Silverwood's High Moon Saloon - Athol

I absolutely love this place! The prices are great, the food is delicious, and there are plenty of activities to enjoy. It's perfect for families or even for a romantic date night.

It’s still enjoyable, but there are some downsides. Parking has gone up once more and is now $10 per vehicle. The magic show has lost Nick Norton and is now being performed by an apprentice who isn’t quite ready for the spotlight yet—maybe in a couple of years. The train ride begins with a twenty-minute safety briefing (don't stand up, don’t stand up, don’t stand up), followed by twenty minutes of hard-to-understand dialogue and poor acting. To top it off, there's another twenty minutes of infomercial-style promotion for BBQ and funnel cakes. Overall, it was pretty disappointing.

Some of the rides were closed, but most were operational, and it was incredibly enjoyable to ride a roller coaster at night with the spooky themed environment below. We ordered a pizza while we were there, and it was surprisingly good for an amusement park! The cheese pull was impressive too. I also appreciated that the venue is cashless. There are plenty of signs directing you on how to enter, as the Google Maps instructions take you on a slightly different route. We followed the signs, and it worked out great.

Silverwood is a lovely, mid sized theme park and water park in Northern Idaho. The grounds are lovely, clean and with lots of shade. Most of the employees were friendly and cheerful. In the theme park, the lines for the rides mostly move quickly, except for the wooden rollercoasters, which are very popular. They have 5 6 thriller rides, plus a host of rides for families and smaller children. We were disappointed that Aftershock was closed for maintenance when we visited, and there was no advance warning on their website. The water park is huge, with multiple slides, a lazy river, two wave pools and a large kiddie play area. The lines for the two large water rides at the back of the park were way too long and slow moving we didn 't ride them. The lines for the other slides were fast moving and there is something for everyone. The wave pools have quite aggressive waves, which my granddaughter loved. Just watch your kids!!!! I wish they had a few more changing rooms, especially close to the entrance. Food options are standard, but a bit limited for full meals. The BBQ picnic areas offer the best all you can eat options. I think they need a few other full meal options, as wait times during prime time are quite long. All the food we consumed was tasty and fresh. All in all, a lovely amusement park!

Our family visited silverwood theme park for the first time. We went on the last weekend of their summer hours, and we thought that would be better than the middle of summer for crowds. First, Their RV park: We also discovered shortly before going that they had an RV park! We had reserved a hotel for about $1100 for three nights in Coeur d'Alene, but when we found out about the RV park we checked and were actually able to find a spot for our RV, so we canceled the hotel and stayed at the RV park for $200 instead if f $1100, and didn't have a 30 min drive! Also we could just walk back to the trailer anytime and cool off or get refreshments. Very convenient. The only thing we didn't like about the RV park was we were RIGHT NEXT to the freeway and the noise was loud and constant. The only good thing was that it was so constant that it became like white noise. To minimize that, consider getting a spot on the RIGHT side of the RV park if you can. (Opposite side from the freeway and silverwood). They had a small store there and the staff was very nice. They have a huge kids play structure in the middle of the RV park, and the water in the RV connections tastes good and there are showers. If you have an RV and want to go to silverwood, staying in this RV park is overall a great option. Apparently it's nearly impossible to get spots there during the regular summer, but if you are early or late in the season like we were, it might not be so bad. We got a Fri, Sat, and Sunday night with only a few weeks notice. We had to move once, but still a good deal. As for the park, it was mostly unbearably crowded. When they first opened it wasn't too bad, but within an hour there were long lines. Too long to really want to deal with. It made me feel like I was back in Commiefornia fighting the mobs of people. The rides that we did go on were pretty good. I was only able to go on 3 or 4, as I had kids that were afraid to go on the large ones, even if we could get though the line, but my favorite by far was STUNT PILOT. The MOST intense ride I've been on. I'm sure the others were good too, but I wasn't able to go on most. The food was overpriced, obviously, but the chicken strip meals were very good. When you are gouged, at least it's nice to get something delicious. The restaurants seemed to close early though, we tried to go to the nice sit down Italian place, but they had stopped taking new customers 90 min before the park closed. The water park, boulder beach, was a lot of fun. At first it took us an hour to find ONE single chair for my wife, and before we found it I was ready to say screw this, with no where for her to sit out of the sun, but after she had that chair, we could enjoy the park. (Everyone drapes their towels over the available chairs to save them, and then goes off all day, so there are hundreds of unoccupied chairs that are unavailable). The lines were more manageable in the water park, and the tube slides were fun and and the non tube slides, but unless you have a group of 4-6 don't bother with the larger group inner tubes at the far end of the park. The line was about an hour, and the 30 second tube ride was not even worth it. My personal favorite was the large wave pool. Both me and my older two daughters had a lot of fun there. Very large waves, warm water, and it was just fun! The floating circle in the middle was also fun and relaxing. Definitely worth going on a hot day. The gift shot was pricey, but they had everything you might need of you didn't bring it. Overall Silverwood is great, if somehow you can avoid the crowds. Not really sure how to do that, but that's my recommendation.