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Elitch Gardens

2000 Elitch Cir, Denver, CO | Map it  

80204 39.749801 -105.010001

(303) 595-4386 | View Website

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Northwest Denver, Auraria
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DrEbeling

Member since Sep, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
1.0
September 06, 2010

Come Get Gouged!. This place was overpriced! With a coupon a family of 3 got in for just under 50 bucks, so not bad. It's everthing else after that. I wonder if they sell beer? 7 bucks for a glass! Am I on a cruise ship? Water almost 4 bucks. 12 dollars to rent a locker to put your stuff in to go to the pool. $7.00 for an inner tube. Some side amusements cost extra for the kids to do like climb across a rope ladder for 2 bucks. And then you can upgrade your admission for 14.99 to a VIP and $15.00 to park. The ferris wheel was only filled to half capacity each time with a full line of people waiting (That's only 10 of the 20 cages filled each time) I should have gone to Pirates Cove instead.

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sage4224

Member since Aug, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
1.0
August 01, 2010

Shame on you Leaders of Elitches. Elitche leaders: How could you let a Denver Icon fall into such disrepair. What would the original family say if they saw it today? 120 year heritage and this is what you've added on your watch: Burnt out light bulbs in the all the rides... Gaffitti throughout the park... Rides not even lit up at night (Trying to save money?) Rides that break down regularly. Rides that are not working and abandoned with fences built around them (so no one will see?)... Vendors that look at you with a frown and an indifferent attitude and ask "who's next." wow... what a disappointment. Are we milking the business and don't care about quality, Elitches leaders?

How about making the Park world class again

There is so much potential for increase revenue and profits if you invest a little to fix this run down park. Don't you (leaders of Elitches) have a responsibility to the 120 year heritage and reputation of this Denver institution?

Shame, shame!

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KIMMYB

Member since May, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
2.0
May 20, 2010

Terribly expensive and somewhat disappointing. I hate to trash a place I thought was magical when I was a lot younger, but now that I'm a parent I'm saddened about what Elitch Gardens has become. With ticket prices over $40 a head, $12 for parking and food prices that almost had me leaving the park to find a restaurant, my husband and I decided we could have done so much more with the nearly $200 we ended up spending between tickets, food, parking and a wagon we rented. We could have spent the day in Estes Park and spent the night in a very nice hotel for the price we paid at what's turned into a second-rate amusement park.

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mammasita

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Joined 4 years ago
1.0
July 20, 2008

terrible experience!. Elitch Gardens is one of the worst places I've ever been to! This park is way too expensive! In addition, the people are very rude! The lines were too long, and the weather was too hot! I will never bring my family back to Denver, Colorado or Elitch Gardens.

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Contributor

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September 06, 2006

Part of Denver for generations, this local favorite is full of high-tech excitement.. In Short
This Denver theme park has been through many changes: Relocation, technological revamping and acquisition by a major amusement park corporation. But whatever the park may have lost in quaint charm, it has made up for in high-tech excitement. Looping roller coasters frame the city, and various towers can be seen for miles. There are more than 40 features on the grounds and they run the gamut from heart-stopping fright rides to relatively tame amusements.

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