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21 travel features tagged “Theme Parks”

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How to save time and money at Disney

Six trip-planning websites may help you find deals and avoid queues during your next visit to any of the famous Disney parks.
Read more… 16 May 2013


World’s most original Ferris wheels

From a human-powered machine in Utah to China’s traffic-stopping Tianjin Eye, the classic ride is climbing to new heights and taking travellers along for the ride.
30 April 2013


Worldwide Weird

South Korea’s toilet-themed park

The porcelain god finally gets its altar at South Korea’s Haewoojae, a combination of the world’s first toilet-shaped house and a museum documenting the world’s water closet culture.
Read more… 29 January 2013


The Passport blog

Disney’s wireless wristbands

Disney World’s landmark new programme, where radio frequency bracelets can function as room key, park ticket and credit card, is raising concerns about privacy and data collection.
Read more… 09 January 2013


Different Disneylands around the world

Disney may have started in the US, but its international theme parks have been infused with locally familiar elements, from feng shui in Hong Kong to European inventors in Paris.
Read more… 18 December 2012


Riding the world's fastest rollercoaster

Take a gut-wrenching, eye-popping, 240km per hour journey on Ferrari World's Formula Rossa in Abu Dhabi.
Read more… 06 August 2012


Travelwise

The human limits of roller coasters

How the amusement ride industry maintains a fairly sound safety record despite taking the human body to exhilarating extremes.
Read more… 29 June 2012


Europe’s grand old theme parks

From dodging demolition and bankruptcy to surviving the Great Depression and urban growth, Europe’s vintage amusement parks offer a glimpse into a simpler age.
Read more… 28 June 2012


China’s most terrifying theme park

In China’s industrial Guangzhou city, Chimelong Paradise is a huge, eerily empty site with stomach-churning roller coasters and a questionable safety rating.
Read more… 28 June 2012


Offbeat theme parks of the world

From an Angry Birds funfair to the first Buddhist-themed waterpark, these wacky tourist attractions are a long way from Orlando, Florida.
27 June 2012


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