LAKE GEORGE — On Wednesday night, Jacqui Royael and her two kids visited the small but sprightly playground at Charles R. Wood Park for the first time.

They liked it so much they had to come back the next morning.

The playground — a nature-themed smorgasbord snaking around the northern side of the park’s festival commons — is part of the years-long rehabilitation of the space and is set to be officially unveiled in October. It has been open to the public for about a year.

For years, the West Brook Road site had housed the unkempt remnants of the Gaslight Village amusement park, operated for decades by the new park’s namesake. Its revamping had been plagued with delays leading up to its near-completion in the past year.

The rehabilitation has also included the creation of a skate park, walkways and bathrooms, as well as a large wetlands system that filters runoff water before it enters Lake George.

At the playground Thursday, Royael’s children — Maya, 6, and Parker, 4 — said they wanted to come back because it was such fun to play there, speaking almost in unison.

Parker said he especially liked the playground’s slide, bounding off toward it as soon as he had spoke.