A Guide to the Theme Parks
Louisiana
- Jazzland, New Orleans, LA, 504/253-8100, jazzlandthemepark.com/
Maryland
- Six Flags America, Largo, MD, 800/491-4-FUN, sixflags.com/
Massachusetts
- Six Flags New England, Agawam, MA, 413/786-9300, sixflags.com/
Missouri
- Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, MO, 636/938-4800, sixflags.com/
New Jersey
- Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ, 800/463-5388, sixflags.com/
- Six Flags Wild Safari, Jackson NJ, 732/928-2000, sixflags.com/
New York
- The Great Escape, Lake George, NY, 518/792-3500, sixflags.com/
- Six Flags Darien Lake, Darien Center, NY, 716/599-4641, sixflags.com/
North Carolina
- Paramount Carowinds, Charlotte, NC, 800/888-4386, carowinds.com/
Ohio
- Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH, 419/627-2350, cedarpoint.com/
- Paramount King's Island, King's Island, OH, 800/288-0808, pki.com/
- Six Flags Worlds of Adventure, Aurora, OH, 330/562-7131, sixflags.com/ In 2001, it swallowed SeaWorld Ohio to form a giant 750-acre park.
- Wyandot Lake, Powell, OH, 800/328-9283, sixflags.com/
Oklahoma
- Frontier City, Oklahoma City, OK, 405/478-2412, sixflags.com/
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Circuit (Old-fashioned parks dating from 1926 and always top-ranked among wooden roller coaster enthusiasts):
- Dorney Park, Allentown, PA, 610/395-3724, dorneypark.com/
- Hershey Park, Hershey, PA, 717/534-3900, hersheypark.com/
- Idlewild Park, Ligonier, PA, 724/238-3666, idlewild.com/
- Kennywood, West Mifflin, PA, 412/461-0500, kennywood.com/
- Knoebel's Grove Amusement Resort, Elysburg, PA, 800/ITS-FUN (800/487-4386), kennywood.com/
- Sesame Place, Langhorne, PA, 215/752-7070, sesameplace.com/
Tennessee
- Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, TN, 865/428-9488, dollywood.com/. Brainchild of singer/actress Dolly Parton.
Texas
- SeaWorld Adventure Park, San Antonio, TX, 210/523-3611, seaworld.com/
- Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, TX, 713/799-8404, sixflags.com/
- Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio, TX, 210/697-5050, sixflags.com/
- Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX, 817/640-8900, sixflags.com/
Virginia
- Busch Gardens Williamsburg, VA, 757/253-3350, buschgardens.com/
- Paramount King's Dominion, Richmond, VA 804.876.5000, kingsdominion.com/
Canada
- Paramount Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario, 905/832-8131, canadas-wonderland.com/
Abroad
Six Flags also maintains parks in Europe, including Six Flags Holland near Amsterdam, Warner Bros. Movie World in Dusseldorf, Germany, and four Walibi parks in Belgium and France. Links to all can be found at sixflags.com/europe/index.htm. Six Flags México City is located at six-flags.com.mx/. Disneyland Paris, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 011-33-1-60-30-60-81, disneylandparis.com/. Tokyo Disneyland, Maihama, Urayasuy-shi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, 011-81-47-354-0001, tokyodisneyland.co.jp/
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