Fun Raleigh Amusement Park

For a fun amusement park experience, Frankie’s at Raleigh is the place to go.

We like to play mini golf. They have 3 courses at Frankie’s. We played course #3. We were told that’s the second hardest course. I’m amazed…I can’t believe I hit 3 holes-in-one in the 18 holes!  Most were back shots. Ok, I’m bragging. Wish I could’ve caught it on film. Eric didn’t score any holes in one…thought I’d point that out since I was playing my husband. It makes for good fun. I wasn’t a good sport about it either but he knew I was kidding in a competitive sorta way . And he’s usually better at skilled games than me so I had to equal things up a bit. Last time he beat me at mini golf over one shot. I never forgot that.

Anyway, inside in the arcade, we usually stick to the same games we know. He likes to shoot hoops. I like to play Ms. Pacman, compete in video car racing games, and play skee ball. Ocassionally I’ll play a pinball machine. But they usually just frustrate me ‘cause the ball usually just goes down the middle and I can’t do anything about that.

One of the best arcades I’ve been to as a kid is up in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. That’s where I really got to play a lot of skee ball. But even their arcade isn’t as cool as this one was.

At Frankie’s they’ve got food there too. We had dinner beforehand but I did have Dippin’ Dots ice cream there. You know the frozen ice cream pellets. It’s very refreshing. I still think it’s a neat idea. Eric had a slushie. He said he hadn’t had one of those in over 10 years. Oh and we both got such a sugar rush. Then we both started to crash around 9 pm. We’re old compared to most others at the park. Mostly tweens, couples and twenty somethings. We didn’t see a lot of super young kids and their parents at night.

They also have a small bowling alley game for kids, laser tag and a couple rides like bumper cars and a few indoors.

They also have a batting cage that I saw. Eric kept trying to distract me during golf telling me about the batting cage. And I told him I’d tell him if I wanted to hit some baseballs when we were done playing golf.  We never did, though.

And on their menu of fun stuff, they also have bumper boats. I didn’t see it but we were there at night so maybe I missed seeing it.

Category: Raleigh Entertainment