Ocean Beach Park

Address:1225 Ocean Avenue
New London, Connecticut
Tel: (800) 510-7263

If you're on Connecticut's coast anyway you might as well go the half-mile-long sugar sand of Ocean Beach Park's beach and boardwalk. There are lots of classic rides for the kids that hark back to the days of yesteryear. The arcade houses tons of classic games (including skee-ball) and even an international slot car raceway. Head back outside to sit at the Sandbar Cafe and Lounge or challenge your friends to 18 holes of miniature golf. Ocean Beach Park is a great little getaway on a classic beach boardwalk.

Open between Memorial Day and Labor Day. $$ (Moderately Priced) - Pay as you go option is available.

Relive your own childhood as you watch your kids enjoy all the lovingly restored, old-time, kiddie rides. From the classic and graceful carousel, a little train ride, to the rest of the rides, which consist of all those you most fondly remember ... the little bumble-bee-painted flyers ... the kid-sized spinners ... the tiny cars for their first "driving experience". BUT ... this year ... we've expanded to include some grown-up rides as well, including those old favorites, The Scrambler, The Octopus, and The Bullet! For the older kids, Ocean Beach boasts a wonderful arcade, where, again, you can relive a little nostalgia, with Skee-Ball ... winning tickets you collect against a wide variety of prizes for which they can be redeemed. Too tame?!? This arcade houses everything you could want...from bangin' on pinball flippers to boppin' gophers on the head ... from the latest shoot-'em-ups to a wide variety of action video games ... classic as well as current.