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| x California's Great America |
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May 29, 1976 |
California's Great America is an amusement park located in Santa Clara, California that is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. It is one of four major amusement parks that operate around the San Francisco Bay Area. The other...
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| x Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk |
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1907 |
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States.
The Boardwalk...
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| x Six Flags Discovery Kingdom |
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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA) is an animal theme park located in Vallejo, California. The park includes a variety of roller coasters...
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| x Disneyland Park |
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Apr 12, 1992 |
Disneyland Park (Paris) (French: Parc Disneyland) is a theme park at Disneyland Paris, a resort complex just outside of Paris, in the new town of Marne-la-Vallée, France. The first of two parks built at the resort, it opened as Euro Disneyland on 12...
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| x Disneyland |
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Jul 18, 1955 | 14,800,000 |
Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of the Walt Disney Company. Known as Disneyland when it opened on July 18, 1955, and still almost universally referred...
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| x Magic Kingdom |
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Oct 1, 1971 | 17,000,000 |
Magic Kingdom Park is one of four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort located near Orlando, Florida. The first park built at the resort, Magic Kingdom opened Oct. 1, 1971. Designed and built by WED Enterprises, the park's layout and...
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| x Six Flags Darien Lake |
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1954 |
Darien Lake is a theme park resort located between Buffalo and Rochester in Corfu, New York, United States, south of the New York State Thruway (I-90) on State Highway 77. It is owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties and operated by Herschend Family...
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| x Six Flags America |
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1974 |
Six Flags America is a theme park located in Mitchellville, Maryland. It is situated 15 miles (24 km) east of Washington D.C. and 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Baltimore. The park covers 523 acres (2.12 km), 131 of which is currently used for park...
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| x Six Flags New England |
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1840 |
Six Flags New England (SFNE), formerly Riverside Amusement Park, is a Six Flags theme park, named for the New England region, in which it is located. Located off of Massachusetts State Route 159, Six Flags New England is located less than 3 miles (4...
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| x Elitch Gardens |
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1995 |
Elitch Gardens Theme Park, locally known as "Elitch's", is an amusement park in Denver, Colorado. It is owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties and operated by Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation. It is a seasonal park usually opening in late April...
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| x Cedar Point |
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1870 |
Cedar Point is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Opened in 1870, Cedar Point is the third oldest amusement park in North America behind Six Flags New England and Lake Compounce. It...
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| x Pleasure Beach Blackpool |
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1896 |
Pleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned amusement park and resort situated along the Fylde coast in Blackpool, England. It is the most visited amusement park in the United Kingdom, and one of the top twenty most-visited amusement parks in the...
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| x Thorpe Park |
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May 24, 1979 |
Thorpe Park is a theme park located in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK. Thorpe Park has frequent buses from Staines. It was built in 1979 on the site of a gravel pit which was partially flooded, the intention of creating a water based theme for the...
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| x Universal Studios Florida |
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Jun 7, 1990 |
Universal Studios Florida is an American theme park located in Orlando, Florida. Opened on June 7, 1990, the park's theme is the entertainment industry, in particular movies and television. Universal Studios Florida inspires its guests to "ride the...
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| x Universal Studios Japan |
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Mar 31, 2001 |
Universal Studios Japan (ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン, Yunibāsaru Sutajio Japan), located in Osaka, is one of four Universal Studios theme parks, owned and operated by USJ Co., Ltd. (TYO: 2142). The park is similar to Universal Orlando Resort, since it contains...
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| x Universal Studios Hollywood |
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1964 |
Universal Studios Hollywood is a movie studio and theme park in the unincorporated Universal City community of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood movie studios still in use. Its official...
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| x Six Flags México |
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Apr 19, 2000 |
Six Flags México is an amusement park owned by Six Flags Inc. and the only Six Flags park operating in Latin America. It is located in the Tlalpan forest and borough, on the southern edge of Mexico City, Mexico. Six Flags México has become one of...
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| x Six Flags Magic Mountain |
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May 29, 1971 |
Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park located in Valencia, California north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company. In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and...
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| x Six Flags St. Louis |
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Jun 5, 1971 |
Six Flags St. Louis (formerly Six Flags Over Mid-America), is an amusement park owned by Six Flags, Inc. It is located in Eureka, Missouri, USA. Opened in 1971 as the third theme park of the Six Flags chain, it was the last park that was built under...
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| x Six Flags Great America |
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Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the...
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| x La Ronde |
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Apr 1967 |
La Ronde (sometimes called Six Flags La Ronde) is an amusement park in Montreal, owned and operated by Six Flags. It is the largest in the province of Quebec and the second largest in Canada after Canada's Wonderland, with about 2.5 million guests...
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| x Six Flags Great Adventure |
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Jul 1, 1974 |
Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson, New Jersey, owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world's largest amusement park corporation. Situated between the New York City and Philadelphia regions, the park complex also contains the...
