Location: Buena Park, California Years Active: 1983 – Active Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament is a family dinner theater featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting. Medieval Times Entertainment, the holding company, is headquartered in Irving, Texas. There are ten locations: the nine in the United States are built as replica 11th-century castles; the tenth, in…
Location: Grand Island, New York Years Active: 1961 – Active Fantasy Island was founded by real estate developer Lawrence Grant, and was opened on July 1, 1961. It was designed by co-financier and local jeweler Gerald Birzon and constructed by Milton Milstein and Associates. The ownership group was formed under the name Fantasy Land, Inc. before changing soon…
Location: Gurnee, Illinois Years Active: 1976 – Active Six Flags Great America is an amusement park located in Gurnee, Illinois, within the northern Chicago metropolitan area. Originally opened in 1976 by the Marriott Corporation as Marriott’s Great America, Six Flags has owned and operated the park since 1984. It features four themed areas and fifteen roller…
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario Years Active: 1961 – Active Marineland (official name Marineland of Canada Inc.), is a themed zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The park has performing marine animal shows, sea mammal and land animal exhibits, and amusement rides. It keeps dolphins, sea lions, an orca, and beluga whales. The park also keeps bears, deer, and other land animals. It was…
Location: Redwood Shores, California Years Active: 1968 – 1986 The animal theme park now known as Six Flags Discovery Kingdom previously operated as Marine World/Africa USA in Redwood Shores, California. The park was named Marine World when it first opened in 1968 before merging with the failing land-animal park called Africa USA in 1972. In 1986,…
Location: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Years Active: 1972 – 1994 Imagine plunging your hands into a child’s toy box in the late 70s, reaching in deep past the Star Wars figures and the Godzillas and a variety of Bat-people, and pulling out the little bits of molded plastic that didn’t get played with as much as the…
Location: Bushkill, Pennsylvania Years Active: 1977 – 1982 Magic Valley theme park opens. “The Pocono Record. June 30, 1977. p. 13. The Poconos’ first theme park officially opens its doors today at the base of Winona Five Falls near Bushkill.” Magic Valley Park Map 1981 Magic Valley Park Brochure 1981 FAQ
Location: Orlando, Florida Years Active: 1971 – Active Magic Kingdom? It’s the Disney dream on steroids. As you’ll see in this Magic Kingdom map archive, the Cinderella Castle presides over a whirlwind of themed lands, each bursting with rides, shows, and secrets. Craving a jungle adventure? Explore Adventureland. Want to lasso laughs in the Wild West?…
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Years Active: 1954 – 1990 Magic Harbor was an amusement park located south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that operated from 1954 until the mid-1990s. Originally called PirateLand, it was renamed for its 1975 re-opening with a revamped British theme. The site is now occupied by two campgrounds. Magic Harbor Map 1980 FAQ
Location: North Dartmouth, Massachusetts Years Active: 1894 – 1987 Lincoln Park was a park opened in 1894 by the Union Street Railway Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts on the border of Westport, Massachusetts on U.S. Highway 6. Lincoln Park closed in 1987 and remained abandoned and vacant until the Comet roller…
