Theme Park Tourist features a wide-range of in-depth features and articles, covering rides, attractions and restaurants at theme parks all over the world. As well as previews and reviews of new rides, look out for "Top 10" lists and tips for saving time and money on your next park visit.

If You Love Disney's World Showcase, You Have to Visit These Eight US Theme Park Restaurants

There’s no question that Disney is in something of a league of their own when it comes to theme park dining. The vast majority of theme park restaurants across the US fit a familiar mold offering safe classics likely to please families and picky eaters. Even at some of the top parks in the country

8 "Story" Coasters That Put YOU in the Middle of the Action

Have you heard the news? Universal Orlando's newest "E-Ticket" attraction, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure is the first "story coaster" in the world...! Or is it?

The Top 50 Theme Parks in the World

Believe it or not, half a billion people – that's 7% of the planet! – visited a major theme park in 2018.

Theme Park Tourist Roundtable: Our Favorite Rides

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to pull back the curtains, revealing a bit more about the staff here.

16 Incredible Must-See New Attractions of 2019 from Around the U.S.

From cartoon carousels to intergalactic adventures; trippy dark rides to adrenaline-packing thrills, 2019 was another banner year for theme parks across the United States. SeaWorld Parks continue their upswing, Cedar Fair parks continue to break coaster records and try their hands at theming, too

DISNEY’S AMERICA: Eisner's Announced-Then-Abandoned Patriotic Theme Park

POSSIBILITYLAND: Disney's America Theme Park: Seeing Civil War re-enactments, learning 1800s farming techniques, setting sail for Ellis Island... Even if history has always played a part in the story of Disney Parks, there's never been anything quite like Disney's America. Disney's first-ever regional theme park would've been a living history experience set near the real battlefields of Virginia... It never opened. This is why...

So You Got Stuck in an Insane Theme Park Line With No Smartphone...

It’s every modern theme park visitor’s worst nightmare: facing an insane theme park line with no smartphone.

The 9 Best Log Flume Rides in the World

The log flume is a staple at every self-respecting theme park on the planet. It’s a cheap ride to construct and maintain, and so everybody has one. Which ones are the best, though?

LEGEND LIBRARY: Inside the Best (and Worst) Theme Park Rides Ever Created

THEME PARK TOURIST'S IN-DEPTH COLLECTION LIBRARY: For years, Theme Park Tourist has been building collections of in-depth entries on some of the world's most well-known rides and attractions. The secret attraction histories Disney and Universal don't want you to know? They're here in our full (and ever-expanding) collections of detailed explorations, yours to explore: Lost Legends, Disaster Files, Modern Marvels, and Possibilitylands.

8 Must-See Theme Park Christmas Celebrations from Across the Country

'Tis the season, and across the country, theme parks are ramping up their offerings and appearances for the most wonderful time of the year.

9 Rides OUTSIDE of Disney Parks We Think Walt Would Love

Though no one can reasonably overtake Disney, it sure seems like Walt would step off of these nine attractions feeling inspired and smiling...

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