Theme Parks are, to simply put, amusement parks based upon a theme of some kind. They can range from campy mom-and-pop affairs, such as those tucked in among the lovely glacial ravines of New Hampshire's White Mountains
, to high-tech vacation destinations run by big corporations, like the Six Flags parks and Universal Studios. And, of course, the Disney Theme Parks. For a whacking load of pictures and videos from many parks all over the world, go to the many, many websites around the web about theme parks like TheCoasterGuy,
CoasterForce, ThemeParks-US, and Coaster Studios
Outside just themed environments, theme parks often try to tell stories through their attractions. It's mostly the larger theme parks that put this much effort into this, using incredibly detailed sets, animatronics and special effects to really push visitors into the setting.
Speaking of, Disneyland is certainly the Trope Maker here.note See also Souvenir Land and Amusement Park of Doom. A related trope is The Theme Park Version, used to describe something that has been simplified and sanitized for mass consumption. The sub-indices are for specific decades.
For the video game, look at Theme Park.
Theme Parks by Decade:
Notable Theme Parks, Rides and Attractions:
- Disney Theme Parks
- America Sings
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Captain EO
- Carousel of Progress
- Country Bear Jamboree
- Cranium Command
- Dinosaur
- Disneyland
- Disney Dreams: An Enchanted Classic
- Disney's Believe
- Doug Live!
- Ellen's Energy Adventure
- The Enchanted Tiki Room
- ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter
- Fantasmic!
- Frozen Ever After
- Golden Dreams
- Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!
- The Great Movie Ride
- The Haunted Mansion
- Horizons
- Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular
- Indiana Jones Adventure
- It's a Small World
- It's Tough to Be a Bug!
- Journey into Imagination
- Jungle Cruise
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
- Mickey's PhilharMagic
- Muppet*Vision 3D
- La Nouba
- Pandora – The World of Avatar
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Rivers of Light
- Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
- Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom
- Space Mountain
- Spaceship Earth
- Splash Mountain
- Star Tours
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
- Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire
- Stitch's Great Escape!
- Superstar Limo
- The Timekeeper
- Twice Charmed
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
- Walt Disney World
- World of Color
- ZED
- Universal Studios
- The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
- Animal Actors
- Back to the Future: The Ride
- Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue
- The Cat in the Hat
- Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem
- Disaster!
- Doctor Doom's Fearfall
- Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
- Dueling Dragons
- Earthquake: The Big One
- The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad
- E.T. Adventure
- Fast & Furious: Supercharged
- The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
- Ghostbusters Spooktacular
- Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D
- Grinchmas
- Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
- Halloween Horror Nights
- Doomsday (1999)
- Doomsday (2008)
- Dungeon of Terror
- Hell's High
- Hell's Kitchen
- Horrorwood
- Hotel Hell
- Insanity
- Midway of the Bizarre
- The Mummy
- The People Under the Stairs
- The Psycho Path Maze
- The Slaughterhouse
- S.S. Frightanic
- Tombs of Terror
- Total Chaos
- Toy Hell: Nightmare in the Scream Factory
- Universal's House of Horror
- Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
- Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
- The Incredible Hulk Coaster
- JAWS
- Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
- Jurassic Park River Adventure
- Kongfrontation
- Kung Fu Panda Adventure
- Men in Black: Alien Attack
- Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
- Poseidon's Fury
- Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
- Revenge of the Mummy
- Shrek 4-D
- The Simpsons Ride
- Skull Island: Reign of Kong
- Space Fantasy: The Ride
- Special Effects Show
- Storm Force Accelatron
- Studio Tour
- Super Nintendo World
- Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time
- Transformers: The Ride
- Twister...Ride it Out
- Universal's Horror Make-Up Show
- Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
