Games to play in line at theme parks
A day at a theme park is a lot of great rides with a lot of standing in between. Forty minutes in a line that doubles back on itself is a long time when you're seven. Let's Tingo gives everyone something to do while you wait. You build a board of things to spot around the park, everyone gets their own board from the same list, and the first to fill five in a row calls a Tingo.
It turns the whole day into a theme park scavenger hunt, and the time in line becomes time spent looking for the next find.
A theme park scavenger hunt built for your day
Pick a game type, tell Let's Tingo you're spending the day at a theme park with the kids, and it builds a list of finds from that: a churro cart, a balloon seller, someone in a rain poncho. Keep the ones you like, add the coaster everyone's been talking about all week, and share the game.
In most games, finds are shared, so when anyone spots something, it shows up on every board that has it. If the family splits up, with the big kids on the coaster and the little ones on the carousel, each group can see what the other just found.
Games to play in line that keep everyone looking around
Lines are full of things to find if you know to look: a height sign, the screen showing ride photos, a family in matching shirts. Good games to play in line keep the kids looking up at the decorations instead of asking how much longer.
Pick a camera game and every find needs a photo. The photo stays with the find for the whole group to see, so by closing time the board holds the best moments of the day.
A Disney scavenger hunt, or any park you're visiting
If you're looking for a Disney scavenger hunt for your trip, Let's Tingo works at whichever park you're visiting. Tell it where you're going and it builds a list of finds from what you tell it, and you can add the parade float or the castle view your family's been looking forward to.
An amusement park scavenger hunt for the whole season
If you've got season passes to a park near home, an amusement park scavenger hunt doesn't have to end when you leave. Make it a timed game, set it to end on Labor Day, and every visit fills in a few more squares. Whoever has the most Tingos when it ends wins.
Name a prize when you set it up, like choosing the first ride next time, and everyone sees what they're playing for.
Theme park scavenger hunt ideas to get your board started
These are the kind of finds that make a good theme park scavenger hunt. Use them, change them, or let Let's Tingo suggest its own from what you tell it. For other occasions, browse more scavenger hunt ideas.
In line
- Height sign
- Wait time sign
- Matching shirts
- Light-up headband
- Misting fan
- Light-up toy
- Rain poncho
- Birthday crown
- Autograph book
- Ride photo screen
- Themed prop
- Lanyard with pins
Around the park
- Costumed character
- Parade float
- Fireworks
- Steam train
- Carousel
- Ferris wheel
- Log flume splash
- Street performer
- Balloon seller
- Castle tower
- Gift shop
- Fountain
Food and treats
- Churro
- Turkey leg
- Cotton candy
- Funnel cake
- Popcorn bucket
- Frozen lemonade
- Giant pretzel
- Snow cone
- Ice cream bar
- Candy apple
- Souvenir cup
- Fudge shop
Get your park day ready
Build the board the night before, and share it in line at the front gate. The same game works for travel bingo at the airport on the way there, road trip games if you're driving, and beach games for the rest of the vacation.
Joining a game is always free, in the app or in a browser. Plenty of games are free to make, too.