The amusement park industry's offerings range from large global theme parks such as Magic Kingdom, SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood to smaller and mid-sized theme parks such as Six Flags and Cedar Fair. There are countless smaller businesses in many of the United States states and other countries around the world. Although simpler theme parks aimed squarely at children have also emerged, such as Legoland.

Examples of amusement parks in shopping centers are West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada, Pier 39, San Francisco "San Francisco (California)"), Mall of America, Bloomington "Bloomington (Minnesota)"), Minnesota.

Family amusement parks, starting as miniature golf courses, began to grow to include batting cages, go-karts (small racing cars), bumper cars, bumper boats, and water slides. Some of these parks have grown to even include roller coasters, and traditional amusement parks now also have these competition areas in addition to their thrill rides.

As of 2008, the Walt Disney Company accounted for about half of the industry's total revenue in the United States, resulting in more than 50 million visitors to its attractions located in the United States each year.[26]

Educational theme parks

Some parks use rides and attractions for educational purposes. Disney was the first to successfully open a large-scale theme park built around education. Called Epcot, it opened in 1982 as the second park at the Walt Disney World Resort. There are also Holy Land USA[27]​ and the Holy Land Experience, which are theme parks built to inspire Christian piety.[28]​ Dinosaur World entertains families with dinosaur recreations in natural settings, while SeaWorld and Busch Gardens parks also offer educational experiences, with each of the parks housing several thousand animals, fish and other marine species in dozens of attractions with a focus on animal pedagogy.[29]​.

Created in 1977, Puy du Fou is a highly celebrated theme park in Vendée, France. It is centered around European, France and local history. He received several international awards.

Family theme parks

Some theme parks evolved from more traditional amusement park companies, such as Knott's Berry Farm. In the 1920s, Walter Knott and his family sold berries at a roadside stand that grew to include a restaurant serving fried chicken meals. Within a few years, the lines outside the restaurant were often several hours long. To entertain the waiting crowds, Walter Knott built a "ghost town" in 1940, using buildings relocated from real Old West towns such as the ghost town of Calico, California "Calico (California)") and Prescott, Arizona "Prescott (Arizona)"). In 1968, the Knott family fenced the farm, charged admission for the first time, and Knott's Berry Farm officially became an amusement park. Due to its long history, Knott's Berry Farm currently claims to be "America's first theme park." Knott's Berry Farm is now owned by the Cedar Fair entertainment company. Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut "Bristol (Connecticut)") may be the oldest truly continuously operating amusement park in the United States, open since 1846. Santa Claus Land, which opened in Santa Claus, Indiana "Santa Claus (Indiana)") in 1935 and included St. Nicholas' Treat Castle and other Santa Claus-themed attractions, is considered the first themed attraction in the United States: a precursor to today's theme park. Santa Claus Land (renamed Vacation World in 1984) opened in 1946 in Santa Claus, Indiana and many people argue that it was the first true theme park despite Knott's story.[14] In the 1950s the Herschend family took over operation of the tourist attraction, Marvel Cave near Branson, Missouri "Branson (Missouri)"). Over the next decade they modernized the cave, which led to large numbers of people waiting to take the tour. The Herschend family opened a recreation of the old mining town that once existed above Marvel Cave. The small village eventually became the theme park, Silver Dollar City. The park is still owned and operated by the Herschends and the family has several other parks including Dollywood, Celebration City and Wild Adventures.

Regional parks

The first regional amusement park, as well as the first Six Flags park, Six Flags Over Texas was officially opened in 1961 in Arlington, Texas ("Arlington (Texas)") near Dallas.[30]​ The first Six Flags amusement park was the vision of Angus Wynne Junior and helped create the modern, competitive amusement park industry. In the late 1950s, Wynne visited Disneyland and was inspired to create an affordable, upcoming, larger amusement park that would be filled with fantasy. It followed in Disney's footsteps and had subdivisions within the park that reflected different lands. Subdivisions included the Old South and other sections that referenced Wynne's past.[31] In 1968, the second Six Flags park, Six Flags Over Georgia opened, and in 1971 Six Flags Over Mid-America (now Six Flags (Saint Louis)) opened near St. Louis, Missouri. 1971 also saw the opening of the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, with Magic Kingdom, Epcot (1982), Disney's Hollywood Studios (1989) and Animal Kingdom (1998).

