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Belmont ParkvsSan Diego Air & Space Museum
Both Belmont Park and San Diego Air & Space Museum are praised by expert reviewers. Overall, San Diego Air & Space Museum is the choice of most professionals compared to Belmont Park. San Diego Air & Space Museum scores 88 with approval from 5 sources including Where, Fodor's and Lonely Planet.
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Frommer's
3146 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92109
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Lonely Planet "This old-style family amusement park at the southern end of Mission Beach has been here since 1925." Full review
Fodor's "The once-abandoned amusement park between the bay and Mission Beach Boardwalk is now a shopping, dining, and recreation complex." Full review
Afar Magazine "Belmont Park is right on Mission Beach and is a little amusement park with a wooden roller coaster." Full review
Where "Located right on Mission Beach, Belmont Park offers nostalgic summertime fun and modern entertainment for the whole family." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Amusement parks can be kitschy, indulgent, and a little cheesy—at Belmont Park, we embrace it. " Full review
U.S. News & World Report19.0
"A trip to San Diego is not complete without a visit to beachfront amusement park and boardwalk Belmont Park." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Go back in time to an old-style beachside amusement park with rides, arcades, and views of the Pacific"
San Diego Travel Guide
February 23, 2021
Travel + Leisure "This vintage amusement park features bumper cars, a carousel, and other classic attractions as well as shops, restaurants, and snacks"
22 Fun Things to Do in San Diego With Kids
February 21, 2023
Frommer's "There are a variety of carnie-style rides at Belmont Park, but something more unique awaits next door at the Wave House." Full review
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Note: As of this writing Belmont Park has declared bankruptcy over a lease dispute with the city.
San Diego Air & Space Museum Fodor's Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide Where Frommer's
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
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Fodor's "By day, the streamlined edifice looks like any other structure in the park; at night, outlined in blue neon, the round building appears—appropriately enough—to be a landed UFO." Full review
Lonely Planet "The round building at the southern end of the plaza houses an excellent museum with an extensive display of aircrafts – originals, replicas, models and Charles Lindbergh memorabilia." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"In the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, oil portraits and biographical plaques salute notable inventors, industrialists and pilots." Full review
Where "This cavernous museum traces the history of human flight, from the earliest contraptions to military jets, all suspended from the ceiling above interactive, educational exhibits." Full review
Frommer's "The other big kid-pleaser of the museums (along with the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center), this popular facility has more than 60 aircraft on display." Full review
