TIME Magazine's "Top Ten Weirdest Theme Parks"

[thekidd33]

Some very amusing and interesting things here. Some I've seen or heard of before but a couple that I hadn't.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2106937_2106938_2106939,00.html

[The Interpreter]

DOLLYWOOD?

For crying out loud. And the woman doesn't even ride coasters.

I'm sorry, but that's a preposterous list.

[XGatorHead 8904]

Exactly. I have no idea how Dollywood ended up on that list. Some of the others I agree with (Bon Bon Land definitely... I've seen reports of that park online before... and Shijingshan, the bizarro Disneyland), but Dollywood?

[jdawg1998]

BonBon Land looks so strange. You'd never see anything like that in America , really. Skid Mark roller coaster? Hah. Wow.

[DeLorean Rider]

I can absolutely vouch, that the Holy Land Experience has earned it's spot on that list.

They're not kidding when they say there are daily crucifixions...

[rotag]

the pic of snow white in Shijingshan, made me literally say out loud "WTF?!" dickens world seems to be an glorified/modernized renascence fair.

[coaster_junky]

^^really?! that truly comes as a complete shock to me. whenever my grandparents take a vacation to florida, the holy land experience is almost always on their itinerary.

i can understand some people thinking of it as a terrible idea for a theme park, but it's supposed to be a biblical themed park, which tells stories from the bible, not to be a place like disney or universal.

dollywood's made me laugh, it basically said, 'dollywood is one of the weirdest theme parks because it's a number one attraction in tennessee and dolly parton is part owner.'

[Coney Islander]

^^^^ This is what you find in America!

http://www.themepark...pic.php?t=27131

And then, there's always the infamous 'Action Park...'

http://www.weirdnj.c...id=39&Itemid=28

[jdawg1998]

^^^^ This is what you find in America!

http://www.themepark...pic.php?t=27131

And then, there's always the infamous 'Action Park...'

http://www.weirdnj.c...id=39&Itemid=28

I knew you would bring up Pedroland! In my opinion, it doesn't look at all that strange, just kind of racist.

[DeLorean Rider]

^^really?! that truly comes as a complete shock to me. whenever my grandparents take a vacation to florida, the holy land experience is almost always on their itinerary.

i can understand some people thinking of it as a terrible idea for a theme park, but it's supposed to be a biblical themed park, which tells stories from the bible, not to be a place like disney or universal.

dollywood's made me laugh, it basically said, 'dollywood is one of the weirdest theme parks because it's a number one attraction in tennessee and dolly parton is part owner.'

Have you ever actually been there?

I went on their 1 free day of the year. (By offering free admission 1 day every year, the park gets a property-tax exemption and gets to be classified as a religious entity; seems like BS to me.)

Getting your picture taken with a face character of Jesus then being invited to witness an extremely graphic representation of his crucifixion is not my idea of family fun. Definitely a weird park.

[The Interpreter]

The Dollywood locals are not amused:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/feb/22/time-names-dollywood-weirdest-theme-park-list/

[bkroz]

So basically, the only thing TIME finds weird about the park is Dolly's association. They even point out the "weird" attractions like Dolly's Demolition Derby and Dollywood Express, just to try to insinuate that many, many attractions are named after her in some sort of voyeuristic off-brand way. It's as if they ask, what role could music by a country singer have in a park?

I wonder if they'd have said Disneyland was weird in the 1950s, all because of blatant connections to the middle-aged animator and amusement park novice? Perhaps they'd ask, what role could animated characters by a cartoon artist have in a park?

[Tanna]

BonBon Land looks so strange. You'd never see anything like that in America , really. Skid Mark roller coaster? Hah. Wow.

A very bad acid trip.

[DeLorean Rider]

The Dollywood locals are not amused:

http://www.knoxnews....heme-park-list/

The only things "weird" about Dollywood are that for an amusement park, their staff is incredibly friendly, and their food is all amazing. Compared to the other 99% of amusement parks in the world, this is definitely weird.