Contenido

Los parques de atracciones reúnen gran parte de sus ingresos del pago de honorarios de admisión de los clientes que asisten al parque. Otras fuentes de ingresos incluyen honorarios de aparcamiento, y la venta de comida, bebida y recuerdos.

Prácticamente todos los parques de atracciones usan una o dos formas de entrada principales:.

Pay when you go

At amusement parks that use pay-as-you-go, a customer enters the park with little or no charge. The customer must then purchase the attractions individually, either at the attraction entrance or by purchasing attraction tickets (or a similar exchange method, such as tokens). The cost of the attraction is often based on its complexity or popularity. For example, a customer might pay one ticket to ride a carousel but four tickets to ride a roller coaster.

The park may allow customers to purchase a pass providing unlimited admissions to all attractions within the park for a specific duration of time. A wristband or pass is then displayed at the attraction entrance to gain admission.

Disneyland opened in 1955 using the pay-when-you-go format. At first, customers paid attraction entry fees at the attractions themselves. Before long, the problems of handling such a large amount of coins led to the development of the ticket system which, although now out of use, is still part of the amusement park language.[32] In this new format, customers purchased reservations of tickets containing a number of tickets, labeled "A", "B" and "C". The rides and attractions that used an "A-ticket" were generally simple, with the "B-ticket and C-ticket" used for the larger, more popular attractions. Later, "D-tickets" were added, then finally the famous new "E-ticket", which was used on the largest and most elaborate attractions, such as Space Mountain. Smaller tickets could be traded for use on larger attractions (i.e. two or three A tickets would equal a single B ticket). Disneyland, as well as the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, abandoned this practice in 1982.

Pay-as-you-go benefits include:

Disadvantages of pay as you go include the following:.

Pay a price

An amusement park that uses the pay-one-price scheme will charge customers a single large admission fee. The customer is then entitled to use most of the attractions (usually including the flagship roller coaster) of the park as often as they wish during their visit. A daily admission pass (daily pass) is the most basic pass in the hall, season tickets are also sold, offering the holder admission for the entire year of operation (plus special privileges for newer attractions), and express passes, which give the holder priority to skip the line at popular attractions.[34]​.

Pay-one-price format parks have attractions that are not included in the admission fee; These are called "premium-priced attractions" and may include extreme rides or go-kart tracks, or games of skill where prizes are won.

When Angus Wynne, founder of Six Flags Over Texas, first visited Disneyland in 1959, he noted the park's pay-as-you-go format as a reason to make his park a pay-as-you-go format.[35] He thought that a family would be more likely to visit his park if they knew, in advance, how much it would cost them to attend.[35]

The advantages of pay one price include:.

The disadvantages of pay a price include:.

La máquinas de emociones mecanizadas son una característica definida de los parques de atracciones. Las primeras atracciones incluyen el carrusel, que se desarrolló originalmente de los primeros métodos de formación de caballería usados en la Edad Media. En el siglo , los carruseles eran comunes en los parques alrededor del mundo. Otro tipo de atracción que determinó el futuro del parque de atracciones fue la montaña rusa. Los orígenes de la montaña rusa pueden remontarse a la Rusia del siglo , donde las atracciones funcionaban por gravedad, y que en principio solo consistía en trineos individuales o rampas de carros de caballo en caída libre desde la cima de laderas de nieve, construidas especialmente con montones de arena en el fondo para el frenado, siendo usados como actividades invernales de ocio. Estas ordinarias curiosidades construidas temporalmente, conocidas como montañas rusas, fueron el comienzo de la búsqueda de atracciones aún más emocionantes en los parques de atracciones. La Columbia Exposition de 1893 fue particularmente un campo de pruebas fértil para las atracciones de entretenimiento e incluían algunas que el público nunca había visto antes, tales como la primera rueda de la fortuna "Noria (atracción)") del mundo, uno de los productos más reconocidos de la feria. Desde finales del siglo , muchas atracciones de varios tipos son puestas alrededor de un tema específico.

