You are either into amusement parks or you aren't. If you are, there are
two very nice family-oriented venues within an hour or so of New Haven:
Lake Compounce (which is the oldest continuously operating Amusement
Park in America) and Six Flags New England. Both have just recently
added new state-of-the-art roller-coasters - both coasters are well
worth the visit. Gambling has also arrived in Connecticut, specifically
in southeastern Connecticut at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun.