Top 10 amusement parks outside Orlando
Mon Aug 6, 12:44 PM ET
That's OK. TripAdvisor has come up with a list of the 10 best parks outside Orlando, based on popularity among TripAdvisor.com users and the Web site's editors.
The parks are:
-HersheyPark, Hershey, Pa., celebrating its centennial this year. When you're done riding the Storm Runner coaster, head for a tour of Hershey's Chocolate World, located nearby.
-Busch Gardens, Tampa, Fla., which has African-themed rides and landscaping, and a zoo with 2,700 animals.
-Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky, Ohio, which calls itself the "roller coaster capital of the world," with 17 coasters.
-Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio, Texas, known for its entertaining shows in addition to rides like Scream and Poltergeist.
-Family Kingdom Amusement Park, Myrtle Beach, S.C., a combined oceanfront water park and amusement park.
-Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, N.J., known for thrill rides and a tiger exhibit, but with plenty for little kids to do as well.
-Paramount's Kings Island, Kings Island, Ohio, home to The Beast, the world's longest wooden roller coaster, and Face/Off, a face-to-face inverted coaster.
-Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park, Gatlinburg, Tenn., where your visit starts with a scenic aerial tram ride up a mountain. Features include indoor skating, an alpine slide, a fun house, go-carts and a black bear habitat.
-Coney Island, Brooklyn, N.Y., home to the world-famous Cyclone coaster and Wonder Wheel ferris wheel. But hurry - while the Cyclone and Wonder Wheel will survive, this is the final season for the park that is home to many of the area's other rides, Astroland.
-Paramount's Carowinds, Charlotte, N.C., which has coasters along with a 25,000-square-foot wave pool, a three-story water jungle gym and other water rides.
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