Un parque contiene una mezcla de atracciones cuáles pueden ser divididos a varias categorías.

flat ride

There is a basic set of attractions that most amusement parks have, including the enterprise, tilt turn, gravitron, swing swing, inverted swing ship, tornado, and top spin. However, there is constant innovation, with new variations in turning shapes and passengers appearing to be propelled around in an effort to keep customers attracted. Manufacturers such as Huss and Zamperla specialize in creating flat rides among other entertainment attractions.

roller coaster

Amusement parks often offer multiple roller coasters primarily of wood or steel construction. Essentially a specialized railway system with steep drops and sharp curves, passengers sit and are contained in cabins, usually with two or more cabins joined together to form a train. Some roller coasters offer one or more inversions (such as vertical loops) which turn riders upside down.

train trip

Amusement park railroads have had a long and varied history in American amusement parks as well as overseas. Some of the first park trains were not actually trains, but trams, which brought customers to the parks on regular rail lines from the cities to the end of the rail lines where the parks were located. As such, some older parks, such as Kennywood in Pennsylvania, are known as streetcar parks. Early park trains that only ran on lines within the park boundaries, such as the Zephyr Railway at Dorney Park, were built to order. Additionally, amusement park railroads tended to be narrow gauge, meaning that the spacing between their rails is smaller than that of standard gauge railroads of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches (1,435 mm). Some specific narrow gauges that are common on amusement park railroads are 3 feet (914 mm), 2 feet 6 inches (762 mm), and 2 feet (610 mm) gauge.

Past and present manufacturers include:.

water attraction

Amusement parks with water features usually offer some water attractions, such as log flumes, bumper boats, rapids, and rowboats. Such rides are typically gentler and shorter than roller coasters and many are suitable for all ages. Water attractions are especially popular on hot days.

They should not be confused with water park slides.

dark ride

It is the set of attractions in which one rides a train or a boat on water and in which customers travel in guided vehicles along a predetermined path, through illuminated stages with many lighting effects included, animatronics, music and recorded dialogue, and other special effects.

Transportation attraction

Shuttle rides are used to bring large numbers of customers from one area to another, as an alternative to walking, especially for parks that are large or separated into distant areas. Ride transportation includes chairlifts, monorails, sky cars, and escalators. [citation needed].

Hong Kong's Ocean Park is well known for its 1.5 kilometer cable car, connecting the lowland areas to the park's headlands, and for having the world's second-longest open-air escalator on its headland. Both transportation links provide picturesque views of the park's steep surroundings and, while originally intended for practicality rather than thrills or enjoyment, have become significant park attractions in their own right.[36]

The amusement park industry's offerings range from large global theme parks such as Magic Kingdom, SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood to smaller and mid-sized theme parks such as Six Flags and Cedar Fair. There are countless smaller businesses in many of the United States states and other countries around the world. Although simpler theme parks aimed squarely at children have also emerged, such as Legoland.

Examples of amusement parks in shopping centers are West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada, Pier 39, San Francisco "San Francisco (California)"), Mall of America, Bloomington "Bloomington (Minnesota)"), Minnesota.

Family amusement parks, starting as miniature golf courses, began to grow to include batting cages, go-karts (small racing cars), bumper cars, bumper boats, and water slides. Some of these parks have grown to even include roller coasters, and traditional amusement parks now also have these competition areas in addition to their thrill rides.

As of 2008, the Walt Disney Company accounted for about half of the industry's total revenue in the United States, resulting in more than 50 million visitors to its attractions located in the United States each year.[26]

Educational theme parks

Some parks use rides and attractions for educational purposes. Disney was the first to successfully open a large-scale theme park built around education. Called Epcot, it opened in 1982 as the second park at the Walt Disney World Resort. There are also Holy Land USA[27]​ and the Holy Land Experience, which are theme parks built to inspire Christian piety.[28]​ Dinosaur World entertains families with dinosaur recreations in natural settings, while SeaWorld and Busch Gardens parks also offer educational experiences, with each of the parks housing several thousand animals, fish and other marine species in dozens of attractions with a focus on animal pedagogy.[29]​.

Created in 1977, Puy du Fou is a highly celebrated theme park in Vendée, France. It is centered around European, France and local history. He received several international awards.

