Cedar Fair Parks
Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio
Cedar Point is a 364-acre amusement park/resort that is home to the most rides (69) and roller coasters (17) on Earth. Featuring some of the tallest and fastest scream machines around, this thrill-seekers paradise also boasts a gigantic waterpark (Soak City); four resort hotels; luxury RV campground including cottages and cabins; two large marinas; an entertainment complex (Challenge Park); award-winning live shows; gift shops; restaurants; kids’ areas and much more.
Cedar Point
Amusement Park/Resort
One Cedar Point Drive
Sandusky, Ohio 44870
(419) 627-2350
http://www.cedarpoint.com
Media Contacts
Robin Innes
(419) 627-2226
RInnes@cedarpoint.com
Bryan Edwards
(419) 627-2220
BEdwards@cedarpoint.com
Tony Clark
(419) 627-2225
TClark@cedarpoint.com
California's Great America
Santa Clara, California
Great America, a combination amusement and water park located in Santa Clara, California, first opened in 1976. As Northern California's largest family attraction, Great America is a 100-acre theme park, offering the Bay Area's best collection of heart-pounding thrill rides and live, dazzling stage shows. Discover why Great America is Northern California's best choice for family fun and adventure.
Great America will be transformed in 2008 starting with a new name -- California’s Great America. Part of the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company’s family of theme parks, California’s Great America’s new name signifies exciting new additions to the popular attraction as well as a 14 million dollar investment from the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company over the next two years.
Great America
P. O. Box 1776
Santa Clara, CA 95052
(408) 986-5986
www1.cedarfair.com/
GreatAmerica
Media Contact
Jim Stellmack
(408) 986-5841
jim.stellmack@
paramountparks.com
Canada's Wonderland
Vaughan, Ontario
Canada’s Wonderland, a combination amusement and water park located near Toronto in Vaughn, Ontario, first opened in 1981. It is one of the most attended regional amusement parks in North America. Canada's Wonderland features over 200 attractions, more than 60 thrilling rides, including a great variety of roller coasters, and Splash Works, a 20-acre water park.
Canada's Wonderland prepares to change the landscape for thrill seekers in 2008, with the addition of Canada's Biggest, Fastest and Tallest roller coaster - Behemoth. Following 18 months of planning and construction, Behemoth will premiere at Canada’s Wonderland in May 2008.
Canada's Wonderland
9580 Jane Street
Vaughan, Ontario L6A 1S6
(905) 832-7000 x8000
www1.cedarfair.com/
CanadasWonderland
Media Contacts
Tanya Williams
(905) 832-7486
tanya.williams@
canadaswonderland.com
Dineen Beaven
(905) 832-7482
dineen.beaven@
canadaswonderland.com
Carowinds
Charlotte, North Carolina
Carowinds, a combination amusement and water park located in Charlotte, North Carolina, first opened in 1973. Carowinds has the most hair-raising rides, the wettest water park, the most sizzling stage shows, and tons of other cool stuff everyone can enjoy. Carowinds is 108 acres of ultimate entertainment for the entire family! Plan your visit!
Carowinds Boomerang Bay water park will undergo its second multi-million dollar expansion in three years for the 2008 season, adding a new, 600,000-gallon wave pool, rental cabanas with chair-side service and numerous other amenities prior to its opening in May.
Carowinds
P. O. Box 410289
Charlotte, NC 28241
(704) 587-9050
www1.cedarfair.com/
Carowinds
Media Contacts
Scott Anderson
Marketing and Public Relations Manager
(740) 587-9050
scott.anderson@
paramountparks.com
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Two great parks for the price of one – features 200 acres of more than 100 rides and attractions for guests of all ages. Experience extreme scream-machines, including eight awesome roller coasters, including Hydra The Revenge, and state-of-the-art thrill rides. Meet the world-famous Peanuts™ characters in Camp Snoopy, an interactive family playland where parents and kids ride and discover together.
New to Dorney Park in 2008, the power of Voodoo will compel riders with new levels of excitement. Dorney’s tenth coaster is manufactured by thrill-artists Intamin, AG of Switzerland. The 704 feet of twisted steel will put all who challenge Voodoo under its spell to ride, and ride, and ride.
Dorney Park
& Wildwater Kingdom
3830 Dorney Park Road
Allentown, PA 18104
(610) 395-3724
www.dorneypark.com
Media Contact
Heather Kramer
(610) 395-3724
HKramer@dorneypark.com
Wildwater Kingdom
Aurora, Ohio
When it comes to wet and wild fun, nothing compares to Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom. Whether you like the fast-paced action of water slides, the excitement of a massive wave pool or prefer to just sit back and relax, Wildwater Kingdom has something for you. Since its debut in 2005, Wildwater Kingdom has grown in size and popularity.
Wildwater Kingdom
1060 N. Aurora Road
Aurora, Ohio 44202
(330) 562-8303
questions@geaugalake.com
www.geaugalake.com
Media Contacts
Robin Innes
(419) 627-2226
RInnes@cedarpoint.com
Bryan Edwards
(419) 627-2220
BEdwards@cedarpoint.com
Tony Clark
(419) 627-2225
TClark@cedarpoint.com
Kings Dominion
Doswell, Virginia
Kings Dominion, a combination amusement and water park located near Richmond, Virginia, first opened in 1975. Kings Dominion is a 400-acre theme park that’s home to more than 40 rides, shows and attractions. The park features one of the largest coaster collections on the East Coast, including the Volcano, the world’s only coaster in the world that rockets riders out of a raging volcano, two children’s areas, and WaterWorks, a 19-acre water park playground that’s included free with park admission.
Kings Dominion will soar to new heights in 2008 with the introduction of its 14th roller coaster, Dominator. Debuting in late spring, this innovative 4,210-foot steel coaster will be the longest floorless coaster in the world and has the largest roller coaster loop.
