Rides and Attractions
Calaway Park's attractions are geared to a wide range of ages, with variety ranging from soft playgrounds to thrill rides. The park is considered amongst North America's safest amusement parks according to 2005 statistics. Calaway Park offers several mandatory training sessions, safety briefings and ride-employee certifications that take place prior or during the employee's first shift. Calaway Park ride employees are trained to enforce height restrictions very carefully, being accurate to the inch specified by the ride manufacturers.
In 2008, the ride SuperJet allegedly starting before all children had boarded, an incident which did not result in injuries. Otherwise, there have been no ride safety issues in the park's history.
Among the food at the park is Dippin' Dots.
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