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| x Six Flags Fiesta Texas |
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1992 |
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately 200 acres (0.81 km) of land in San Antonio, Texas.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is the major entertainment component of USAA's La Cantera, a 1,600 acre (6.5 km²) master...
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| x Six Flags Over Texas |
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Aug 5, 1961 |
Six Flags Over Texas is a theme park located in Arlington, Texas, east of Fort Worth and about 15 miles (24 km) west of Dallas. It is the oldest park of the Six Flags chain. The park opened on August 5, 1961 following just a year of construction and...
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| x Six Flags Over Georgia |
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1967 |
Six Flags Over Georgia is a 290-acre (120 ha) theme park located west of Atlanta, in unincorporated Cobb County. Opened in 1967, it is the second park in the Six Flags chain, after the original opening in 1961 in Texas.
Six Flags Over Georgia and...
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| x Tokyo Disneyland |
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Apr 15, 1983 |
Tokyo Disneyland (東京ディズニーランド, Tōkyō Dizunīrando) is a 115 acre (465,000 m²) theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station....
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| x Kings Island |
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Apr 29, 1972 |
Kings Island is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio. Opened in 1972 by Taft Broadcasting Company and now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Kings Island is the most visited...
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| x The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom |
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1954 |
Great Escape (sometimes referred to as Six Flags Great Escape) is an amusement and water park located in Queensbury, New York. It is advertised as being located in Lake George, New York. It is approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of Albany, and is...
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| x Six Flags Astroworld |
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Jun 1, 1968 | Oct 30, 2005 |
AstroWorld was a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately 57 acres (23 ha) of land (later expanded to over 75 acres (30 ha)) between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue, directly south of Loop 610 in Houston, Texas, USA. Opening on June 1,...
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| x Chessington World of Adventures |
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Jun 7, 1987 |
Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a theme park and zoo in South West London, England. It lies 12 miles (19 km) south of Central London. Historically opened as Chessington Zoo in 1931, a theme park was developed alongside it, opening in 1987....
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| x Disney's Hollywood Studios |
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May 1, 1989 |
Disney's Hollywood Studios is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. Spanning 135 acres (546,000 m²) in size, its theme is show business, drawing inspiration from the heyday of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. The third park built at the...
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| x Silverwood |
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Jun 20, 1988 |
Silverwood Theme Park is an amusement park located in northern Idaho, United States, near the town of Coeur d'Alene, and just 47 miles from Spokane, Washington on U.S. Route 95. Owner Gary Norton opened the park in June 1988 and originally included...
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| x Nagashima Spa Land |
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1966 |
Nagashima Spa Land (長島 スパーランド, Nagasihma Supā Rando) is a major amusement park in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It features several roller coasters, a giant Ferris wheel, and a water park.
Nagashima Spa Land is the home of Aurora Wheel, a giant...
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| x Waterworld California |
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1995 |
Waterworld California is a water park located in Concord, California. It was developed, owned and operated by Premier Parks, and now it is under the management of Palace Entertainment. The Park is also home to more waterslides than any other water...
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| x Paramount Canada's Wonderland |
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May 23, 1981 |
Canada's Wonderland is a 330-acre (130 ha) amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, a suburb directly north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The park is open seasonally from May to October and contains more than 200 attractions (including...
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| x Disney's California Adventure |
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Feb 8, 2001 |
Disney California Adventure is a theme park in Anaheim, California and one of two theme parks comprising the Disneyland Resort (with the original Disneyland Park being the other). It opened on February 8, 2001 as Disney's California Adventure Park,...
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| x Tivoli Gardens |
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Aug 15, 1843 |
Tivoli Gardens (or simply Tivoli) is a famous amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and is the second oldest amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg.
With more...
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| x Dyrehavsbakken |
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1583 |
Dyrehavsbakken ("The Deer Park Hill"), commonly referred to as Bakken ("The Hill"), is the world's oldest operating amusement park. It is located near Klampenborg (Gentofte municipality) but belongs under Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune, Denmark about 10 km...
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| x Legoland Billund |
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1968 |
Legoland Billund, the original Legoland park, opened in 1968 in Billund, Denmark. The Park is located next to the original Lego factory and Denmark's second busiest airport Billund Airport. 1.6 million guests visited the park in 2007 and over the...
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| x Epcot |
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Oct 1, 1982 |
Epcot is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, located near Orlando, Florida. The park is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely international culture and technological innovation. The second park built at the resort, it...
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| x Belle Vue Zoo |
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Belle Vue Zoological Gardens was a large zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway stadium in Belle Vue (Gorton), Manchester, England, opened in 1836. The brainchild of John Jennison, the gardens were initially intended to be an...
