If you're searching for some good old-fashioned family fun with a modern twist, a new attraction just opened in Illinois and you should plan on checking it out.

Slick City Action Park Is Now Open In Illinois

There are so many cool things for families and children to do nowadays. It's so much better than when I was a kid. We could go to a park with slides and swings but it wasn't anything spectacular. On a special occasion, my parents would take me to an amusement park.

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Most of the attractions at the local parks were kind of dangerous. They would never allow those kinds of rides anymore. I remember coming home many times from playing with some sort of injury.

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Parks are so much better now. They're much safer with a lot more choices. Plus, there are attractions for children of all ages. Also, when the weather gets bad you don't have to sit home with a bunch of bored kids.

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The latest attractions to check out are amusement centers or action parks. Some of them are outside but there are plenty of indoor options too. If you take the family, they're guaranteed to have a good time and an early bedtime to go along with it.

A very popular one is Slick City Action Park has finally opened a new location here in Illinois. It's in North Aurora which isn't a bad drive from Rockford. By the way, it's not just for kids. There's a lot of fun stuff for parents and adults to do too.

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Some of the activities you enjoy at Slick City are giant slides, air courts for basketball and dodgeball, trapeze, swing, junior bounce court, and indoor zipline. It looks like a cool place to check out this winter.

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