Kings Dominion
16000 Theme Park Way
P. O. Box 2000
Doswell, VA 23047
(804) 876-5103
www1.cedarfair.com/
KingsDominion/
Media Contacts
Susan L. Storey, APR
(804) 876-5335
susan.storey@
kingsdominion.com
Kings Island
Kings Mills, Ohio
Kings Island, a combination amusement and water park located near Cincinnati, Ohio, first opened in 1972. Kings Island is one of the largest seasonal amusement parks in the United States, measured by the number of rides and attractions and the hourly ride capacity. The park has received recognition for the Best Kids’ Area in the World for six consecutive years by Amusement Today’s international survey.
Kings Island
6300 Kings Island Drive
P.O. Box 901
Kings Island, OH 45034-0901
(513) 754-5359
www1.cedarfair.com/
KingsIsland
Media Contacts
Maureen Kaiser
(513) 754-5802
maureen.kaiser@
paramountparks.com
Knott's Berry Farm
Buena Park, California
From just a farm where the boysenberry was first created to America’s first themed park, Knott's Berry Farm is now over 165 wild rides, shows and attractions in six themed areas. Knott’s Berry Farm is the place to go for family fun in Southern California!
Experience world-class thrills on Silver BulletSM, the biggest and baddest suspended coaster that sends riders into a cobra roll, spiral, corkscrew and a 105-foot vertical loop! GhostRider®, one of the world’s best wooden coasters, Supreme Scream® - 30 stories up, 3 seconds down and XceleratorSM, launching riders 0-80mph in 2.3 seconds!
For something different, visit Old West Ghost Town® or six-acre Camp Snoopy, filled with dozens of kid-sized adventures and home to Snoopy and the PEANUTS gang!
Knott's Berry Farm,
8039 Beach Boulevard,
Buena Park, Calif. 90620
(714) 220-5200
www.knotts.com
Media Contacts
Michele Wischmeyer
(714) 220-5130
Mwischmeyer@knotts.com
Jennifer Blazey
(714) 220-5130
Jblazey@knotts.com
Michigan’s Adventure
Muskegon, Michigan
Michigan’s Adventure amusement park offers guests more than 40 rides and attractions, including Shivering Timbers, one of the longest, tallest and fastest wooden roller coasters in the world; The Wolverine Wildcat, Michigan’s first wooden coaster; and four additional roller coasters. The park also features the Giant Gondola Wheel, an eight-story-tall Ferris wheel; HydroBlaster, a 40-foot-tall hydroflume raft slide; and a nostalgic family train ride. Other attractions include the 15-story-tall RipCord ride and a full-sized go-kart track, both of which are separate-charge attractions.
For no additional charge, guests can enjoy Wild Water Adventure, Michigan’s largest and most modern water park. The park features more than 20 water rides and attractions, including Funnel of Fear, a whirling, twirling water ride, which opened in 2005; a large selection of water slides; three wave pools; the Mineshaft inner tube ride; the Mammoth River, a 613-foot-long water slide adventure; and a lazy river. Michigan’s Adventure also offers catered events and features Michigan’s only Snoopy Boutique.
Michigan’s Adventure Amusement Park
4750 Whitehall Road
Muskegon, Mich. 49445
(231) 766-9959
www.miadventure.com
Media Contacts
Camille Jourden-Mark
(231) 766-9959
camille@miadventure.com
Laure Bollenbach
(231) 766-9959
lbollenbach@
miadventure.com
Valleyfair!
Shakopee, Minnesota
Valleyfair, the largest amusement park in the upper Midwest, is celebrating 30 years of fun in 2006. Enjoy more than 75 rides and attractions including six heart-pumping roller coasters, a variety of kids and family rides, energizing live entertainment and an exciting feature film in the six-story Pepsi IMAX® Theater.
Plus, stay cool in the 3.5 acre Whitewater Country Waterpark –included in the price of admission. Bask in the sun while relaxing on a tube in Ripple Rapids or get soaked on Hurricane Falls which shoots riders in 4-person rafts through a 650-foot course with high-banked turns and sudden drops. Whitewater Country Waterpark also features five water slides and two great water areas for little ones under 54” tall.
More thrills await you at Challenge Park which offers separate charge attractions on land, water or in the air, from two 18-hole adventure golf courses, to bumper boats and RipCord - a 185-foot tethered free-fall. If you feel the need for speed, challenge your friends to a race in the Can-Am style go-karts. Challenge Park is a separate charge attraction and requires Valleyfair admission.
Valleyfair
One Valleyfair Drive
Shakopee, Minn. 55379
(800) Fun-Ride
www.valleyfair.com
Media Contacts
McKenzie Kelly
(952) 496-5330
mkelly@valleyfair.com
Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun
Kansas City, Missouri
Worlds of Fun amusement park and Oceans of Fun water park – the Region’s premier family entertainment destination – features 235 acres of more than 100 rides and attractions for guests of all ages. Experience six world-class roller coasters, dozens of thrill rides and award-winning live shows. Get soaked by a collection of splashes, including 18 water slides, a lazy river, and a giant wave pool. Meet the PEANUTS™ characters in interactive Camp Snoopy, and stay the night at the Worlds of Fun Village resort.
Worlds of Fun
Amusement Park
Oceans of Fun waterpark
Worlds of Fun Village resort
4545 Worlds of Fun Ave.
Kansas City, Mo. 64161
(816) 454-4545
www.worldsoffun.com
Media Contacts
Brandon Stanley
(816) 303-5125
Stanley@worldsoffun.com
Chris Ozimek
(816) 303-5120
Ozimek@worldsoffun.com





















