Lagoon Amusement Park to retire Jet Star 2 ride at end of season after nearly 50 years

Lagoon Amusement Park is retiring Jet Star 2.The 1,900-foot coaster debuted in the summer of 1976 and remained one of the ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Joyland Amusement Park entertained Lexington residents for 40 years

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...
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Edaville auctions off pieces of theme park history as it enters new era

Pieces of amusement park history were auctioned off in Carver, Massachusetts, on Wednesday as King Richard's Faire prepares to move into the park's location. The auction was attended by a wide variety ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Take a look inside Universal's brand new theme park, one of the biggest in the world

ORLANDO, Fla. (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Dragons and vampires and Goombas, oh my! Universal's newest theme park, Epic Universe, is one of the largest and most expensive in amusement park history, and the ...
The Cinemaholic

Is Twitlandia a Real Amusement Park? Is Triperot a Real Town?

Co-directed by Phil Johnston, Todd Demong, and Katie Shanahan, Netflix’s ‘The Twits‘ follows the tale of the eponymous couple, infamous for being unapologetically hateful towards everything they set ...
Yahoo

Why the 'World's Most Dangerous Amusement Park' Continues to Fascinate, 47 Years After It Opened

It's hard to believe it's been more than 45 years since one of the country's most talked-about amusement parks first opened its doors. Action Park, located on Route 94 in Vernon, N.J., was a ...