My wife and I are both on a six-week summer holiday because we're both schoolteachers. We are going to take a three-week holiday to the U.S. from the U.K. and we would like to go to some theme parks with our 9 year old girls. We do not want to take them somewhere they can't enjoy, and my wife is not very fond of 'extreme' rollercoasters. We are getting a flight from London to Chicago this Saturday and we return after three-weeks. We're staying in Chicago for three days and then plan on renting a car and taking a road trip around the Midwest and some border states. We're going from Chicago to St. Louis — Kansas City — Topeka — Wichita — Oklahoma City — Amarillo — Denver — Cheyenne — Omaha — Des Moines — Minneapolis — Milwaukee and back to Chicago. It's a long road trip, we know, but it's something we've always wanted to do: drive through the heartland of America. Three weeks is ample time.
We have arranged things to so in St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Denver, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee. We're going to a ball game, some museums, shopping, sightseeing, and camping. However, we haven't got anything arranged for when we go to Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita, Amarillo, Cheyenne, Omaha, and Des Moines. We're hoping to go to some theme parks with the kids and just go around the cities.
Are there any theme parks you can suggest near Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita, Amarillo, Cheyenne, Omaha, and Des Moines? We are staying in motels when on the road, so we're willing to take a detour of up to an hour. We're looking to go to parks that are small to medium size, family feel, less intense coasters, nice design, and somewhere kids would like. We visited my wife's parents in Santa Cruz last year and we went to Gilroy Gardens and Disneyland. Our kids loved both and Gilroy Gardens was a beautiful park.
If you could suggest any, I'd be very pleased!
- Alex
P.S. – Sorry if this is the wrong place to post the thread (my first post)
