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This is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2014. These various lists are not exhaustive.
*USA Kentucky Kingdom – 24 May
* USA Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park – 10th birthday
* Netherlands
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Opening
* China Chimelong Ocean Kingdom – 4 March 2014 * ItalyCinecittà World
Cinecittà World is an amusement park located in Rome, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its t ...
* France Kingoland
* China Quancheng Euro Park - 27 April 2014
* Jordan Red Sea Astratrium
* China Romon World
* Russia Sochi Park Adventureland
* China Yancheng Happy Valley – 1 January 2014
Reopened
*USA Kentucky Kingdom – 24 May
Change of name
* USA Knott's Soak City (Palm Springs) »Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs
Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs is a defunct water park located in Palm Springs, California. The park operated under Cedar Fair's ownership as Knott's Soak City until 2013 when CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired it. The park plans to reopen in 2022 after ...
* USA Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom » Kentucky Kingdom
* USA Splashtown » Wet'n'Wild SplashTown
* USA Splash Adventure » Alabama Splash Adventure
Birthday
* USA Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park – 10th birthday
* Netherlands Walibi Holland
Walibi Holland (previously called Flevohof, Walibi Flevo, Six Flags Holland and Walibi World) is a theme park in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands.
History
The park was opened in 1971 as 'Flevohof'. It was an educational theme park themed after agricu ...
– 20th birthday
* Australia Aussie World
Aussie World is a privately owned, medium-sized, family theme park on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It has over 30 rides and attractions.
It is located on the Bruce Highway at Palmview.
It has been recognised by the Sunshine Co ...
– 25th birthday
* USA Disney's Hollywood Studios – 25th birthday
* France Parc Astérix – 25th birthday
* France Puy du Fou
Puy du Fou () is a historical theme park in Les Epesses in the Pays de la Loire region of western France. It receives more than 2 million visitors every year, making it one of the most popular theme parks in France. In 2019 and 2020, it is the fo ...
– 25th birthday
* France Walygator Parc
Walygator Grand-Est is an amusement park located in Maizières-les-Metz, Lorraine, France. Since its opening in 1989, the park has had a succession of different names: Big Bang Schtroumpf (Smurf), Walibi Schtroumpf, Walibi Lorraine and now Walyga ...
– 25th birthday
* Sweden Skara Sommarland
Skara Sommarland is a summer park located 8 km east of Skara. It was founded in 1984 by Swedish entrepreneur Bert Karlsson
Bert Willis Karlsson (born 21 June 1945) is a Swedish record company manager, entrepreneur, and former politician (Me ...
– 30th birthday
* UK Thorpe Park – 35th birthday
* USA Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located in Jackson, New Jersey. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park complex is situated between New York City and Philadelphia and includes a water park named Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Hu ...
– 40th birthday
* USA Morey's Piers – 45th birthday
* USA SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld San Diego is an animal theme park, oceanarium, outside aquarium and marine mammal park, in San Diego, California, United States, inside Mission Bay Park. It is owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment.
SeaWorld San Diego ...
– 50th birthday
* USA Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme 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 amusemen ...
– 50th birthday
* Japan Yomiuriland – 50th birthday
* UK Flamingoland
Flamingo Land is a theme park, zoo, and resort located in Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1959, it has been owned and operated by the Gibb family since 1978.
History
Flamingo Land Resort was established in 1959 when a cine ...
– 55th birthday
* Belgium Bellewaerde – 60th birthday
* USA Story Land
Story Land is a theme park located in Glen, New Hampshire, which opened in 1954. The park is meant to appeal to children up to the pre-teen ages.
History
In the few years prior to opening, the founders, Bob and Ruth Morrell, had purchased a la ...
– 60th birthday
* USA The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom
Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor is an amusement and water park owned and operated by Six Flags. It is located approximately north of Albany, in Queensbury, New York. It was one of three Six Flags parks not to be officially branded ...
– 60th birthday
* USA Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom – 130th birthday
* USA Kings Dominion – 40th birthday
Closed
* USA HoffMan PlayLand – 2014 * South Korea Daejanggeum Theme Park – January 1Additions
Roller coasters
New
Relocated
Refurbished
Other attractions
New
Refurbished
Closed attractions & roller coasters
Records broken
Themed Accommodation
New
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 ...
Notes
References
External links
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of 2014 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 ...
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of 2014 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 ...
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