelGrosso's so close by......

It was operating when I was there in 07. I must admit I spent most of my time in the backseat of the Skyliner, where the air is still experienced the way it's supposed to be.

Oh, Leap-The-Dips is operating when the park is open...but originally after it re-opened, it was a three dollar (I think) upcharge, and run by a foundation, not the park. During a later visit, it was run by the park and included in the pay-one-price...which meant a much longer wait when the park is busy, of course.

In that case, you are correct. It is included in the pay-one-price admission. That didn't mean longer lines when I was there, though. It was a walk-on the entire time I was there, as was the Skyliner.

I plan on going to Lakemont and Delgrosso's for the first time this summer, and though I'm looking forward to both for different reasons, I'm most excited about Lakemont, they look like they more exciting stuff such as skyliner, twister, and quite a nice collection of old rides, however I am very excited about going to DelGrosso's and riding The Kings Island Wheel of Fortune for the first time in over 20 years

In DelGrosso's parking lot (yes, in the parking lot) is a fantastic hot dog and ice cream joint--Austin's Texas Hot Dogs! It is better than any of the food in the park, which is, by the way, also quite good!

http://www.delgrossos.com/mapglfkrt.html

That is an inset from the park map:

http://www.delgrossos.com/maplg.html

In my opinion, Lakemont is better than Delgrosso's. Last time I went to Delgrosso's (2007 season), there wasn't that much to do, and even though we got there a few hours after opening, the place was dead. Lakemont has a better coaster, but that might change if Delgrosso's ever remembers to rebuild a certain coaster...

Wow... when I was making my list of parks for our possible "Parks of PA" tour this summer, I completely forgot Lakemont! This park is a must just for Leap the Dips.

I've heard of Delgrosso's before but don't know too much about it. From their map it looks like you can do everything in a couple of hours. Of course, I thought the same about Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk... boy was I wrong there. We spent much more time at SCBB than I had planned, not because of lines, but because of the greatness of that little park.

This park is a must just for Leap the Dips.

Leap the Dips is great just for historical reasons, but the real gem of the park is the Skyliner. Ride from the back seat. There is just a buzz bar with no seat belt, and the airtime on the first drop is wicked...not to mention the following two or three hills.

^Yeah, after I posted I looked at rcdb and checked out Skyliner. It had me at "John C. Allen", and now I find out it's buzz bars and no seat belts! I am soooo at Lakemont if we do our "Parks of PA" tour!

Gator, dreaming back to the days of Racer and Beast with buzz bars...