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This is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2013. These various lists are not exhaustive.


Amusement parks


Opening

* India
Adlabs Imagica Imagicaa is a theme park in Khopoli, India. It is owned by Imagicaaworld Entertainment Ltd. The park has an estimated daily capacity of 15,000 visitors. To date, the park has hosted over 5.2 million visitors. It has theme, water, and snow park ...
– April 18 * United States
Aquatica San Diego Sesame Place San Diego is a children's theme park and water park, located in Chula Vista, California. It opened on March 26, 2022 on the former site of Aquatica San Diego. It is the first theme park in the world to open up as a certified auti ...
– Spring, to replace the former
Knott's Soak City Knott's Soak City is a seasonal water park owned and operated by Cedar Fair located in Buena Park, California. The Knott's Soak City name was previously used for two other water parks in Southern California, since sold to SeaWorld Parks & Enterta ...
water park * People's Republic of China Euro Park – August 11 * People's Republic of China Fantawild Dream Park – April 28 * Floraland Continent Park * Hainan Wenchang Space Theme Park * Happy Kingdom * People's Republic of China
Happy Valley, Tianjin Happy Valley Tianjin () is a theme park in Dongli District, Tianjin, China. Opened on 27 July 2013, it is the sixth installation of the Happy Valley theme park chain. Notable rides References {{Happy Valley (amusement parks) Buildings a ...
– July 27 * United Arab Emirates IMG Theme Park * Indonesia JungLeLand * Jurassic Dream * Lanzhou Hengda Chinese Ecological Park * Nantong Adventure Land * People's Republic of China Ocean Kingdom * People's Republic of China Qihe Happy World * People's Republic of China Sino Wonderland * Philippines Sky Fun Amusement Park – March 2 * Turkey Vialand * United States
Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas was a water park in Spring Valley, Nevada. The park was part of Village Roadshow Theme Parks' Wet'n'Wild chain of water parks located across the world. The park opened in May 2013 and is located at 7055 S. Fort Apache Ro ...
– May * Australia
Wet'n'Wild Sydney Raging Waters Sydney, formerly Wet'n'Wild Sydney, is a water park in the greater western Sydney suburb of Prospect, New South Wales, Australia, that opened on 12 December 2013. The park was announced on 11 September 2010 and was the third Wet' ...
– December 12 * United Arab Emirates Yas Waterworld – January 24


Change of ownership

* Knott's Soak City (Palm Springs) – Cedar Fair Entertainment Company »
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Birthday

