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Theme Parks

Traditionally, a theme park is a place to go to. Guests (customers) of a theme park attend in order to experience some element of recreation in a setting which is oriented around a motif or theme. Themes range from simple (amusement or child's play) to elaborate (Greek myth). Some offer accommodations within the park, others are open days only. Many parks are seasonal. Some are really only fun in the evening when the lights come on.

Please submit only parks which feature a combination of amusement rides or water attractions with go karts, miniature golf, laser tag, arcades, etc. Parks which feature mainly miniature golf should be submitted to the Miniature Golf category, kart courses should be submitted to Karting, paintball fields to Paintball, laser clubs to Laser Games.

Please submit entries in the following form:
Title: Title of park or web site
Description: Site includes hours of operations, photographs, and park history. [City, State, Country]
Note: Country can be omitted for parks in the United States.

In general, amusement center sites may be listed both in the appropriate Recreation: Theme Parks subcategory and the appropriate locality in Regional.

Amusement Centers

Amusement centers are commercial parks, usually operating year-round, which include a small number of water attractions or non-water rides in addition to family-oriented entertainment such as karting, miniature golf, picnic areas, arcades, indoor climbing, or laser tag.

Please suggest only parks which feature a combination of amusement rides or water attractions with go karts, miniature golf, laser tag, arcades, etc. Parks which feature mainly miniature golf should be suggested to the Miniature Golf category, kart courses should be submitted to Karting, paintball fields to Paintball, laser clubs to Laser Games.

Please suggest entries in the following form:
Title: Title of park or web site
Description: Site includes hours of operations, photographs, and park history. City, State, Country.
Note: Country can be omitted for parks in the United States.

In general, amusement center sites may be listed both in the appropriate Recreation: Theme Parks subcategory and the appropriate locality in Regional.

Defunct

Theme parks and amusement parks can close down, leaving behind souvenirs, photographs, and memories. (And sometimes, the park's infrastructure). This category is for sites about defunct, closed-down, or no-longer-in-operation theme parks.

Sites about parks currently in operation should be submitted to Recreation: Theme Parks: Individual Parks and not this category.

Please include a brief description of the contents of the site, followed by the location of the park.

Example: Everytown Amusement Park - Includes photographs, historical information, and essays by former employees. [Everytown, New Hampshire]

Disney

This category is for sites about the various Disney theme parks.

All sites dealing with Disney parks in more than one location should be submitted to the main Disney category. Any sites promoting the other Disney Parks, i.e. California Adventure, Tokyo Disneyland, Walt Disney World, should be submitted to the proper sub-category.

Guides

Guides are fan or commercial sites which cover more than one theme park, and may include ride reviews, park maps, travel directions, or pictures.

If your site is dedicated solely to one park, please submit it to the Individual Parks category.

Individual Parks

Includes official sites and fan sites for theme and amusement parks.

Please submit only a currently operating, permanent location, seasonal or year-round operating park.

Sites about a specific genre of parks should be submitted to the appropriate category of Recreation: Theme Parks, such as Disney or Water Parks. Sites about haunted houses should be submitted to Society: Holidays: Halloween: Haunted Houses: Commercial Attractions. For parks which are no longer in operation, please submit your site to Defunct. Fan or commercial sites which cover more than one theme park belong in Guides. Temporary pumpkin or Christmas tree sales lots will not be considered here as theme or amusement parks.

Please submit entries in the following form:
Title: Title of park or web site
Description: Site includes hours of operations, photographs, and park history. [City, State, Country]
Note: Country can be omitted for parks in the United States.

In general, theme park sites may be listed both in the appropriate Recreation: Theme Parks category and the appropriate locality in Regional.

Legoland

There are four Legoland theme parks. Parks are found in California, United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany.

Submit sites that include information and description for a single Legoland park, or all four in this category. May include various areas of the park, rides, admissions, and reviews.

Water Parks

Water parks are themed recreation activity areas that may offer attractions such as water slides or coasters, lazy rivers, tubing, kiddy pools, wave pools, beaches and beach activities, as well as other miscellaneous water based activities. Most are seasonal, fun for all age groups, and may be either inside or outside.

Please submit only sites dealing with recreational water parks in this category.