Cypress Gardens, Florida's first theme park, was opened by Dick Pope in 1936 on former swampland. The park featured botanical gardens, water ski shows, and thousands of plant varieties from around the ...

Corrections & Clarifications: Elitch Gardens will operate this season through Jan. 4, 2026. A calendar on the website has not been updated to reflect dates and hours past Nov. 2. There's no shortage ...

DENVER — Elitch Gardens' holiday season event is back for a fifth year with a new name. Elitch Holidays, formerly Luminova Holidays, will run through Sunday, Jan. 4, at the downtown Denver amusement ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf’s Revenge, a roller coaster at Busch Gardens, was nominated for USA Today’s Best New Theme Park Attraction! The roller coaster opened up at the ...

Christmas lights and rides illuminate a pond during a previous Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park holiday event in Denver, Colorado. The park this year is debuting a new name for the event called ...

In the 27 years since Opryland closed, Nashvillians have hoped for a theme park to open back up in the area. At least two different groups of developers, including Dolly Parton, have previously ...

Halloween in the Park is coming to Noel Heritage Park Plaza from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. It’s the Ector County Library’s biggest annual event of the year. It will feature free candy, prizes and ...

There’s something about celebrating the Halloween season at an entertainment theme park. And in 2025, theme parks across the U.S. will host a myriad of events that include haunted houses, thrilling ...

We sampled three Halloween events in Central Florida. Dade City’s campy Scream-A-Geddon stands out. A scare actor performs inside one of the haunted houses at Scream-A-Geddon horror park on Friday, ...