Ripley's Haunted Adventure are attractions owned by
Ripley Entertainment
Ripley Entertainment Inc. is an entertainment and edutainment holding company owned by the Jim Pattison Group of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company has its headquarters in an unincorporated part of southern Orange County, Florida, ne ...
, known for its ''
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the ''Believe It or Not'' feat ...
'' franchise and located along commercial strips and mostly in resort cities. All but one location is in the United States (one in Thailand).
The attraction is based on tradition of
haunted houses with animation and live actors. The first haunted house opened in Gatlinburg in 1999.
Locations
The Haunted Adventure attractions are located within or near existing Ripley properties:
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Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. It is located southeast of Knoxville and had a population of 3,944 at the 2010 Census and a U.S. Census population of 3,577 in 2020. It is a popular vacation res ...
- opened in 1999 and located next to Ripley's 5D Moving Theater on Parkway (US-441S) and short drive from within Ripley Aquarium (c. 1997)
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous stretch of beach known as "The Grand Strand" in the northeastern part of the state. Its y ...
- opened in 2001 located along with Ripley Moving Theater and Aquarium on N Ocean Boulevard across from the beach front Plyler Park
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San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
- opened on March 22, 2002 next to Ripley Museum and Madame Tussaud's Waxworks on North Alamo Street and across from
The Alamo in the
Downtown area.
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Pattaya
Pattaya ( th, พัทยา, , ) is a city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about southeast of Bangkok, within, but not part of, Bang Lamung district in the province of Chonburi province, Chonburi. Pattaya City ( ...
,
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
- opened on October 30, 2004 within Ripley Museum on the second floor of the Royal Garden Plaza shopping complex (c. 1993) on Pattaya 1 or Beach Road with in the resort city.
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References
External links
Ripley Entertainment website
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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