Children's Fairyland
Playground in Oakland
- Where
- 699 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA 94610
Good to know
- America's first storybook theme park (opened 1950; inspired Walt Disney), at Lakeside Park on Lake Merritt: 10 acres of fairy-tale play sets, gentle kiddie rides (Jolly Trolly train, Flecto Carousel), Open Storybook Puppet Theater (oldest continuously operating puppet theater in the U.S.), small animals. Toddlers-early elementary.
- Ticketed (~$18-20; adults must be accompanied by children).