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This is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2013. These various lists are not exhaustive.


Amusement parks


Opening

* India Adlabs Imagica – April 18 * United States Aquatica San Diego – Spring, to replace the former
Knott's Soak City Knott's Soak City is a seasonal water park owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation located in Buena Park, California. The Knott's Soak City name was previously used for two other water parks in Southern California, since sold ...
water park * People's Republic of China Euro Park – August 11 * People's Republic of China Fantawild Dream Park – April 28 * Floraland Continent Park * Hainan Wenchang Space Theme Park * Happy Kingdom * People's Republic of China Happy Valley, Tianjin – July 27 * United Arab Emirates IMG Theme Park * Indonesia JungLeLand * Jurassic Dream * Lanzhou Hengda Chinese Ecological Park * Nantong Adventure Land * People's Republic of China Ocean Kingdom * People's Republic of China Qihe Happy World * People's Republic of China Sino Wonderland * Philippines Sky Fun Amusement Park – March 2 * Turkey Vialand * United States Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas – May * Australia
Wet'n'Wild Sydney Raging Waters Sydney, formerly Wet'n'Wild Sydney, is a water park in the Greater Western Sydney, greater western Sydney suburb of Prospect, New South Wales, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia, that opened on 12 December 2013. The park was ann ...
– December 12 * United Arab Emirates Yas Waterworld – January 24


Change of ownership

* Knott's Soak City (Palm Springs) – Cedar Fair Entertainment Company » CNL Lifestyle Properties


Birthday

* United States
Aquatica Florida Aquatica is a chain of water parks owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. Aquatica parks are operating in Orlando, Florida and San Antonio, Texas. History SeaWorld Orlando originally announced plans to build a water park on July 15, 2 ...
– 5th birthday * Netherlands Attractiepark Slagharen – 50th birthday * United States
Carowinds Carowinds is a amusement park primarily located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The park is owned and operated by Six Flags. Carowinds straddles the state line between North and South Carolina, adjacent to Interstate 77, with a portion of the park ...
– 40th birthday * United States
Disney's Animal Kingdom Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is a zoological theme park at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division, it is the largest theme park in the worl ...
– 15th birthday * United States
Frontier City Frontier City is a western-themed amusement park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. It is owned by EPR and operated by Six Flags. The park opened in 1958. Prior to the company's merger with Cedar Fair, Frontier City was one of only two Six Flag ...
– 55th birthday * Sweden
Gröna Lund Gröna Lund (, ), or colloquially ''Grönan'' (), is an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the seaward side of Djurgården Island, it is relatively small compared to other amusement parks, mainly because of its central location, which ...
– 130th birthday * Germany
Heide Park Heide Park Resort, commonly known as Heide Park, is a theme park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. With an overall area of over 850,000 m2 (210 acres), it is the largest amusement park in Northern Germany and among the largest in the country. ...
– 35th birthday * Denmark
Legoland Billund Legoland Billund Resort (also known as Legoland Denmark), the original Legoland park, opened on 7 June 1968 in Billund, Denmark, Billund, Denmark. The park is located next to the original Lego factory and Billund Airport, Denmark's second-busies ...
– 45th birthday * England
Paultons Park Paultons Park is an amusement park located in the New Forest National Park, near the village of Ower, in Hampshire, England, with over 70 rides and attractions. The park is situated on the former Paultons Estate, and covers 140 acres of land a ...
– 30th birthday * United States
SeaWorld San Antonio SeaWorld San Antonio is a marine mammal park, oceanarium and animal theme park in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio, Texas, on the city's west side. It is the largest of the three parks in the SeaWorld chain owned and operated by U ...
– 25th birthday * United States
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando is an animal theme park located in Orlando, Florida. Although separately gated, it is often promoted with neighboring parks Discovery Cove and Aquatica as well as Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, all of which are owned and operated ...
– 40th birthday * United States
Six Flags America Six Flags America is an amusement park in Woodmore, Maryland, United States,Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA) is a 135-acre (55 ha) animal theme park located in Vallejo, California, off of Interstate 80 i ...
– 45th birthday * United States Soak City (Sandusky, Ohio) – 25th birthday * United States
Soak City (Valleyfair) Soak City is an outdoor water park in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States, within the Valleyfair amusement park, and owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. It is included with theme park admission. History The Panic Falls slide complex, b ...
– 30th birthday * United States
Splash Adventure Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure (previously known as VisionLand, Alabama Adventure, Splash Adventure and Alabama Splash Adventure) is a water park and amusement park in Bessemer, Alabama. It is owned by Koch Family Parks, which consists of ...
– 15th birthday * Japan
Tokyo Disneyland is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney park t ...
– 30th birthday * United States
Worlds of Fun Worlds of Fun is a theme park located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, it was founded by American businessmen Lamar Hunt and Jack Steadman under the ownership of Hunt's com ...
– 40th birthday


Closed

* King Richard's Park – April 14 * Genting Outdoor Theme Park – August 31


Additions


Roller coasters


New


Relocated


Refurbished


Other attractions


New


Closed attractions and roller coasters


Amusement parks in terms of attendance


Worldwide

This section list the top 25 largest
amusement park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central theme, often fea ...
s worldwide in order of annual attendance in 2013.


Poll rankings


Golden Ticket Awards

The
Amusement Today ''Amusement Today'' is a monthly periodical that features articles, news, pictures and reviews about all things relating to the amusement park industry, including parks, rides, and ride manufacturers. The trade newspaper, which is based in Arl ...
Golden Ticket Awards ''Amusement Today'' is a monthly periodical that features articles, news, pictures and reviews about all things relating to the amusement park industry, including parks, List of amusement rides, rides, and ride manufacturers. The trade newspape ...
were held at
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States. Description ...
in
Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz (Spanish language, Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population ...
.


Best Roller Coaster Poll

Mitch Hawker's Best Roller Coaster Poll were held in early 2014 for the previous year.


Records broken


See also

*
List of roller coaster rankings Roller coasters are amusement rides developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. Early iterations during the 16th and 17th centuries, which were popular in Russia, were wooden sleds that took riders down large slides made from ice. The ...
* :Amusement rides introduced in 2013 * :Roller coasters introduced in 2013 * :Amusement rides that closed in 2013


Notes


References


External links


Listing
of 2013 roller coaster openings at the
Roller Coaster DataBase Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB) is a roller coaster and amusement park database begun in 1996 by Duane Marden. It has grown to feature statistics and pictures of over 12,000 roller coasters from around the world. Publications that have mentioned ...

Listing
of 2013 roller coaster closures at the
Roller Coaster DataBase Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB) is a roller coaster and amusement park database begun in 1996 by Duane Marden. It has grown to feature statistics and pictures of over 12,000 roller coasters from around the world. Publications that have mentioned ...
{{Years in amusement parks Amusement parks by year
Amusement parks An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central theme, often fea ...