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| x Hanayashiki Amusement Park |
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1853 |
Hanayashiki (浅草花やしき, Asakusa hanayashiki) is an amusement park in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo that has operated since 1853. It is operated by Hanayashiki Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. It is claimed to be the oldest amusement park in...
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| x Luna Park, Coney Island |
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1903 | 1944 |
Luna Park was an amusement park at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City from 1903 to 1944. A second Luna Park was opened on the former site of the nearby Astroland amusement park. The second incarnation of Luna Park opened on May 29, 2010.
The park...
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| x Lincoln Beach amusement park |
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1939 | 1965 |
Lincoln Beach was an amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana, functioning from 1939 through 1965. The park was for the area's African American population during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation.
Lincoln Beach was located along the shore of...
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| x Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park |
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2004 |
Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park is a theme park and a waterpark complex in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Mt. Olympus consists of four areas of the park: Zeus' Playground (outdoor theme park), Neptune's Water Kingdom (outdoor waterpark), The...
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| x Alton Towers |
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Apr 4, 1980 |
Alton Towers is a theme park and resort located in Staffordshire, England. It attracts around 2.7 million visitors per year making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom. Alton Towers is also the 9th most visited theme park in Europe....
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| x Warner Bros. Movie World |
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Jun 3, 1991 |
Warner Bros. Movie World (more commonly referred to as Movie World) is a popular movie related theme park on the Gold Coast in Australia. It is owned and operated by Village Roadshow since the take over from Time Warner and is the only movie related...
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| x Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom |
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1987 | 2009 |
Kentucky Kingdom (previously known as Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom) is an amusement park located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The park is located on 58 acres (23 ha) of land which includes a collection of 27 amusement rides and a water park named...
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| x Nickelodeon Universe |
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Aug 11, 1992 |
Nickelodeon Universe (originally Knott's Camp Snoopy, later known as The Park at MOA) is the seven-acre (28,000 m²) indoor amusement park located in the center of the Mall of America (MOA), in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA.
On August 18, 2009,...
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| x Hersheypark |
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Apr 24, 1907 |
Hersheypark (known as Hershey Park until 1970) is a family theme park situated in Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States, about 15 miles (24 km) east of Harrisburg, and 95 miles (153 km) west of Philadelphia. Founded in 1907 by Milton...
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| x Islands of Adventure |
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May 28, 1999 |
Universal's Islands of Adventure is a theme park located in Orlando, Florida. It opened May 28, 1999 as part of an expansion that, along with CityWalk Entertainment District, the Portofino Bay Hotel, and Hard Rock hotel, converted Universal Studios...
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| x Michigan's Adventure |
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1956 |
Michigan's Adventure is a 250-acre (1.0 km) amusement park in Muskegon County, Michigan, about halfway between Muskegon, Michigan and Whitehall, Michigan. It is the largest amusement park in the state and has been owned and operated by Cedar Fair...
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| x Lake Compounce |
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1846 |
Lake Compounce is an amusement park located in Bristol, Connecticut, United States and a part of the neighboring town of Southington, Connecticut; the lake itself lies completely in Southington. It is the oldest continuously operating amusement park...
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| x Busch Gardens Williamsburg |
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May 16, 1975 |
Busch Gardens Williamsburg (formerly known as Busch Gardens Europe) is a 383 acre theme park located in James City County, Virginia about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Williamsburg, originally developed by Anheuser-Busch (A-B) and currently owned by...
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| x Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom |
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1884 |
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is an American amusement and water park located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The park features eight roller coasters, other adult and children's rides, and a waterpark, Wildwater Kingdom.
It features some of the world...
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| x Knott's Berry Farm |
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1940 |
Knott's Berry Farm is an amusement park in Buena Park, California, owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. It was also a line of jams, jellies, preserves, and other specialty food, now part of The J. M. Smucker Company based in Placentia,...
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| x Kennywood |
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1898 |
Kennywood is an amusement park located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The park first opened in 1898 as a "trolley park" at the end of the Monongahela Street Railway. The park was purchased in 1906 by F. W. Henninger and...
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| x Fuji-Q Highland |
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Fuji-Q Highland (富士急ハイランド) is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.
The theme park is near the base of Mount Fuji. It has a number of roller coasters, as well as The Haunted Hospital, the world's second largest haunted attraction, and...
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| x Heide Park |
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Aug 19, 1978 |
The Heide Park Resort (German: Heide-Park Resort) is a theme park in Soltau, Lower Saxony. With an overall area of over 850,000 m², it is one of the biggest German amusement parks and the biggest in Northern Germany. The theme park is part of the...
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| x Bell's Amusement Park | 1951 | 2006 |
Bell's Amusement Park was a small amusement park located in Tulsa's Expo Square, part of the Tulsa County Fairground in Oklahoma. The park was founded in 1951 by Robert Bell with a small collection of rides and amusements including a three car train...
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