As I reported a couple of weeks ago, Florida's Cypress Gardens and Georgia's Wild Adventures were scheduled to be auctioned when Adventure Parks, the company that owned and operated the ... Read More

The clever name that Hersheypark has given the new coaster that it will debut in 2008, "Fahrenheit," doesn't refer to the soaring heights that the thrill machine will reach. At ... Read More

This weekend, many parks will be kicking off the spooky season with the debut of their Halloween events. Until 1972, the year that Knott's Berry Farm transformed its Southern California ... Read More

After 119 years of operation, Cedar Fair is pulling the plug on Geauga Lake, the amusement park located near Cleveland, OH. It's been something of a bumpy ride for the ... Read More

The largest chain of indoor water parks, Great Wolf Resorts, will be bringing its signature brand of year-round water park fun to Connecticut in conjunction with the Foxwoods Resort Casino. ... Read More

One of the latest indoor water park resorts to join the ever-growing contingent is Wild Woods at the Elk River Holiday Inn near Minneapolis, MN. It's a relatively small park ... Read More

It's nearly Halloween season, but Six Flags has still been less than forthcoming with their Fright Fest plans. I've put together a Six Flags Fright Fest overview with as much ... Read More

After a lengthy absence, Six Flags Fiesta Texas will be bringing back Holiday in the Park, a Christmas-themed event, this December. And Beech Bend, a small park in Bowling Green, ... Read More

It's a classic case of supply and demand. With the kids back in school, the destination parks in Florida and California see their attendance numbers plummet in the fall. That ... Read More

One of Walt Disney's (the man, not the company) founding principles for Disneyland was that every guest should be treated like a V.I.P. His egalitarian approach to excellent customer service ... Read More

Plenty of California theme parks will be offering Halloween events, including Universal Studios Hollywood. As with Universal's Florida park, the event will be known as Halloween Horror Nights and will ... Read More

One of Florida's oldest theme parks, the venerable Cypress Gardens, with its signature waterskiing shows, hoop-skirted Southern belles, and stunning gardens, opened in 1936. Instead of bringing more tourists through ... Read More

We may take them for granted now, but before Knott's Berry Farm tricked out its park for Knott's Scary Farm 35 years ago, there were no theme park Halloween events. ... Read More

Why anybody would need to seek info about Walt Disney World anywhere else but on my About.com Theme Parks site is beyond me (wink, wink), but Disney is developing a ... Read More

Busch Gardens Africa (which is kind of a silly name, since it's located in Tampa, Florida) has always been as much about gawking at animals as soaring on roller coasters ... Read More

Tom Sawyer Island was one of the original attractions that debuted at Disneyland's opening in 1955. A few months ago, Disney revised the adventure by adding a Pirates of the ... Read More

There haven't been many new North American theme parks that have opened over the past few years. One of the few, Wild West World in Kansas, swung open its saloon ... Read More