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This is a list of events, openings, and closings that occurred in amusement parks in 2024. These various lists are not exhaustive.
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This is a list of events, openings, and closings that occurred in amusement parks in 2024. These various lists are not exhaustive.
| Name | Park | Type | Manufacturer | Opened | Formerly | Ref(s) |
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| All American Triple Loop | Indiana Beach | Looping coaster | Anton Schwarzkopf | May 11 | Quimera at La Feria de Chapultepec | [20] [21] |
| Black Widow | Cedar Valley's Wild Frontier Fun Park | Kiddie roller coaster | Allan Herschell Company | 2024 | Roller Coaster at Funland Amusement Park | |
| Cyclone | Animalia | Galaxi | SBF Visa | December 2024 | Montanha Russa at Parc Magique | |
| The Flash: Speed Force | Warner Bros. Movie World | Shuttle roller coaster | Intamin | April 2024 | Surfrider at Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast | [22] |
| Serpent | Niagara Amusement Park & Splash World | Galaxi | S.D.C. | August 27 | Serpent at Fun Way Amusement Park |
| Name | Park | Type | Manufacturer | Opened | Formerly | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemesis Reborn | Alton Towers | Inverted roller coaster | Bolliger & Mabillard | March 16 | Nemesis | [23] |
| Thunder Striker | Carowinds | Hypercoaster | Bolliger & Mabillard | 2024 | Intimidator | [24] |
| Top Thrill 2 | Cedar Point | Launched roller coaster | Zamperla | May 4 | Top Thrill Dragster | [25] |
| Name | Park | Type | Opened | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animation Academy | Epcot | Animation class | 2024 | |
| Despicable Me Minion Mayhem | Universal Studios Singapore | Motion simulator | 2024 | [26] |
| Fantasy Springs | Tokyo DisneySea | Themed area | June 6 | [27] |
| Fly with Appa | Nickelodeon Universe | Aerial carousel | March 23 | [28] |
| Frozen Ever After | Tokyo DisneySea | Reversing Shoot the Chute/Dark ride | June 6 | [27] |
| Laser Dance | Wurstelprater, Prater | HUSS Breakdance 5 | November 2024 | [29] [30] |
| Mega Mayhem | Rapids Water Park | Water coaster | April 4 | [31] |
| Sky Striker | Six Flags Great America | Zamperla Giga Discovery | June 22 | [32] |
| Splash Lagoon | Paultons Park | ABC Rides Log flume | May 2024 | [33] |
| SpongeBob's Crazy Carnival Ride | Circus Circus Las Vegas | Interactive dark ride | March 1 | [34] |
| The Celtic Dreamer | Emerald Park | Zierer Wave Swinger | May 22 | [17] |
| The Rise of Icarus | Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park | Water slide complex | May 25 | [35] |
| Tír na nÓg | Emerald Park | Themed area | May 22 | [17] |
| Name | Park | Type | Opened | Formerly | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadbury Chocolate Quest | Cadbury World | Trackless dark ride | March 29 | Cadabra | [36] |
| Dino Valley | Legoland California | Themed area | March 22 | Explorer Island | [37] |
| Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Magic Kingdom Disneyland | Log flume | June 28 | Splash Mountain | [38] |
| Name | Park | Type | Closed | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda | Kings Dominion | Looping roller coaster | 2024 | |
| The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man | Universal Studios Japan | Motion-based 3D dark ride | January 22 | [39] |
| Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin | Tokyo Disneyland | Shooting dark ride | October 31 | [40] |
| Drop Tower | Carowinds | Intamin Drop Tower | 2024 | |
| Green Lantern | Six Flags Great Adventure | Stand-up roller coaster | November 10 | |
| It's a Small World | Tokyo Disneyland | Old Mill | Fall 2024 | [41] |
| Kingda Ka | Six Flags Great Adventure | Steel launched roller coaster | November 10 | [42] |
| La Vibora | Six Flags Over Texas | Bobsled roller coaster | 2024 | |
| Nighthawk | Carowinds | Flying roller coaster | 2024 | |
| Scorpion | Busch Gardens Tampa Bay | Roller coaster | September 2 | [43] |
| Snake River Falls | Cedar Point | Shoot the chute water ride | September 2 | [44] |
| Space Mountain | Tokyo Disneyland | Enclosed roller coaster | July 31 | [45] |
| Sky Flower | Tokyo Dome City Attractions | Intamin Parachute Tower | January 31 | [46] |
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central theme, often featuring multiple areas with different themes. Unlike temporary and mobile funfairs and carnivals, amusement parks are stationary and built for long-lasting operation. They are more elaborate than city parks and playgrounds, usually providing attractions that cater to a variety of age groups. While amusement parks often contain themed areas, theme parks place a heavier focus with more intricately-designed themes that revolve around a particular subject or group of subjects.
