Amusement parks in New Zealand?!?

Question

Are there amusemnet parks in New Zealand?! And what are they if so?

Answer 1

As the other's have referred to, NZ has a couple of amusement parks, not exactly amazing ones on a world scale however. In NZ it is the natural features and adventure sports that give you the thrills. Honestly, I wouldn't bother with theme parks, but would be looking to go skiing, snowboarding, zorbing, luging, caving, tramping, mountainbiking, rock climbing, abseiling, sky diving, bungy jumping etc, and get far more excitement

Answer 2

there is one amusent park (rainbows end) in auckland and if i can say so myself, its the worst i've ever been too.

there is heaps of tourisim stuff though, especially if you're a thrill seeker. a couple are waitomo caves, rotorua, and auckland. google it.

Answer 3

Yeah. The major amusement park is called Rainbow's End, which is in Auckland. Also in Auckland there is an Antarctic/Underwater world called Kelly Tarltons. In Dunedin (South Island) there is a Cadbury World Chocolate Factory which is a great place to visit if you love your choc!

Answer 4

Rainbows End in Auckland is a small version of Dreamworld in Brisbane or very small version of Disney land type park.

Auckland has a scary ghost themed venture at Kingseat which is in a rural area just south of Auckland.

There are several Maori themed Parks in Rotorua and the Tamaki Villages are in both Rotorua and Christchurch.They give a view of historic Maori life and culture in an entertaining way.

Rotorua has a farm show which is very entertaining.There is also one in the Dome Valley north of Auckland.

Queenstown has a range of adventure activities. Not exactly themed parks.

Amusement Parks in New Zealand tend to be rather small and not quite able to compare to overseas, although there are many culturally themed that are great for children.

Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium also has an interesting  display about the South Pole which you can travel in small trains to see.This has speakers talking about it in different languages.

Te Papa national museum in Wellington has  interactive activities.

We do have things such as climbing walls, paintball, and those types of activities - not exactly a theme park.

Answer 5

yeh there's a great big one at Queenstown, specialises in white knuckle rides

Answer 6

yep theres one in Auckland called Rainbows end

check out http://rainbowsend.co.nz/

its the only really big one

Answer 7

Rainbows End in Auckland.

There's Cuba Street carnival in Wellington in February every year, that has ferris wheels...