Facts About Amusement Parks

An amusement park, or also known as a theme park, is a place with a group of attractions and rides for the entertainment and enjoyment of people of all ages. It is often referred to as a funfair, and it is more elaborated than a simple playground and a city park. Amusement parks may be educational, family-owned, or regional. Educational theme parks use rides and attractions for educational purposes. The first successful educational theme park was named Epcot, and it was opened by Disney in 1982. It was the second park in the Walt Disney World Resort. Other theme parks called the Holy Land USA and as well as the Holy Land Experience are built to inspire Christian piety. 

SeaWorld and Busch Gardens focus on animal education and are housing several thousand animals such as fish and other sea creatures, while Dinosaur World entertain a lot of people with dinosaurs in the natural setting. There are also theme parks that are family-owned such as the Knott’s Berry Farm. Knott and his family were first selling berries and had a restaurant serving fried chicken dinners but because of lines that are several hours long, they decided to entertain the waiting crowds with a Ghost Town. Other theme parks were the Lake Compounce, which is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States, Santa Claus, which used a Santa Clause theme, and Marvel Cave, which eventually became the Silver Dollar City owned by the Herschends along with other parks including Dollywood, Celebration City, and Wild Adventures. 

Some regional parks were the Six Flags in 1961 near Dallas which was the first regional theme park by Angus Wynne, Jr., Walt Disney World in 1971 in Florida, Magic Kingdom also in 1971, Epcot in 1982, Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 1989, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom in 1998.