Family theme parks

Some theme parks evolved from more traditional amusement park companies, such as Knott's Berry Farm. In the 1920s, Walter Knott and his family sold berries at a roadside stand that grew to include a restaurant serving fried chicken meals. Within a few years, the lines outside the restaurant were often several hours long. To entertain the waiting crowds, Walter Knott built a "ghost town" in 1940, using buildings relocated from real Old West towns such as the ghost town of Calico, California "Calico (California)") and Prescott, Arizona "Prescott (Arizona)"). In 1968, the Knott family fenced the farm, charged admission for the first time, and Knott's Berry Farm officially became an amusement park. Due to its long history, Knott's Berry Farm currently claims to be "America's first theme park." Knott's Berry Farm is now owned by the Cedar Fair entertainment company. Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut "Bristol (Connecticut)") may be the oldest truly continuously operating amusement park in the United States, open since 1846. Santa Claus Land, which opened in Santa Claus, Indiana "Santa Claus (Indiana)") in 1935 and included St. Nicholas' Treat Castle and other Santa Claus-themed attractions, is considered the first themed attraction in the United States: a precursor to today's theme park. Santa Claus Land (renamed Vacation World in 1984) opened in 1946 in Santa Claus, Indiana and many people argue that it was the first true theme park despite Knott's story.[14] In the 1950s the Herschend family took over operation of the tourist attraction, Marvel Cave near Branson, Missouri "Branson (Missouri)"). Over the next decade they modernized the cave, which led to large numbers of people waiting to take the tour. The Herschend family opened a recreation of the old mining town that once existed above Marvel Cave. The small village eventually became the theme park, Silver Dollar City. The park is still owned and operated by the Herschends and the family has several other parks including Dollywood, Celebration City and Wild Adventures.

Regional parks

The first regional amusement park, as well as the first Six Flags park, Six Flags Over Texas was officially opened in 1961 in Arlington, Texas ("Arlington (Texas)") near Dallas.[30]​ The first Six Flags amusement park was the vision of Angus Wynne Junior and helped create the modern, competitive amusement park industry. In the late 1950s, Wynne visited Disneyland and was inspired to create an affordable, upcoming, larger amusement park that would be filled with fantasy. It followed in Disney's footsteps and had subdivisions within the park that reflected different lands. Subdivisions included the Old South and other sections that referenced Wynne's past.[31] In 1968, the second Six Flags park, Six Flags Over Georgia opened, and in 1971 Six Flags Over Mid-America (now Six Flags (Saint Louis)) opened near St. Louis, Missouri. 1971 also saw the opening of the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, with Magic Kingdom, Epcot (1982), Disney's Hollywood Studios (1989) and Animal Kingdom (1998).

Contenido

Los parques de atracciones reúnen gran parte de sus ingresos del pago de honorarios de admisión de los clientes que asisten al parque. Otras fuentes de ingresos incluyen honorarios de aparcamiento, y la venta de comida, bebida y recuerdos.

Prácticamente todos los parques de atracciones usan una o dos formas de entrada principales:.

Pay when you go

At amusement parks that use pay-as-you-go, a customer enters the park with little or no charge. The customer must then purchase the attractions individually, either at the attraction entrance or by purchasing attraction tickets (or a similar exchange method, such as tokens). The cost of the attraction is often based on its complexity or popularity. For example, a customer might pay one ticket to ride a carousel but four tickets to ride a roller coaster.

The park may allow customers to purchase a pass providing unlimited admissions to all attractions within the park for a specific duration of time. A wristband or pass is then displayed at the attraction entrance to gain admission.

Disneyland opened in 1955 using the pay-when-you-go format. At first, customers paid attraction entry fees at the attractions themselves. Before long, the problems of handling such a large amount of coins led to the development of the ticket system which, although now out of use, is still part of the amusement park language.[32] In this new format, customers purchased reservations of tickets containing a number of tickets, labeled "A", "B" and "C". The rides and attractions that used an "A-ticket" were generally simple, with the "B-ticket and C-ticket" used for the larger, more popular attractions. Later, "D-tickets" were added, then finally the famous new "E-ticket", which was used on the largest and most elaborate attractions, such as Space Mountain. Smaller tickets could be traded for use on larger attractions (i.e. two or three A tickets would equal a single B ticket). Disneyland, as well as the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, abandoned this practice in 1982.

Pay-as-you-go benefits include:

Disadvantages of pay as you go include the following:.

Pay a price

An amusement park that uses the pay-one-price scheme will charge customers a single large admission fee. The customer is then entitled to use most of the attractions (usually including the flagship roller coaster) of the park as often as they wish during their visit. A daily admission pass (daily pass) is the most basic pass in the hall, season tickets are also sold, offering the holder admission for the entire year of operation (plus special privileges for newer attractions), and express passes, which give the holder priority to skip the line at popular attractions.[34]​.

