Celebrating its 40th Anniversary in 2016, California’s Great America delivers fun for the entire family. From roller coasters and engaging live entertainment to the family-friendly Planet Snoopy and Boomerang Bay Water Park, Great America has attractions fit for parents, kids, and everyone in between. Read on to find out what exciting adventures the theme park has in store: New for 2016: Great America has teamed up with video-game studio Electronic Arts to create Mass Effect: New Earth, a first-of-its-kind experience that features settings and characters from EA’s critically acclaimed Mass Effect videogame series. Thrill rides: Great America is home to more than a dozen coasters and thrill rides, including Gold Striker, named "California's Best Wooden Coaster," by California Coaster Kings, Flight Deck, Demon, and Drop Tower. There are also plenty of family rides, from the world's tallest double-decker Carousel Columbia and the Rip Roaring Rapids. Boomerang Bay Water Park: During the summer months, cool off at Boomerang Bay. It features a wave pool, waterslides, and a lazy river to enjoy the California sun. Planet Snoopy: Hang out with Charlie Brown, Lucy, and everybody's favorite beagle as they welcome little ones to a kid-friendly area complete with rides and shows.

Raging Waters San Jose is one of California’s biggest and most varied waterparks. Rides include: the twisting and turning Barracuda Blaster, which features 500 feet of snaking slide before a final plunge into a pool; the Bombs Away, with its 200-foot straight drop followed by a dizzying inverted flume; and the Dragon’s Den, where you can enjoy hurtling through the dark and slippery enclosure while trying to figure which way you’re facing. Raging Waters has annual and season passes that go for next to nothing during the winter months, making them a great deal when summer finally does come around. They have a main food court that features some surprisingly decent fare, a Subway, and a local BBQ shack called Sharky’s.

Each year, the creative team behind Dead Time Dreams Haunted Attractions fills its disturbing setting with elaborate plots suitable for the silver screen. Far from sitting passively, audiences step into the scene beset by a cast of horrifying creatures. Before entering one of the immersive attractions, Fear-O-Phobia or Grimm Fairy Tales, guests pass through the preshow Midway of Terror attraction. In Fear-O-Phobia, terrornauts stumble through a maze of winding dead-ends, behind which materialized phobias and deep-seated fears lurk. In Grimm Fairy Tales, visitors become the center of action in a spine-chilling storyscape of terrifying and twisted fairy tales.

Have a blast this weekend riding dozens of heart-racing coasters at Jungle Island in San Jose. With food just the way you like it, this park elevates your restaurant experience just on the level of taste. This park is more than willing to accommodate families, so kids are welcome to tag along. Parking is plentiful, so patrons can feel free to bring their vehicles.

There are tons of rides, attractions, and family fun to be found at Nickel City in San Jose. It's certainly time you stopped reading about this park with its amazing restaurant and finally came in for a bite. No need to splurge on a baby sitter — tots will be right at home at this park. Parking is plentiful, so visitors can feel free to bring their vehicles.

Don't leave the kids in front of the TV this weekend. With plenty of rides, games, and attractions, Sleigh Ride Photos at Christmas in the Park in San Jose is sure to be a blast for the whole family! Parking is plentiful, so visitors can feel free to bring their vehicles.