Roller Coasters in Rhode Island

Aw, there are NO roller coasters in Rhode Island! The Ocean State joins Delaware and Hawaii in the no-coasters club (which pretty much includes Montana and Alaska too.) There used to be one, but it closed back in 2017.

There’s exactly one amusement park (kinda) in Rhode Island, so let’s at least talk about that.

You can still ride a roller coaster in Rhode Island from your own home- I’ll include a video of the one roller coaster that closed.

Atlantic Beach Park

There is one amusement park left standing in Rhode Island. And I have to say, it’s not much. Atlantic Beach Park in Misquamicut is a beachside park, as you might expect. And it had a Dragon Coaster for a few years. The biggest ride the park boasts now is a beautiful 1915 carousel. They also have an arcade, and according to the photos on the website, there might be a few rides in there, like a kiddie frog hopper and bumper cars. But the website also still shows the Dragon Coaster, so maybe keep your expectations low.

Atlantic Beach Park seems to be mostly about their Windjammer beach-side bar with live music most nights. Google Maps shows a few water slides across the street, but I’m not sure if they’re operational or who they belong to. There’s not even any information about how much any of it costs, and it looks like all the amusements have been closed for a few summers now while they do some upgrades.

Water Parks in Rhode Island

There isn’t much in the way of water parks either, which I guess isn’t too surprising for the U.S.’s smallest state. Providence seems to have a network of neighborhood parks and pools, and one ski resort offers two decent slides in the summer months. The six slides across from Atlantic Beach Park look like they aren’t operated by anyone at all. It’s all frustratingly short on information.

• It looks like Bayview Fun Park might own those waterslides across the street from Atlantic Beach Park. If so, they have 6 slides – two straight ones and three and a half curvy ones. (The “half” is much shorter than the rest, presumably for kids?) Attractions seem to be priced individually (there is also mini-golf and go-karts) but there’s no mention of the slides, so maybe they aren’t open at all.
• Yawgoo Valley in Exeter has a pool with two big hillside slides. There’s no ticket information now in the off-season, but they also have skiing and snow tubing in the winter, and trails, the water park, and a summer camp in the summer.
• Providence seems to have an array of city-run waterparks and pools, all free to the public! But no real information on what’s at each.

Did I miss anything? Have you been to any of these parks? What are you looking forward to doing next year? Let me know in the comments below!