* United States
Aquatica Florida Aquatica is a chain of water parks owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. Aquatica parks are operating in Orlando, Florida and San Antonio, Texas. History SeaWorld Orlando originally announced plans to build a water park on July ...
– 5th birthday * Netherlands
Attractiepark Slagharen Attractie- & Vakantiepark Slagharen is an Amusement park and holiday resort in Slagharen, located in the Dutch province Overijssel. The park opened in 1963 and was originally named ''Ponypark Slagharen''. The logo contains the English name ''Sla ...
– 50th birthday * United States Carowinds – 40th birthday * United States
Disney's Animal Kingdom Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is a zoological theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division, it is the l ...
– 15th birthday * United States
Frontier City Frontier City is a western-themed amusement park in Oklahoma City. It is owned by EPR and operated by Six Flags. The park originally opened in 1958. Frontier City is the third-oldest Six Flags park behind Six Flags New England and Six Flags Grea ...
– 55th birthday * Sweden
Gröna Lund Gröna Lund (; "Green Grove"), or colloquially ''Grönan'' (), is an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the seaward side of Djurgården Island, it is relatively small compared to other amusement parks, mainly because of its central l ...
– 130th birthday * Germany
Heide Park Heide Park Resort, commonly known as Heide Park, is a theme park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. With an overall area of over 850,000 m2 (210 acres), it is the largest amusement park in Northern Germany and among the largest in the country. ...
– 35th birthday * Denmark
Legoland Billund Legoland Billund Resort, the original Legoland park, opened on 7 June 1968 in Billund, Denmark. The park is located next to the original Lego factory and Billund Airport, Denmark's second-busiest airport. Over 1.9 million guests visited the par ...
– 45th birthday * England
Paultons Park Paultons Park is an amusement park located in the New Forest National Park, near the village of Ower, in Hampshire, England, with over 70 rides and attractions. The Peppa Pig World themed area is based on the children's animated television ser ...
– 30th birthday * United States
SeaWorld San Antonio SeaWorld San Antonio is a marine mammal park, oceanarium and animal theme park in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio, Texas, on the city's west side. It is the largest of the three parks in the SeaWorld chain owned and operated by SeaW ...
– 25th birthday * United States
SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando is a theme park and marine zoological park, in Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. When combined with its neighbor Discovery Cove and Aquatica, it forms SeaWorld Parks and Resorts Or ...
– 40th birthday * United States
Six Flags America Six Flags America is a theme park located in the Woodmore CDP of Prince George's County, Maryland,
– 40th birthday * United States
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA) is a 135-acre (55 ha) animal theme park located in Vallejo, California, off of Interstate 80 ...
– 45th birthday * United States
Soak City (Sandusky, Ohio) Cedar Point Shores (formerly Soak City) is a water park located adjacent to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It is owned and operated by Cedar Fair. History The waterpark opened as Soak City in 1988 adjacent to Cedar Point. The original complex ...
– 25th birthday * United States
Soak City (Valleyfair) Soak City is an outdoor water park in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States, within the Valleyfair Valleyfair is a amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States. Owned by Cedar Fair, the park opened in 1976 and now features over 75 ri ...
– 30th birthday * United States
Splash Adventure Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure (previously known as VisionLand, Alabama Adventure, Splash Adventure and Alabama Splash Adventure) is a water park and amusement park in Bessemer, Alabama. It is owned by Koch Family Parks, which consists of ...
– 15th birthday * Japan
Tokyo Disneyland (local nickname ''TDL'') is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to be ...
– 30th birthday * United States
Worlds of Fun Worlds of Fun is an entertainment complex with more than 235 acres located in Kansas City, Missouri. It is the largest amusement park and water park in the Midwest. Founded by American businessmen Lamar Hunt and Jack Steadman, the park opened in ...
– 40th birthday


Closed

* King Richard's Park – April 14 *
Genting Theme Park Genting may refer to: * Genting, Sarawak, an inhabited place near Kelupu and Labas *Genting Group, a Malaysian company *Genting Highlands, a mountain resort in Malaysia ** Genting Grand Hotel **Genting Sempah, the mountain on which the Genting Hig ...
– August 31


Additions


Roller coasters


New


Relocated


Refurbished


Other attractions


New


Closed attractions & roller coasters


Amusement parks in terms of attendance


Worldwide

This section list the top 25 largest
amusement park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...
s worldwide in order of annual attendance in 2013.


Poll rankings


Golden Ticket Awards

The
Amusement Today ''Amusement Today'' is a monthly periodical that features articles, news, pictures and reviews about all things relating to the amusement park industry, including parks, rides, and ride manufacturers. The trade newspaper, which is based in Arli ...
Golden Ticket Awards ''Amusement Today'' is a monthly periodical that features articles, news, pictures and reviews about all things relating to the amusement park industry, including parks, rides, and ride manufacturers. The trade newspaper, which is based in Arli ...
were held at
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States. Description ...
in
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.


Best Roller Coaster Poll

Mitch Hawker's Best Roller Coaster Poll were held in early 2014 for the previous year.


Records broken


See also

*
List of roller coaster rankings Roller coasters are amusement rides developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. Early iterations during the 16th and 17th centuries, which were popular in Russia, were wooden sleds that took riders down large slides made from ice. The ...
* :Amusement rides introduced in 2013 * :Roller coasters introduced in 2013 * :Amusement rides that closed in 2013


Notes


References


External links


Listing
of 2013 roller coaster openings at the
Roller Coaster DataBase Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB) is a roller coaster and amusement park database begun in 1996 by Duane Marden. It has grown to feature statistics and pictures of over 10,000 roller coasters from around the world. Publications that have mentioned ...

Listing
of 2013 roller coaster closures at the
Roller Coaster DataBase Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB) is a roller coaster and amusement park database begun in 1996 by Duane Marden. It has grown to feature statistics and pictures of over 10,000 roller coasters from around the world. Publications that have mentioned ...
{{Years in amusement parks Amusement parks by year
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