Recent News
Family Kingdom Amusement Park
Coastal Business Life, August, 2008
The months leading up to the summer of '66 were a lesson in patience for young people in and around Myrtle Beach. A mammoth roller coaster was being built on 3rd Avenue South, between Kings Highway and Ocean Boulevard. "We couldn't wait for them to get finished so we could ride the thing," says Stoke Cromley, whose family owned the Mariner Motel. "It was Myrtle Beach's first big, scary ride." Granted, there were other rides in the area, but nothing quite measured up to the Swamp Fox, which became the signature ride at the new Grand Strand Amusement Park. (see full article)
Newsday features Family Kingdom Amusement Park
Myrtle Beach Herald, August 14, 2008
Family Kingdom Amusement Park in Myrtle Beach was recently featured in Newsday, Long Island's premier newspaper, as part of an article focused on Myrtle Beach. (see full article)
Myrtle Beach Rocks
Newsday, July 13, 2008
Myrtle Beach-goers who enjoy midway rides and water slides will be satisfied with Family Kingdom, an amusement and seaside water park where patrons can pay for each ride; buy an all-day pass to the amusement park or the water park or get a combo pass for a full day in each park. (see full article)
Grand Strand Easy Places
The Charlotte Observer, June 22, 2008
Need to save money, gas and travel time? We'll save your summer vacation. No charge to enter this old-school amusement park. But an all-day wristband or individual tickets to do the bumper cars, go-karts, carousel and other rides. Swamp Fox coaster is a wooden classic. (see full article)
Myrtle Beach rocks, but not where you think
chicagotribune.com, June 15, 2008
They like to call this 42-mile expanse of Atlantic beachfront the Grand Strand, an appellation that makes Myrtle Beach sound sedate, proper, Victorian. Parts of it are anything but. (see full article)
FUN FUN FUN
Florence Morning News, June 8, 2008
Can't afford tickets to Hard Rock Park? Neither can we. So while we're waiting for that piggy bank to fill up, we decided to try out one of Myrtle Beach's tried-and-true family amusements: Family Kingdom. With the demise of The Pavilion making headlines last year, coupled with the recent hype of Hard Rock Park, Family Kingdom seems to have gotten lost in the amusement park shuffle. Then, Trip Advisor . . . named Family Kingdom the number 5 fun spot on a list of the nation's top parks . . . (see full article)
Let's Ride . . .
Brunswick Beacon, June 5, 2008
Myrtle Beach amusement park still a thrill after more than 40 years. Once upon a time in America, you could find seaside amusement parks in virtually every beachfront resort town. Today, fewer than 20 oceanside parks dot the entire East Coast. One of them is Family Kingdom Amusement Parks just down the coast in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Family Kingdom is literally the amusement anchor for the Myrtle Beach oceanfront. (see full article)
Family Kingdom = Family Fun
Aiken Standard, May 17, 2008
One of South Carolina's most popular destinations, drawing visitors from all over the world, is Myrtle Beach, and no family vacation is complete without a trip to an amusement park [and] Family Kingdom continues to offer family-oriented fun [with] a central location, affordable rates, a family-oriented environment, flexibility, convenience and years of tradition. (see full article)
Excerpt from Yahoo News January 10, 2008...
"No summer trip to the beach is complete without a trip to the amusement park. And there's no better spot in Myrtle Beach than Family Kingdom. This enchanting seaside amusement park even includes a water park perched just feet from the ocean. The views from the top of its Ferris Wheel -- which is the biggest in South Carolina -- are spectacular, particularly at sunset. Families can get agreat deal by staying on The Family Value Package at the Sea Mist Hotel in Myrtle Beach. For around $400 in mid-summer, a family of four can get two nights of accommodations, a free 5 x 7 family photo, unlimited putt-putt golf, and passes to the park for each night of their stay. The Sea Mist even includes daily passes to Family Kingdom's Oceanfront Water Park." -- Yahoo! News