Kings Island is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park was built by Taft Broadcasting and opened in 1972. It was part of a larger effort to move and expand Coney Island, a popular resort destination along the banks of the Ohio River that was prone to frequent flooding. After more than $300 million in capital investments over the years, the park has grown to feature over a hundred attractions including fifteen roller coasters and a 33-acre (13 ha) water park.
Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located approximately 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Trenton in Jackson, New Jersey. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park complex is situated between New York City and Philadelphia and includes a water park named Hurricane Harbor. It first opened to the public as simply Great Adventure in 1974 under the direction of restaurateur Warner LeRoy. Six Flags acquired the park in 1977. The park is located right off of Interstate 195 and is along Monmouth Road.
Kingda Ka was a hydraulically launched steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, United States. Manufactured by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel, Kingda Ka opened as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world on May 21, 2005, surpassing Top Thrill Dragster. It was the second strata coaster ever built, exceeding 400 feet (120 m) in height. Both were made with similar designs, although Kingda Ka's layout added an airtime hill on the return portion of the track.
Six Flags Great America is a 304-acre (123 ha) themed amusement park located in Gurnee, Illinois, within the northern Chicago metropolitan area. The amusement park originally opened as Marriott's Great America on May 29, 1976, as one of two theme parks built by the Marriott Corporation. Six Flags acquired the amusement park in 1984 after the theme park division was an earnings disappointment for Marriott. The sale gave Six Flags rights to the Looney Tunes intellectual properties.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a mine train roller coaster located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Park (Paris). In Tokyo and Paris, the attraction is named Big Thunder Mountain. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is also the name of the fictional rail line the roller coaster depicts.
Batman: The Ride is an inverted roller coaster based on the DC Comics character Batman and found at seven Six Flags theme parks in the United States and at least one outside the US. Built by consulting engineers Bolliger & Mabillard, it rises to a height of between 100 and 105 feet and reaches top speeds of 50 mph (80 km/h). The original roller coaster at Six Flags Great America was partially devised by the park's general manager Jim Wintrode. Batman: The Ride was the world's first inverted roller coaster when it opened in 1992, and has since been awarded Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts. Clones of the ride exist at amusement parks around the world.
Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, also known as Expedition Everest, is a steel roller coaster built by Vekoma at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The ride is themed around the Yeti protecting the Forbidden Mountain next to Mount Everest. It is the only roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and the tallest roller coaster at any Disney theme park.
Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, known as Magic Springs, is an amusement park and water park located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, about 50 miles (80 km) from Little Rock. A single price admission includes all day use of the rides and attractions in both parks. The park is open weekends from April through October and daily late-May through mid-August. Magic Springs Theme and Water Park was opened in 1978, closed in 1995, and reopened in 2000. Magic Springs Theme and Water Park is owned by EPR Properties and operated by Premier Parks, LLC.
Chip 'n' Dale's Gadgetcoaster is a junior roller coaster at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, and the Tokyo Disneyland theme park, located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. It is based on the work of the character Gadget Hackwrench from the Disney animated series Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989–1990). Gadget is depicted on top of a small weathervane on the roof of the loading station, as well as on a postage stamp in the attraction's loading area. The Disneyland version also includes a static figure of Gadget before the coaster's lift hill.
Frontierland Shootin' Arcade was an attraction in Walt Disney World which simulates a shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, over Boot Hill in 1850. The gallery included a jail, hotel, bank, and cemetery with a total of 97 targets which are animated when shot. After over 50 years of operation, it was closed in 2024.
Log flumes are amusement rides consisting of a water flume and (artificial) hollow logs or boats. Passengers sit in the logs, which are propelled along the flume by the flow of water.
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Gotham City is a themed area based on Gotham City at several amusement parks around the world. First opening at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1994, the themed area has since expanded into multiple Six Flags amusement parks and Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi. Although the layout and attractions are not identical and vary at each park, they all thematically connect with each other.
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