amusement park
noun
plural amusement parks
: a commercially operated park having various devices for entertainment (such as a merry-go-round and roller coaster) and usually booths for the sale of food and drink
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Behind the scenes Six Flags Entertainment is a regional amusement-resort operator with approximately 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks and nine resort properties across 17 states in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
At the time, many amusement parks — and Six Flags especially — were struggling to increase attendance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
The merger of Six Flags and Cedar Fair created a new amusement park goliath that moved from 7th and 8th place individually on the global theme park company list in 2023 to 5th place combined just behind Universal in 2024.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
The House of Lies star and Shepard stayed at a hotel in Copenhagen, adjacent to Tivoli Gardens, the historic 181-year-old amusement park that inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
At the time, many amusement parks — and Six Flags especially — were struggling to increase attendance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
The merger of Six Flags and Cedar Fair created a new amusement park goliath that moved from 7th and 8th place individually on the global theme park company list in 2023 to 5th place combined just behind Universal in 2024.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
The House of Lies star and Shepard stayed at a hotel in Copenhagen, adjacent to Tivoli Gardens, the historic 181-year-old amusement park that inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Amusement park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amusement%20park. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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