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Park News - (1/4/2026) Ken Jenkins was sworn in on January 1st as a Westchester County Executive and some comments were made about what’s going on with Playland Park after the county had taken control of the park following Standard Amusements’ rapid departure early last year. While the county struggled a bit to get the park, it did actually reopen, though not with all of the typical attractions. This was especially disappointing for roller coaster fans as the park’s famous Dragon Coaster sat closed for the entire 2025 season.
    According to Jenkins, in 2026 Playland will “open bigger and better. And y’all heard me say this before, but I’m telling you, you’re going to be able to meet me at the Dragon Coaster.”
 
    (11/23/2025) A quick update on the status of the three men who broke into Rye Playland via rowboat, left with over 200 stuffed animals and later turned themselves in has been posted. According to MSN, the trio have all been charged with felony burglary, criminal mischief and misdemeanor trespassing and larceny.
 
    (11/15/2025) Remember the story about how three guys broke into Rye Playland one night in September by rowboat, jumped a fence, severed fiber optic cables and left with over 200 stuffed animals toys via the same rowboat? According to this news report the trio from New Jersey (19, 19 and 20 years old) turned themselves in last week to face “felony burglary and criminal mischief charges.”
 
    (10/18/2025) A trio of individuals apparently broke into Rye’s Playland Park after dark and caused some interesting damage. According to the news report the trio actually arrived on the grounds by taking a small boat to the shore just before midnight, climbed the fence into the park, went right to the electrical room to cut and rip out fiber optic cables providing phone and internet service to the park.
    Footage from the security cams caught some other interesting antics, as the group appeared to attempt to pick up a photo booth from the from the park and lift it over the fence unsuccessfully, and then went on to steal about 200 various stuffed animals that they stuffed into large garbage bags as they left.
    The police are looking for clues as to their identity, but given that I believe there are a number of colleges in the vicinity of Playland, and that the group only left with stuffed animals and did not try to break into any areas to steal cash, I do wonder if this was some kind of College Frat initiation stunt, where the goal was simply to break in and return with proof of the deed.

 
 
    (5/27/2025) According to the local news, Playland Park in Rye did reopen over the holiday weekend, but there is a catch. In the mad scramble to get the park open at all, it seems that a large number of attractions are still closed and could be weeks away from being ready to open. According to the report 8 of the 21 rides in Kiddieland were open over the Holiday, along with the Carousel, Dragonator, Kite Flyer and “two other rides in the main park”, but the rest are still not ready. The popular Dragon Coaster is said to still be “weeks away from being ready”.
    For now, admission into the park is free however, so that’s at least a good bit of news. Once they get a lot more rides up and running, then they’ll make the decision on when to start charging admission.

2026 - Nothing is known at this time...