Lake Compounce Amusement & Water Park

Stay Away! 8/08/2023 We have gone to this amusement park in the past. It was fantastic. However, things have changed for the worst. Here is our story. I took a day off from work to take the kids to the park on a Tuesday hoping for less people to be there and easier to get on rides. NOTHING was working! Not a single roller coaster was in operation. Boulder Dash, Phobia, Log Flume, Wildcat, Etc Etc....NOTHING! Why go to an amusement park if there are no rides working? OK we got on the bumper cars.....and the Ferris wheel.....what a joke. At $30 dollars a person plus paying to park this was a waste of a day. It gets worse. Let's talk about the staff. Realizing we were not going to get on any rides I decided to eat. Went to Johnny Rockets. There are two registers and one had a group of people in it. So the girl said to me the other register was open. I walked over and the kid there looked high staring at the wall. I said hello can I place an order? He turned to me and starred. I said can I have two singles, an order of fries and a fountain drink. He entered into the register then I put my card in - he then pressed a button on the card reader. He gave himself a 15% gratuity. I said wasn't I supposed to enter that? No response. So I said to hell with it and entered my PIN. Then he ripped the receipt and wrote something on it. It was a squiggly line. Apparently the register wasn't printing correctly and what he wrote was a number. I couldn't make out the number and found out it was a number 9 when I went to pick up the food. The food was terrible. Even my 13 year old didn't eat the burger. How does a 13 year old turn down a burger? So we figured we would walk over to the water park. If you ever wanted to know what it is like walking around a third world country then this is the place to be! I was really taken back by the crowd. Food left everywhere. People wearing bikinis that should never wear such a thing. It was gross. Thugs walking around like they owned the place and were looking to start a fight any chance they could get. We couldn't even find a lounge chair to sit because they were all disgusting covered with food and all kinds of stains. Even some of the water park rides were NOT working! Some of the slides were not in operation. Moving forward I said I am going to get a Slurpee. I waited in line and got to the front and ordered a cherry slurpee. The girl said it was not working. Seriously? OK give me a raspberry slurpee. She said I will have to mix it with apple to make it consistent is that ok? I said forget it and walked away. Lastly, I said let's just leave but felt bad so I wanted to get my kids something from the fudge shop before we left. I saw cup cakes and asked for 5 cupcakes. They were put into separate containers so I asked if they could be put into a single container. The girl said they didn't have one. So I took all five to the counter and another girl there rang me out and pressed a button on the card reader when I entered my card. She too gave herself a 15% gratuity. I was flustered so I just entered my PIN. So I then asked if I could have a bag to carry the cupcakes. The least she could do for the 15% gratuity she gave herself. She took out a folded bag and put it on the counter and in doing so knocked one of the cupcakes onto the floor. She stood there with this smirk on her face. Didn't seemed concerned, didn't offer me another one and didn't say anything. I put the rest of the cupcakes in my bag, picked up the one on the floor, threw it out and walked out. Not a single offer to help from anyone in the shop. I will NEVER return to this place. Will tell anyone I know to stay far away from this so called "amusement" park. Overall we spent over $300 dollars for tickets, parking, food and gas. Minus the time spent driving and while at the park - it was a waste of a day.