Adventureland Park opens this weekend to season passholders who will get a chance to check out 9 new rides at the Altoona, Iowa amusement park. | KCCI

Did you know Iowa has its own theme park and water park combo? [ad] Being born and raised in Iowa, we’ve been coming to Adventureland almost every year since we were kids. It was a go-to summer tradition for us until we left in the bus 🚌, and we couldn’t wait to visit again this summer while visiting family. This time, we met up with two of our favorite travel families (including the best friends of our older two!) and spent two full days in the park. We spent our first day focused on the rides