I actually think it will be the same model Moore square had years ago, where you can get beer and wine from one location as long as it was consumed at the park. Here from the description:
“Check out the House of Many Porches Market - a grab-and-go cage offering fresh eats, coffee, frozen desserts, beer and wine”
If I can’t crush a beer while I push kids out of my way going down that big slide, what’s even the point of this place?
/jk
That website was more involved than I could have imagined. Tons of pictures and an interactive map, this is pretty advanced for city parks.
Right? I may be 30ish (
) but I’m not a big dude… can I go climb and play in this thing???
Some of this reminds me of the Maggie Daley Park within Millennium Park in Chicago.
This is a lot of programming / features in a tight space. Looks amazing but can’t help but think this will be shoulder-to-shoulder crowds on nice days. Hopefully crowds will be able to spill out into the open areas of Dix to spread out a bit.
I would say 18.5 acres is quite a good bit of real estate. Hopefully they won’t bottle neck too much with the activities. That will certainly get some screaming kids going for sure and break the fun zen of the moment.
It’s just missing an 18 floor parking garage. 
I guess I’m mainly looking at the 4.5 acre playground area. Yall I’m excited for it! .. just probably wont plan to go nice days (similar to Pullen and the Cary Park)
Kids will go missing…for at least 10-30 minutes. Get those GPS trackers, parents!
Like anything new, it will be a shiny object this Summer and it will be especially busy. After its “new” wears off, it will settle into a normal cadence of use in balance with nearby parks like Pullen and Chavis.
I’m probably just not remembering correctly, but I thought that they were supposed to have a stone wall/waterfall? 
YOWZA that’s a LOT of concrete in a tiny space. Why overpack SOMUCHSTUFF when they have 300+ acres? WTH? Looks like this to me:
Are you saying we need a water feature?
No i’m saying Dix playground has everything is SMOOSHED together.
WHYYYYYYY?
…because it’s a playground lol - that’s usually how they are
I must agree that CARY has one Hell of a Park. But I must reserve judgement until I see this “largest adventure playground in the Southeast” IN PERSON before making my official decision. Like anyone cares but me. But still.
Beg to disagree.
They have this ENORMOUS piece of land and didn’t spread anything out. Instead everything is wall to wall concrete. Already you have people saying here “well I’ll just avoid this place on weekends.”
Just my opinion, but they should have used WAYYYYY more space for this playground. The pathways are STUPIDLY close. But the kids won’t care. Just the (critical) adult in me being very judgy!
