Dollywood in Pigeon Forge

7 March 2022 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Lightning Rod entrance © McDoobAU93/cc-by-sa-3.0

Lightning Rod entrance © McDoobAU93/cc-by-sa-3.0

Dollywood is a theme park jointly owned by entertainer Dolly Parton and Herschend Family Entertainment. It is located in the KnoxvilleSmoky Mountains metroplex in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Hosting nearly 3 million guests in a typical season from mid-March to the Christmas holidays, Dollywood is the biggest ticketed tourist attraction in Tennessee. It has won many international awards.   read more…

Jungle Island in Miami

28 December 2021 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  10 minutes

Jungle Island © panoramio.com - qwesy qwesy/cc-by-3.0

Jungle Island © panoramio.com – qwesy qwesy/cc-by-3.0

Jungle Island, formerly Parrot Jungle, is a relaunched eco-adventure park on Watson Island, Miami, Florida, United States. The park is re-opened following a series of major renovations after the park incurred damage from Hurricane Irma. The park features new pop-up waterslides, an outdoor wind tunnel flight experience, zip lines, escape rooms, a Nerf battle stadium and other attractions. Originally named Parrot Jungle, it was moved from its original suburban location in Pinecrest to its present location just east of downtown Miami and after the site was purchased for Pinecrest Gardens in 2002. It was renamed as Parrot Jungle Island. In 2007, the park was again renamed to Jungle Island. Parrot Jungle was a zoological park south of Miami on 20 acres (8.1 ha) of property at Killian Drive and South Red Road.   read more…

Parc Astérix in Plailly

1 July 2020 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Paris / Île-de-France Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Loïc Corbasson/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Loïc Corbasson/cc-by-sa-3.0

Parc Astérix is a theme amusement park in France, based on the comic book series Asterix by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. With more than two million visitors yearly, Parc Astérix is the country’s second biggest theme park after Disneyland Paris and its 14 million annual visitors.   read more…

Shanghai Disney Resort

5 July 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

Main entrance © Baycrest/cc-by-sa-2.5

Main entrance © Baycrest/cc-by-sa-2.5

Shanghai Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Pudong, Shanghai, China, that is part of the Shanghai Disney Resort. The park is operated by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products and Shanghai Shendi Group, through a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and Shendi. Construction began on April 8, 2011. The park opened on June 16, 2016. The park operated in its first half-year with a visitor attendance of 5.6 million guests.   read more…

Popeye Village at Anchor Bay

3 July 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Frank Vincentz/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Frank Vincentz/cc-by-sa-3.0

Popeye Village, also known as Sweethaven Village, is a purpose-built film set village, now converted into a small attraction fun park, consisting of a collection of rustic and ramshackle wooden buildings. It is located at Anchor Bay, 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the village core of Mellieħa, Malta. It was built as a film set for the production of the 1980 live-action musical feature film Popeye, produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions starring Robin Williams. Today it is open to the public as an open-air museum and sea-side resort.   read more…

Built as Fast Breeder nuclear reactor, operated as an amusement park: The Wunderland Kalkar

28 September 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  3 minutes

Cooling tower used as climbing wall © Koetjuh

Cooling tower used as climbing wall © Koetjuh

Wunderland Kalkar is an amusement park in North Rhine-Westphalia, just north of Düsseldorf. It is built on the former site of SNR-300, a nuclear power plant that never went online because of construction problems and protests. The park was constructed by Dutch entrepreneuer Hennie van der Most, who purchased the site. Wunderland Kalkar receives around 600,000 visitors each year.   read more…

The Europa-Park

25 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Greece © Jonaslange/cc-by-sa-3.0

Greece © Jonaslange/cc-by-sa-3.0

Europa-Park is the largest theme park in Germany and a second most popular theme park resort in Europe. Having 4.5 million visitors in 2011, it is the most popular seasonal theme park in the world and the second most visited theme park in Europe after Disneyland Paris. Europa-Park is located in Rust, in the south-west of Germany between Freiburg and Strasbourg, France. It is usually open from just before Easter until the beginning of November (summer season) and from the end of November to the second week in January (winter season).   read more…

Coney Island in Brooklyn

10 April 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, New York City Reading Time:  8 minutes

© Bran

© Bran

Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn. The site was formerly an outer barrier island of Long Island, but became partially connected to the mainland by land fill. Coney Island is possibly best known as the site of amusement parks and a major resort. The attractions reached their peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and years of neglect. In recent years, the area has seen the opening of MCU Park and has become home to the minor league baseball team the Brooklyn Cyclones.   read more…

Legoland® Florida announces opening date

1 January 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Lego Group - Merlin Entertainment

© Lego Group – Merlin Entertainment

Inspired by America’s love affair with all things LEGO®, the new 150-acre theme park will cater to kids ages 2 to 12 with more than 50 “pink-knuckle” rides – from roller coasters to race cars – as well as family focused shows and attractions.   read more…

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