Pay-one-price format parks have attractions that are not included in the admission fee; These are called "premium-priced attractions" and may include extreme rides or go-kart tracks, or games of skill where prizes are won.

When Angus Wynne, founder of Six Flags Over Texas, first visited Disneyland in 1959, he noted the park's pay-as-you-go format as a reason to make his park a pay-as-you-go format.[35] He thought that a family would be more likely to visit his park if they knew, in advance, how much it would cost them to attend.[35]

The advantages of pay one price include:.

The disadvantages of pay a price include:.

La máquinas de emociones mecanizadas son una característica definida de los parques de atracciones. Las primeras atracciones incluyen el carrusel, que se desarrolló originalmente de los primeros métodos de formación de caballería usados en la Edad Media. En el siglo , los carruseles eran comunes en los parques alrededor del mundo. Otro tipo de atracción que determinó el futuro del parque de atracciones fue la montaña rusa. Los orígenes de la montaña rusa pueden remontarse a la Rusia del siglo , donde las atracciones funcionaban por gravedad, y que en principio solo consistía en trineos individuales o rampas de carros de caballo en caída libre desde la cima de laderas de nieve, construidas especialmente con montones de arena en el fondo para el frenado, siendo usados como actividades invernales de ocio. Estas ordinarias curiosidades construidas temporalmente, conocidas como montañas rusas, fueron el comienzo de la búsqueda de atracciones aún más emocionantes en los parques de atracciones. La Columbia Exposition de 1893 fue particularmente un campo de pruebas fértil para las atracciones de entretenimiento e incluían algunas que el público nunca había visto antes, tales como la primera rueda de la fortuna "Noria (atracción)") del mundo, uno de los productos más reconocidos de la feria. Desde finales del siglo , muchas atracciones de varios tipos son puestas alrededor de un tema específico.

Un parque contiene una mezcla de atracciones cuáles pueden ser divididos a varias categorías.

flat ride

There is a basic set of attractions that most amusement parks have, including the enterprise, tilt turn, gravitron, swing swing, inverted swing ship, tornado, and top spin. However, there is constant innovation, with new variations in turning shapes and passengers appearing to be propelled around in an effort to keep customers attracted. Manufacturers such as Huss and Zamperla specialize in creating flat rides among other entertainment attractions.

roller coaster

Amusement parks often offer multiple roller coasters primarily of wood or steel construction. Essentially a specialized railway system with steep drops and sharp curves, passengers sit and are contained in cabins, usually with two or more cabins joined together to form a train. Some roller coasters offer one or more inversions (such as vertical loops) which turn riders upside down.

train trip

Amusement park railroads have had a long and varied history in American amusement parks as well as overseas. Some of the first park trains were not actually trains, but trams, which brought customers to the parks on regular rail lines from the cities to the end of the rail lines where the parks were located. As such, some older parks, such as Kennywood in Pennsylvania, are known as streetcar parks. Early park trains that only ran on lines within the park boundaries, such as the Zephyr Railway at Dorney Park, were built to order. Additionally, amusement park railroads tended to be narrow gauge, meaning that the spacing between their rails is smaller than that of standard gauge railroads of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches (1,435 mm). Some specific narrow gauges that are common on amusement park railroads are 3 feet (914 mm), 2 feet 6 inches (762 mm), and 2 feet (610 mm) gauge.

Past and present manufacturers include:.

water attraction

Amusement parks with water features usually offer some water attractions, such as log flumes, bumper boats, rapids, and rowboats. Such rides are typically gentler and shorter than roller coasters and many are suitable for all ages. Water attractions are especially popular on hot days.

They should not be confused with water park slides.

dark ride

It is the set of attractions in which one rides a train or a boat on water and in which customers travel in guided vehicles along a predetermined path, through illuminated stages with many lighting effects included, animatronics, music and recorded dialogue, and other special effects.

Transportation attraction

Shuttle rides are used to bring large numbers of customers from one area to another, as an alternative to walking, especially for parks that are large or separated into distant areas. Ride transportation includes chairlifts, monorails, sky cars, and escalators. [citation needed].

Hong Kong's Ocean Park is well known for its 1.5 kilometer cable car, connecting the lowland areas to the park's headlands, and for having the world's second-longest open-air escalator on its headland. Both transportation links provide picturesque views of the park's steep surroundings and, while originally intended for practicality rather than thrills or enjoyment, have become significant park attractions in their own right.[36]