We provide you a list with the most important theme parks and attraction parks worldwide:
The original Disneyland is in Anaheim, California, opened in July 17, 1955. The park is owned by the Walt Disney Company. It has only five themes when it was first opened; the Main Street, USA, the Adventureland, the Frontierland, the Fantasyland and the Tomorrowland. In the following years there were themes added, The New Orleans Square, The Critter Country and Mickey’s Toontown and so on. In 1998 the park had a resort inside its compound, the Disneyland Resort, and renamed the park Disneyland Park in order to tell apart from the resort of the compound.
The concept of the Disneyland Park was of Walt Disney when he wanted to have a park where both adults and children would enjoy. His first concept was the Mickey Mouse Park but then later on he made the show Disneyland in order to promote and also accumulate funds and sponsorship for his park to be built, five years after that, his concept of the park had been materialized. Due to the success of the Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, The Walt Disney Company built other Disneyland Parks and Resorts in Florida, USA, France, Hong Kong and Japan.
Here are the other parks and its locations
- The Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California.
- The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
- The Tokyo Disneyland is in Tokyo, Japan.
- The Disneyland Resort Paris is in Paris, France.
- The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong, China.
The Disneyland Park is divided into themed lands which have different rides and attractions, inspired on their movies and characters, as:
- Disneyland Railroad
- Star Tours
- Alice in Wonderland
- Dumbo The Flying Elephant
- The Haunted Mansion
- The Pirates of the Caribbean
- Goofy's Playhouse
- Minnie's House
Six Flags is the second popular theme park, next to the Disneyland Parks. In terms of number of properties, this is the company with the world’s largest chains of theme parks and amusement parks, with nineteen assets in North America alone. These twenty properties include theme parks, water parks and family amusement parks.
The name Six Flags was taken from a historical event of Texas. The first Six Flag Park was opened in 1961 in Texas. When it first opened, it featured a Native American village, railroads, Wild West Shows, a pirate adventure attraction and gondola rides and later on some of the rides were replaced by roller coasters, swing rides, observation towers and so on. The Six Flags Theme Parks headquarter is in New York, New York.
Here is a list of the Six Flags Theme Parks and its locations.
- Six Flags Over Texas - Arlington, Texas
- Six Flags Over Georgia - Austell, Georgia
- Six Flags St. Louis - Eureka, Missouri
- Six Flags Great Adventure - Jackson, New Jersey
- Six Flags Magic Mountain - Valencia, California
- Six Flags Great America – Gurnee, Illinois
- Six Flags America – Largo, Maryland
- Six Flags Hurricane Harbor – Valencia, California
- Six Flags Hurricane Harbor – Arlington, Texas
- Six Flags Fiesta Texas – San Antonio, Texas
- The Great Escape and Splash Water Kingdom – Lake George, New York
- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – Vallejo, California
- Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom – Louisville, Kentucky
- Six Flags New England – Agawam, Massachusetts
- American Adventures – Marietta, Georgia
- Six Flags White Water – Marietta, Georgia
- Six Flags Mexico – Mexico City, Mexico
- Six Flags Hurricane Harbor – Jackson, New Jersey
- La Ronde – Montreal, Quebec
- Six Flags New Orleans – New Orleans, Louisiana
Some of the rides and the attractions that you can find in the Six Flags Theme Parks are:
- Six Flags Railroad
- Yosemite Sam and The Gold River Adventure
- Aquaman Splashdown
- Superman Tower of Power
- Crazy Legs
- Universal Studios Theme Parks
This theme park is based on the movies that the Universal Studios has produced. The original Universal Studios Theme Park is located in Universal Studios Hollywood.
Here is the list of the chains of the Universal Studios and its location.
- Universal Studios Hollywood – Hollywood, California
- Universal Orlando Resort – Orlando, Florida
- Universal Studios Orlando – Orlando, Florida
- Islands of Adventure – Orlando, Florida
- Universal Studios Japan – Osaka, Japan
- Universal Studios Singapore – Sentosa, Singapore (soon to be completed by 2010)
- Universal Studios Dubai – Dubai, United Arab Emirates (soon to be completed by 2010)
- Universal Studios South Korea – Seoul, South Korea (soon to be completed by 2012)
There are eight parts of the Universal Studios with its own themes, attractions and rides as:
- Revenge of the Mummy
- The Simpsons Ride
- Universal’s Horror Make-Up Show
- Fear Factor Live
- Twister. Ride it out!
This is a series of aquatic mammal parks where it features educational shows about the aquatic mammals such as the killer whales, sea lions and dolphins and zoological exhibits about the different kinds of aquatic mammals. The Sea World has also many contributions regarding to the conservation of the wildlife. They have the commitment to preserve and rescue animals like the dolphins, whales, sea lions and seals that have been stranded.
The series locations of the Sea World Adventure Park are as follows:
- Sea World Orlando in Orlando, Florida
- Sea World San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas
- Sea World San Diego in San Diego, California
Some of the rides and attractions in the Sea World Adventure Park are:
- Roller coasters
- Journey to Atlantis
- 4D movie, The R.L. Stine's The Haunted Lighthouse
- Wild Arctic
- Penguin Encounter
The Busch Gardens Europe was formerly called, The Busch Gardens: The Old Country and Busch Garden Tampa are renamed as Busch Gardens Africa. The Busch Gardens Europe reflects the history and culture of the old-Europe while the Busch Gardens Africa reflects about Africa, its exotic wildlife, landscapes and so on. The parks were awarded as the World’s Most Beautiful Theme Park. The park itself is a mixture of the roller coaster rides and the Broadway shows.
- Busch Gardens Europe is situated in Williamsburg, Virginia
- Busch Gardens Africa is situated in Tampa, Florida.
Some of the rides and attractions in Busch Gardens
Europe and Africa are:
- St. Stephen’s Clock Tower
- The Squire’s Galley
- Da Vinci’s Cradle
- The Battering Ram
- The Royale Palace Theatre
- The LeMans Raceway
- The Moroccan Palace
- The Dwarf Village
- Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
- Sandstorm
For more information about Busch Gardens parks visit the Busch Gardens official website.
Legoland started in Billund, Denmark in 1968. This is a chain of park where it is made of Lego. Legos are bricks and pieces that assemble into many things like cars, buildings, trains, sculptures, castles, ships, robots, trucks, cities, holiday locations and many more. In Legolands, there are replicas of some cities and buildings like the Chrysler Building in New York, San Francisco and so on.
These are the locations of the series of Legoland Theme Parks.
- Legoland Billund in Billund, Denmark
- Legoland Deutschland in Gunzberg, Germany
- Legoland California in Cralsbad, California
Some of the most important Legoland theme parks attraction are:
- Lego City
- Knight’s Kingdom
- Electric motors and sensors
- The Imagination Zone
- Fairy Tale Brook
- Safari Trek
- Sky Cruiser
For more information about Legoland parks visit the Legoland official website.
This theme park is owned by the country singer Dolly Parton; this is located in Forge, Tennessee. It was opened in 1961 with the name of Rebel Railroad which was a tourist attraction only that showcases steam train, saloon, blacksmith shop and general store. In 1986, co owner Dolly Parton named it Dollywood, now has thrill rides and festivals. The theme park has nine themed areas; this reflects the historical and cultural time in East Tennessee and also Dolly Parton’s life and imagination.
Some of Dollywood rides and attractions are:
- The Celebrity Theater
- Tennessee Tornado Coaster
- The Dizzy Disk
- The Amazing Flying Elephants
- Mystery Mine Coaster
- Smoky Mountain Wilderness Adventure
For more information about Dollywood park visit the Dollywood official website.
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