What is the difference between a 'theme park' and an 'amusement park'?

Question

I hve just visited the Snowdome at Dubai , andliked and enjoyed it very much.I wondered whether this could be called theme entertainment.Hence this question.

Answer 1

A theme park builds all the attractions and shows within it around a theme like any of the Disney World parks for instance.  The rides are usually anything but scary or thrilling since they're meant to appeal to an entire families ages and tolerances yet they give you an "enjoyable" ride none the less.

An amusement park on the other hand has no theme involved what so ever involved  in the rides or shows.  The rides can range from tame to thrill to the max so they're not for everyone.

Answer 2

A Theme Park is a place where the park itself, along with the lands and rides in the park are built to tell a story.  The story should fully immerse you into the environment it creates with little to no reference of the outside world.  The best example are the Disney Parks.  Each park has it's own story, the lands in each park have their own story, and each ride has a story starting from the moment you enter the line.  Disney also does a good job with making sure you can't see outside the park, letting guests forget about the problems of the outside world, and just have fun.

An Amusement park is a place where the point is just to really thrill you.  Rides are placed with no real thought of theme or story.  The outside world can usually be seen from several points in the park.  An example of this is pretty much every Six Flags and Cedar Fair park.

Answer 3

Theme park : A term used to describe an amusement park that is designed to carry a theme in one or more areas of the park

amusement park : a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement

Answer 4

amusment parks have more rides and such where as theme parks carry a theme like disney or whatever

Answer 5

An AMUSEMENT park is just that, a park to provide amusement. One of the oldest (if not THE oldest) in the US is Coney Island, NY.

A THEME park is just that, an amusement park with a theme it's built around. Knott's Berry Farm is the oldest Theme park.

Answer 6

amusement park: park with rides eg. merry go round, ferris wheel etc.

theme park: park with theme like disney world theme is disney, movie world theme is movie, sea world theme is animals(sea) water

Answer 7

a theme park is a park created after something like six flags it's theme is looney tunes but something like bush gardens or sea world are amusement parks theres no theme to them so there just there to entertain you.

Answer 8

theme park probably has a theme lol