Theme Parks

There is a considerable selection of Theme Parks throughout the USA and along with the various roller coaster and water parks, they are a multi-billion dollar industry that entertain over 130 million visitors each year.

Disney Amusement Parks

Disney World in Florida is the largest and most popular tourist attraction in the world.  This comprises the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT Center, the Typhoon Lagoon water park, MGM studios and the Pleasure Island nightclub.  The resort is so vast it can take up to 5 days to actually see it all.  For more information go to the Disney World website.

Disneyland was the first Disney park to be built and is situated in Anaheim, California.  This is the second biggest attraction in the world.  For full details go to the Disneyland website.

Other popular attractions

Other popular attractions throughout the country include Dollywood, Tennessee, Astroworld, Texas, Six Flags Great America, Illinois and Hersheypark, Pennsylvania.  For full details on amusement parks click on the Theme Parks website.

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