Countryside Adventures — Attraction in North Stormont

This place was super fun!! Went with my kids and our friends to do tubing, so we didn't even explore the skating trails. We spent 1.5 hours on the tubing hill on a lovely mild day and had a blast (adults included!). You will get tired from dragging your tubes up the hill but it was good fun. The tubes are really nice and the hill had multiple "lanes" and was well maintained. I didn't see any staff around though and at one point it was really crowded, it probably would have been good to have a staff at the top of the hill helping direct people and giving them a push down, as it got congested. I didn't see anyone get hurt though, the tubes can't flip over and the hills isn't too steep. My little kids LOVED it. There is a little petting zoo area with goats / pony / sheep / alpaca near the bottom of the hill which was a nice way to take a break. Bring quarters for the animal food dispenser. Also very nice bathrooms, sort of an upscale outhouse but they also have a sink with running water for hand washing. We smelled fries when we arrived but totally missed where the food truck was - I think it was closed by the time we left? More signage or a map would be helpful, and we only paid for the tubing experience so I wasn't sure if we could even go over to the skating...

A fun place to go skating in the woods. The trail is well groomed and the ice was well maintained (with the occasional bumpy or less than ideal ice patches well marked). Near the main entrance there is a food truck, a bonfire area, a small sliding hill for the kids, and some farm animals in a little fenced area. The price was $12 per adult (and a little less for kids). The place is cash only, but there is an ATM on site. My only complaints are that a few more trails would be nice, and the views are a bit sparse without many evergreen type trees (except in one short section). There is also one kind of odd section where you skate through an open area that looks a bit like a gravel pit with a backhoe parked in the middle. It kind of ruins the illusion of skating through the woods when you do cross through this area. My understanding is that the place has only been opened for a couple years. All in all, it offers a pretty fun outing, but has the potential for an even better experience by adding a few more trails and planting some more evergreens along the trail. Regardless of these issues, Countryside Adventures is still well worth...

Our toddler was bitten by the rabbits at the petting/feeding zoo section and we lost the whole day trying to stop the bleeding and calm his nerves.

My spouse and I rushed our little guy to the front desk for first aid and a young staff member helped us with bandages. He commented that this was the second child to be bitten and cause extensive bleeding from the rabbits that day. The cut bleed through the bandages and we left resorting to wrapping it with paper towel after paper towel to slow it down. The lady at the cash commented "you signed the waiver." Her help when we arrived earlier was equal to her interest in our son's well-being. Several hours later, a doctor at the hospital had him treated and patched up.

Otherwise our experience would have been fine. They had characters from Paw Patrol dancing to music. The skating area was nice, and the atmosphere was picturesque. Unfortunately, the staff commented that the rabbits were already biting children and didn't take steps to correct that. We also got no reassurance that they cared beyond cleaning up the blood. I can see the potential but we won't...