AMUSEMENT PARKS

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An amusement park or theme park is a group of entertainment attractions, rides, and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people.

Amusement parks are self-contained areas that include shops, rides, and restaurants, usually spread over several a significant amount of space. In contrast to carnivals or fairs, many of the larger amusement venues are sprawling, permanent conglomerations that take up a number of square miles (square kilometers). Many are more amusement complexes than parks.

When amusement parks are mentioned, most people in the United States immediately think ofDisney World® and Disneyland®, Six Flags®, Busch Gardens®, or Knotts Berry Farm®. Actually, of these five, Disney World® and Disneyland® are actually theme parks. A theme parkhas a distinctive theme, or themes, to its layout, rides, shops, and attractions.The idea can be traced back at least to medieval times, when bands of

entertainers and musicians would gather in a town field or park to wield their skills for the amusement of the townsfolk. At the conclusion of a number of days or weeks, these performers would move on to the next town. Bartholomew Fair, begun in England around the year 1133, is often cited as the first dedicated amusement park. The amusement park as people know it in modern is merely the latest incarnation of this ancient concept. In its early stages, it was a bucolic public park with tents, buildings, and stalls, erected to offer various forms of music, food, entertainment and amusement. The entertainment often ranged from circus acts to portrait artists. The Ferris wheel was the first amusement ride.

 

Work at an Amusement Park! Ticket AttendantsTicket attendants sell tickets to enter the amusement park. They also give directions and hand out maps. It's important to be a people person cuz you'll be dealing with everyone who comes into the park and answering any questions they have. Oh, and you'll be stuck inside a small ticketing booth all day, which is great on days when it's pouring rain - but that's about it.

Concession StaffWorking the concession stand can be pretty demanding. You'll always have starving and thirsty peeps waiting in line for you to whip them up a stick of cotton candy, butter up some popcorn or slap ketchup and mustard onto their hot dogs. Just be sure you don't snack on the job - your job is to sell 'em, not eat 'em!

Rides OperatorsRides operators usually have to be at least 16 years old cuz there's a lot of responsibility that comes with this job. You have to start and stop the ride, explain the rules of the ride, help peeps in and out of the ride and make sure they're safely strapped in. Rides operators tend to get great tans from standing out in the sun all day, so it's important to slather on the sunscreen!

Games AttendantsCan you think of anything better than playing games all day long, all summer long? We sure can't, and that's why the games department is one of the coolest places to work. You'll need a good set of vocal chords cuz you'll be screaming and yelling at peeps (in a good way) to get their attention so that they'll come over to your booth and play a few rounds of your game. If they win - which happens once in a blue moon - you get to hand out a prize!

Costumed CharactersYou'll definitely work up a sweat by walking around in a cartoon costume, greeting and entertaining the amusement park folks and handing out balloons to all the kiddies. You'll most likely be wearing the mascot of your local amusement park, but if you're lucky enough to work at Disneyland, you just may get to be Mickey Mouse!

CleanersThis isn't the greatest job. In fact, it kinda stinks, but someone's got to do it, right? Aside from not needing any previous work experience, one of the perks of this position is that you don't have to deal with any rude or whiny peeps - just a whole lot of smellygarbage! To make things easier for ya, clip on some nose plugs, tune into your MP3 player and constantly remind yourself that a clean park is a happy park.

Enchanted Kingdom Location: San Lorenzo South Village, Santa Rosa City, Laguna, Philippines about 26

kilometers (16.1 miles) from Manila. It has a land area of 17 hectares (41 acres).

Ocean Park Location: Behind the Quirino Grandstand Luneta, Manila, Philippines

Fantasy World Location: Barangay Mayasang Lemery Tagaytay, Philippines about 2

hours average travel time drive from Manila Philippines 

Located in Subic Bay, Zambales, Ocean Adventure is one of the most visited parks in the Philippines, and stands as the only open-water marine park in Southeast Asia. It offers a range of visual attractions, water facilities open for swimming together with dolphins, diving sites right at its extension Camayan Beach Resort and other habitats for forest animals like birds, bear cats and pythons, making it popular among children and adults. A great educational and relaxing trip for families, for after the park tour you can recline on the beachfront benches and just watch the waves or dive in and have more fun!

