Childhood boredom is the leading cause of broken vases, finger-painted walls, and vandalized Barbie dream houses. Channel the energies of youth with today's Groupon to Kentucky Action Park in Cave City, Kentucky. Choose between the following options:

• For $16, you get two one-hour horseback trail rides (a $32 value).
• For $35, you get a 20-ticket attraction pass (a $70 value).

Covered with view-blurring slides and scenic rides, Kentucky Action Park entertains families with both fast-paced and picturesque attractions. Adventure-seeking families or chrono-displaced cowboys can mount up for a one-hour trail ride atop a well-trained steed from the Jesse James Riding Stables. Riders depart from one of the largest riding stables in Kentucky, where an experienced guide leads the group into the countryside valley, giving riders an up-close experience of breathtaking scenery much more powerful than panoramic paint-by-Greek-letter views. Horseback hotshots as young as 2 years old can blaze the dusty trail.

Experience the buzz of zooming thrills and competitive play with the 20-ticket attraction pass, good toward the alpine slide, putt-putt golf, single and double go-karts, bumper boats and cars, rock-wall sessions, chair lift, and the Trampoline Thing. Adventurous sled pilots can zip down the tree-covered mountainside on the alpine slide, a quarter-mile channel filled with twists and turns, or channel inner rams on land and water with rollicking bumper rides.

Reviews

TripAdvisors award Kentucky Action Park a three-star average:

• Kentucky Action Park was fun for our whole family! – 911melissa
• The staff went out of their way to be accomodating. - mkbh925