Balboa Fun Zone, Amusement park in Newport Beach, California.

Balboa Fun Zone is a waterfront amusement area on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, beside the 1905 Cape Cod-style Balboa Pavilion. Its boardwalk holds arcades, souvenir shops and restaurants, and rides including a carousel bought in 1985, a #5 Eli Ferris Wheel lit in colors at night, bumper cars and the Scary Dark Ride. A raised patio open to the public looks over Newport Harbor and is handicap accessible from East Bay Avenue.

Al Anderson built the Balboa Fun Zone in 1936 on leased land, with a small beach and a 45-foot Ferris wheel; he bought the land in 1948. The park closed from 1972 to 1985 over legal problems and reopened through Jordan Wank's initiative. Former employees Joe Tunstall and Bob Speth bought it in 1994, and the neighboring Newport Harbor Nautical Museum acquired it in 2005.

The Ferris wheel appears in Childish Gambino's 2013 video for "3005", filmed entirely on the ride, and Japanese musician hide shot "Hurry Go Round" here in 1998. Richard Prather set scenes of his 1959 novel Over Her Dear Body on the small sandy beach beside the rides.

The park is accessible by car or via the Balboa Island Ferry. Most attractions are easy to navigate, and there are spaces to rest between activities.

The Catalina Flyer, a 130-foot passenger ferry, departs from the Balboa Pavilion in the Fun Zone and reaches Avalon on Catalina Island in 75 minutes, carrying up to 500 passengers at a top speed of 32 knots. It is described as the largest passenger ferry boat on the west coast.