Ocean Adventure

Star CityThe great thing about this park is it’s fun, adventurous, affordable and within the metro. Located within the Cultural Center of the Philippines complex in Pasay city, Star City is a 35,000sqm amusement park offers an array of both indoor and outdoor attractions, mixing amusement with retail and even live shows and musicals with its own premiere theater, Aliw Theater. Among other attractions housed in Star City are the double-decked Grand Carousel which can hold up to 72 riders, the Viking Ship and the Magic Carpet that’s sure to make riders scream their hearts out, and indoors, charming rides for kids like the Quack-Quack and the Wacky Worm.

Cedar Point, Ohio, United States 

If you’re idea of fun is twisting and twirling on a rollercoaster then this is the park for you! Cedar point is the second oldest theme park is the USA.  Known as the rollercoaster capital of the world, this amusement park holds the record for the most rollercoaster in a single park, 17.  Some of these include raptor, magnum XL, the corkscrew and the mean streak which are sure to get your adrenaline flowing. This park also boasts 3 water rides.  Even if you’re not a coaster freak there’s a petting farm, live shows, peanuts playground and challenge park which is an area with activities such as extreme trampoline, go karting, and golf.  There is something for everyone at this 364 acre property. 

Walt Disney World, Orlando, United States With four different theme parks inside it, Walt Disney world is must see for everyone. Originally developed as a supplement to

Disneyland in California, this theme park is the most visited amusement park in the world. Covering an area of 27, 443 acres, it is also the world’s largest amusement park. It contains the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood studios and Disney’s

Animal Kingdom. In addition to all of this, Walt Disney World also houses two water parks and 24 resort hotels on the property. 

Legoland CaliforniaGrowing up, did you ever wonder what exactly you could build with millions of Legos? Legoland park, which has over 30 million Lego bricks, is one answer. Located in Carlsbad, Calif., about 30 miles north of San Diego, Legoland is a 128-acre park that is a combination of rides and hands-on activities, aimed at children ages 2 to 12.The highlight of the park is Miniland USA, which features reproductions of American landmarks such as the White House, the Golden Gate Bridge and the New York City skyline, built on 1:20 scale. You can’t touch the models, but by pressing a button, you can do things like make the monkeys hop in Central Park. The park also has a safari trek, with life-sized giraffes, zebras and lions all built from Lego bricks, and a Lego factory tour. But there’s more than just Lego gawking to be done at Legoland.

HersheyparkChocolate magnate Milton Hershey founded the town of Hershey, Pa., in 1903, and today it has become a Willy Wonka-type playland for children and adults, with golf courses, theme parks, zoos, streetlamps shaped like Hershey Kisses and a chocolate spa where you can get covered in cocoa.A trip to Hersheypark should begin with a visit to Hershey’s Chocolate World, which offers a tour of the chocolate-making process (and ends with a visit to a gift shop). Then burn off those candy bars at Hersheypark, which has six water rides, 20 kiddy rides and eight roller coasters

HONG KONG DISNEYLANDDisneyland, It's a wonderful place!!It has six Disney worlds with activities for all ages: Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Adventureland, Mainstreet, Toy Story Land, and Grizzly Gulch. There is one area in Tomorrowland where the children can run around under small spray fountains so take a set of spare clothes!The food is of good quality and - surprisingly enough for foreign visitors. It caters fairly well for vegetarians. The fireworks in the evening are really magic and will stay shining with you for hours afterwards. A 7th area, Mystic Point, is to open in early 2013. There is and will be much more to see & do here than in previous years.