10 best amusement parks to visit in the US
1. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a chain of themed areas based on the Harry Potter series. Currently, the themed areas are located at the four theme parks, universal Orlando resort, Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Hollywood. The flagship attraction in the Hollywood park is the fight-simulating ride of Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, though compared to the Orlando version, the Hollywood version incorporates 3D technology. Visitors wear Quidditch-inspired 3D goggles throughout the ride for an enhanced ride experience. It is one of the best parks to visit in the US if you are ready to spend $105 for general admission per person.
I have listed the rates below you can take a look.
- General admission 1 day - $105 to $110
- anytime admission 1 day - $115
- front line ticket - $184 to $230
- VIP experience - $359 and up
The rates fluctuate and rise during the festivals or holidays.
2. Kings Island
The kings island is a 360 acre park located at mason, Ohio. The park is operated by the cedar fair. Since years, the park is recognised for its most well known attractions. The park is divided in various areas some of them are action zone, coney mall, X-base, International Street, Oktoberfest, Planet Snoopy, Rivertown and Soak City. The Halloween haunt and winterfest operate during specific months.The park also has its own Golf course, a campground and greenland for growing flowers for the park.
ticket rates are different depending on what areas you want to visit. The rates start from 30 dollars and go up to 100 dollars. You can check the rates on the Kings Island website.
3. Busch Gardens
Busch Gardens are located at Tampa, Florida.The park has an area of over 335 acres with several rides, animal habitats and themed areas. The park has various themed areas such as Morocco, Bird Gardens, Sesame Street Safari of Fun, Stanleyville, Congo, Jungala, Pantopia, Nairobi, Crown Colony Plaza and Egypt. The park is operated by the SeaWorld entertainment majority owned by the private equity group The Blackstone group. one time visit will cost you upto $85 including taxes and other charges. they also offer free all you can eat dining for about $105 per person. if you want unlimited trips to the park for two weeks you can get it for about $160.
4. Universal Parks & Resorts
Universal parks & resorts is a chain of theme parks owned by the NBC universal a division of comcast. The parks are famous for its themes based on the movies, tv shows, cartoons, comics and video games. In USA, there are two parks one at hollywood and other at Florida. The universal park are one of the best parks to visit in US. The park offers a great variety of areas and will not disappoint your visit.
5. Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a huge park with an area of about 370 acres located on the lake erie peninsula in sandusky, Ohio.The park operate from may to september and reopens only on weekends in october till early november. The park is also said as the roller coaster capital of the country as it has the highest number of roller coasters. the park is only to have 5 roller coasters with height more than 200 feet. The park has also received award for being the best amusement park in the world. The ticket rates start from $42 and go up to $ 160 for a day.
6. Disneyland
Disneyland is one of the most known amusement parks in the world. set up by the Walt Disney company, the park is based on the cartoons and movies by the disney such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and snowwhite. The Disneyland park consist of eight theme parks, Main st. USA, Tomorrowland, adventureland and holidayland are some of the parks. Besides these, the park also consist of concealed backstage areas. The park was built under direct supervision of walt disney himself. the park ticket range varies from as low as $59 for a 5 day ticket to $80 for 2 day ticket.
If you were a walt disney cartoon fan in your childhood you won't be disappointed by the visit to Disneyland.
7. Knott's Berry Farm
The Knott's Berry Farm is located at Buena Park, California, and is owned by cedar fair. In 2015 the park was stated to be the 12th most visited park in the world. The park also went under refurbishment and has removed many rides and installed a number of new rides in their place. Currently the park consist of the four areas Ghost Town, Fiesta Village, The Boardwalk and Camp Snoopy. The ticket prices start from $42 for 3 to 11 years and 61+ ages and go upto 72 for a single day ticket for age 12 to 61 for a day.
8. Six Flags
Six Flags is an amusement park company which has its number of parks over all of America. The Great Escape in new york, Adventure World in Maryland, Six Flags Great Adventure in new Jersey and the Six Flags Texas are some of the properties owned by the company. The parks have some of the best rides in the US. They also have water parks such as Splashwater Kingdom in New york and White Water Bay in Texas.
9. Dollywood
Located at the Knoxville-Smoky Mountains metroplex in Pigeon Forge, Dollywood is one of the most visited park in Tennessee. The park has areas such as Showstreet, Rivertown Junction, Craftsmen's Valley, Jukebox Junction and many more. With thrill rides , the park also offers traditional crafts and music of the smokey mountains. The park has an area of about 150 acres with water rides, thrill rides and many more. The ticket rates start from $60 and up to $100 per person for either water and theme park for a day.
10. Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari is a combination Theme & Water park located at the Santa claus, Indiana, USA near the Interstate 64. The park is divided into four sections which celebrates Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of july with rides, games, live events and attractions. The park is most known for its 3 wooden roller coasters, the raven , the legend and the voyage. The park also include worlds two largest roller coasters the wildebeest and the mammoth. The tickets start from $24 for age 65+ to $35 for a day.
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