Theme Parks/Amusement Parks

Especially for families, amusement parks the world over are a big part of vacations. Cutting-edge and old-fashioned, corporate behemoths to modest mom-and-pops -- that's our focus here.

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4 of the world´s top roller coasters

If you're an amusement park geek, you've probably mused at some point about what makes one roller coaster better than others. You've tried to answer this question logically with various rankings and lists, but they just don't gel, because roller coasters are very subjective. Two coaster enthusiasts could experience the same ride and come away with entirely different opinions on its quality. So how do we really know what the best roller coaster in the world is? read post

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Walt Disney World in 'Travel Companies Taking the Lead in Environmental Protection'

As Daniel and Martha Everett and their two children enjoyed a trip to Florida's Walt Disney World, their focus was on entertainment and excitement rather than the environment. And when Barbara and Andy Allen checked into a Boston hotel, they wanted to fit as many sights as possible into their two-day visit. They gave little thought to how their stay might impact the ecosystem. But...read post

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The past comes vibrantly to life in Williamsburg, Virginia

Humberto Moreno Actual historical figures played parts in the fascinating tableau that makes Colonial Williamsburg - Virginia's first capital, located just under an hour from current state capital Richmond - a perfect place to relive pages from the past. Presentations by authentically attired re-enactors, tours led by factually based characters and a wide variety of other interpretive programs combine to involve visitors in the interest, information and fun. Williamsburg’s meticulously…

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Great Wolf Lodge and Williamsburg, Virginia - a wet/historical theme park two-fer!

Great Wolf Lodge “You want me to get on THAT and go down to where?” I wailed from high atop the Alberta Falls waterslide, looking down to an alleged pool that was well out of visual range. My 11-year-old grand-daughter nodded with a look of both consternation and resignation that I tried very hard to take in stride. Such was my introduction to a vast array of unusual children’s activities that mesmerized the 70-year-old kid in me as much as they did Dalya, 14 and Mollie, 11 as we…

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Ken Kok Lee December 7, 2023 at 10:40am

Parks themed around the Buddhist concept of hell are a thing across Asia, and this National Geographic article explains them, with Singapore´s very own Haw Par Villa prominently featured: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/buddhist-hell-par...

Open a portal to the underworld at these Buddhist ‘hell parks’

Found across Asia, these popular theme parks began as temple gardens that warned visitors of Buddhism’s many levels of hell—and the gruesome fates th…
José Balido July 28, 2023 at 11:26pm

I visited Dollywood many years ago to write a travel article, so I was interested to read this review from a first-time visitor: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/theme-parks/2023/05...
Barbara Necker March 11, 2023 at 12:06pm

Are you a U.S. rollercoaster fan? Might want to have a read of USA Today's preview of a dozen anticipated coasters opening across the country this year: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/theme-park...

'A really exciting time': 12 of the most anticipated new roller coasters opening in 2023

Serious roller coaster fans plan whole trips around new rides, but even casual theme park visitors can appreciate these 12 coming attractions.
Helen Brown February 17, 2023 at 11:00am

Wow, the Caribbean's first theme park, called Katmandu, is set to open in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, next month! https://www.travelandleisure.com/katmandu-punta-cana-opening-date-d...

The First Theme Park in the Caribbean Announces Opening Date, Details on Rides

The world’s first theme park in the Caribbean, Katmandu Park Punta Cana, will open on March 15, 2023.
Jordan Simon January 8, 2023 at 12:35pm

An LA Times look at Universal Studios' Super Ninendo World, opening next month as the first major video-game-driven land in a U.S. theme park (a larger one opened last year at Universal Japan): https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-12-29/univers...

First look: Universal Studios Hollywood powers up with Super Nintendo World

Universal Studios Hollywood's Super Nintendo World -- home to the ride Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge -- promises to be the most interactive theme pa…
Max Pesling November 2, 2022 at 10:35am

The world's newest theme park has opened east of Nagoya City, Japan - by train, less than two hours north of Tokyo and less than an hour from Osaka and Kyoto. But Ghibli Park is fairly narrow in its focus on the animated movies and series of Ghibli Studios, and it has no rides, but is rather a 17½-acre indoor indoor "town" filled with streets, exhibits and famous scenes from Studio Ghibli's films including Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and Castle in the Sky.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ghibli-park-japan-opens/inde...

Japan's long-awaited Ghibli Park is now open

Japan's new Ghibli Park features scenes from the popular animation studio's famous productions, including 'Totoro" and "Spirited Away." Here's a firs…
José Balido July 30, 2022 at 1:21pm

I've found that many people know that the Legoland theme park chain has U.S. outposts in Florida and perhaps California, but less widely known is that there's also one in New York State's Hudson Valley, in the town of Goshen, two hours north of NYC (no doubt partly because it's so new, having opened just in May of 2021). Its website is https://www.legoland.com/new-york, and here's an article about its reopening for the season this past spring: https://www.nny360.com/artsandlife/artsandentertainment/legoland-ne...
John Kipper June 29, 2022 at 8:19pm

Have you heard about the 14-year-old who fell off a the world's tallest drop tower and died at ICON Park outside Orlando (I admit I'd never heard of that park). They should never have let him on; he weighed 383 pounds, nearly 100 over the ride's weight limit - at age 14, for crying out loud . They had to have seen that and just decided to let it slide. What a horrible way to go. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/us/tyre-sampson-autopsy-icon-park-or...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/us/tyre-sampson-autopsy-icon-park-orlando/index.html
Paul Varmuza March 2, 2022 at 12:01pm

I've found that many people know that the Legoland theme park chain has U.S. outposts in Florida and perhaps California, but less widely known is that there's also one in New York State's Hudson Valley, in the town of Goshen, two hours north of NYC (no doubt partly because it's so new, having opened just in May of 2021). Its website is https://www.legoland.com/new-york, and here's an article about its reopening for the season on April 8: https://www.nny360.com/artsandlife/artsandentertainment/legoland-ne...
Sofie Couwenbergh January 18, 2013 at 12:07pm

In San Sebastián we visited the amusement park on top of Monte Igueldo. It was a bit outdated, but the views from the mountain were amazing!