Mercury News

California’s Great America chops jobs as uncertainty looms

SANTA CLARA — As uncertainty looms over how long it will keep its doors open, California’s Great America theme park has decided to cut 184 jobs, according to a WARN notice filed with the state ...
Los Angeles Times

City buys Griffith Park carousel, where Disney dreamed up a theme park. It could reopen soon

Los Angeles bought the historic Griffith Park carousel for $1 million, the same ride that inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland. Restoration is planned ahead of the 2028 Olympics, though the ...
Gizmodo

Universal Reveals a Trailer for Its Behind the Scenes Theme Park Docuseries

Disney gets all the press, and Six Flags has all the dancing commercials, but Universal has always had a strong position in the theme park world. Starting with a simple tour of the Universal lot in ...
Yahoo

How America's largest theme park vanished in less than a decade

For more than 100 years, Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, was an amusement park destination. From its earliest days in the late 19th century, when Geauga Lake was just a train stop with picnic tables and ...
The Escapist

Mars Attracts – become an evil theme park tycoon on the Red Planet

There is a lot to like about the premise of Mars Attracts beyond the clever title apeing Mars Attacks and featuring the aliens from the 1996 sci-fi comedy. For starters, it’s a theme park management ...
Cinema Blend

Theme Park Fans Are Not Holding Back As Universal Orlando Says Goodbye To Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit (And Its Secret Playlist)

Theme-parks I'm An Old School Muppets Fan, And There's A New Detail About The Rock 'N' Roller Coaster I Think Rocks Out Theme-parks Disney World Is Closing Rivers Of America Today. Of Course, Fans ...
People

Cable Snaps on Popular Theme Park Ride as Guest Describes ‘Giant Whip’ Falling From the Sky

A cable on Cedar Point's Power Tower ride detached from the ride vehicle on Aug. 10, according to local outlet Fox 8 David Chapman via Amusement Park Portal; Alamy Cedar Point's Power Tower ride ...
Travel + Leisure

This Is the No. 1 Theme Park in the U.S., According to Tripadvisor—and No, It's Not in Florida or California

One of the world’s top theme parks may be closer than you think. Dollywood, located in the Smoky Mountain region of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, was recognized as the best theme park in the United States ...
Orange County Register

Niles: Heaven only knows what went wrong with this $2 billion theme park

Sometimes, the wildest stories in theme parks happen behind the scenes. A federal court case in Oklahoma offers stunning allegations that promise to fuel industry cocktail party chatter for a ...
Ledger-Enquirer

How this Columbus native played major role in creating new Universal theme park

Donald Morrison grew up playing RollerCoaster Tycoon, a video game that simulates the construction and management of an amusement park. Now the former Columbus resident is doing it in real life as a ...
People

This Theme Park Is Ranked No. 1 Above Disney and Universal by Travelers — and It’s Not in California or Florida

Dollywood, the theme park co-owned by Dolly Parton, has been named Tripadvisor’s 2025 Travelers’ Choice No. 1 amusement park Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Dollywood has been named ...