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Paramount Parks, the Glossary

Paramount Parks was a subsidiary of National Amusements-owned Viacom, headquartered at its Paramount's Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[1]

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Afterburn (roller coaster)

Afterburn is an inverted roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Amusement park

An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.

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Backlot Stunt Coaster

Backlot Stunt Coaster is a launched roller coaster located at three Six Flags amusement parks.

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Benidorm

Benidorm is a municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.

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Blockbuster (retailer)

Blockbuster (formerly called Blockbuster Video) is an American multimedia brand and former rental store chain. Paramount Parks and Blockbuster (retailer) are former Viacom subsidiaries.

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California's Great America

California's Great America, or simply Great America and abbreviated CGA, is a amusement park located in Santa Clara, California, United States.

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Canada's Wonderland

Canada's Wonderland, formerly known as Paramount Canada's Wonderland, is a amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, a municipality within the Greater Toronto Area.

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Carolina Harbor

Carolina Harbor is a water park at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Carowinds

Carowinds is a amusement park primarily located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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The second incarnation of CBS Corporation (the first being a short-lived rename of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation) was an American multinational media company with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting, publishing, and television production.

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Cedar Fair

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, or simply Cedar Fair, was an American company headquartered at its flagship Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Paramount Parks and Cedar Fair are amusement park companies.

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Cedar Point

Cedar Point is a amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, United States, owned and operated by Six Flags.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Cincinnati

Cincinnati (nicknamed Cincy) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.

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Diamondback (Kings Island)

Diamondback is a steel roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States.

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Disney Experiences

Disney Experiences, commonly known as Disney Parks, is one of the three major divisions of The Walt Disney Company. Paramount Parks and Disney Experiences are amusement park companies.

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Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Marne-la-Vallée, France.

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Doswell, Virginia

Doswell is an unincorporated community in Hanover County in the Central Region of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Dubailand

Dubailand was an entertainment complex planned to be built in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was owned by Tatweer (which belongs to Dubai Holding).

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Exurb

An exurb (or alternately: exurban area) is an area outside the typically denser inner suburban area, at the edge of a metropolitan area, which has some economic and commuting connection to the metro area, low housing density, and growth.

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Flight Deck (California's Great America)

Flight Deck (formerly Top Gun and briefly as Soaring Chiefs) is a steel inverted roller coaster located at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California.

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Flight Deck (Canada's Wonderland)

Flight Deck is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

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Gilroy Gardens

Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park, often shortened to Gilroy Gardens, is a horticulture-themed amusement park located in Gilroy, California, United States.

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Gilroy, California

Gilroy is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.

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Gulf and Western Industries

Gulf and Western Industries, Inc. (stylized as Gulf+Western) was an American conglomerate.

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Hurler (roller coaster)

Hurler is a wooden roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Jesús Samper

Jesús Samper Vidal (28 August 1950 – 18 December 2015) was a Spanish businessman and lawyer with holdings in many cities, as well as being the owner of the football team Real Murcia.

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Kings Dominion

Kings Dominion is an amusement park in the eastern United States, located in Doswell, Virginia, north of Richmond and south of Washington, D.C. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park opened to the public on May 3, 1975, and features more than 60 rides, shows and attractions including 13 roller coasters and a water park.

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Kings Entertainment Company

Kings Entertainment Company (KECO) owned and/or operated six theme parks around the world. Paramount Parks and Kings Entertainment Company are amusement park companies, Cedar Fair, former CBS Corporation subsidiaries, former Viacom subsidiaries and Paramount Pictures.

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Kings Island

Kings Island is a amusement park located northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States.

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Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park located in Buena Park, California, owned and operated by Six Flags.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States.

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London Resort

The London Resort was a proposed theme park and resort in Swanscombe, Kent, first announced on 8 October 2012 and since repeatedly delayed. Paramount Parks and London Resort are Paramount Pictures.

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Marriott Corporation

Marriott Corporation was a hospitality company that operated from 1927 until 1993, founded by J. Willard Marriott and Frank J. Kimball as Hot Shoppes, Inc. In 1957, Marriott Corporation opened its first hotel in Arlington County, Virginia, United States as the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel (demolished 1990).

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Mason, Ohio

Mason is a city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States, approximately north of downtown Cincinnati.

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Maverick (roller coaster)

Maverick is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Murcia

Murcia is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country.

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National Amusements

National Amusements, Inc. is an American privately owned movie theater operator and mass media holding company incorporated in Maryland and based in Norwood, Massachusetts.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (occasionally shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through Paramount Media Networks' subdivision, Nickelodeon Group.

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Nighthawk (roller coaster)

Nighthawk is a steel flying roller coaster located at Carowinds.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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North Shore (Chicago)

The North Shore consists of many affluent suburbs north of Chicago, Illinois, bordering the shores of Lake Michigan.

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Paramount Media Networks (founded as MTV Networks in 1984 and known under this name until 2011; thereafter known as Viacom Media Networks until 2019; then known as ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks until 2022) is an American mass media division of Paramount Global that oversees the operations of many of its television channels and online brands.

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Paramount Movie Park Korea

Paramount Movie Park Korea is a theme park and resort complex that was scheduled to open in Incheon, South Korea in 2011, however construction has yet to start.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.

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Paramount theme park Dubai

Paramount Theme Park was a proposed theme park to be built in Dubai, UAE.

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Peanuts

Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz.

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Raging Waters

Raging Waters is a chain of two water theme parks in San Dimas, California, and Sydney, Australia.

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Region of Murcia

The Region of Murcia (Región de Murcia; Regió de Múrcia) is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean coast.

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Rocky Mountain Construction

Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is a manufacturing and construction company based in Hayden, Idaho, United States.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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San Jose, California

San Jose, officially the paren), is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States.

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Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara (Spanish for "Saint Clare") is a city in the county of the same name in the state of California.

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Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion

Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion is a Scooby-Doo-themed interactive dark ride series created by Sally Corporation based on Hanna-Barbera's long-running animated television series.

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Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation.

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Six Flags

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, or simply Six Flags, is an American amusement park corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Paramount Parks and six Flags are amusement park companies.

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Soak City (Kings Dominion)

Soak City is a water park owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, located at the back of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia.

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Soak City (Kings Island)

Soak City is a water park at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio.

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South Bay Shores

South Bay Shores is a water park located at California's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, California.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Splash Works

Splash Works is a water park located within the park boundaries of Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

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Star Trek: The Experience

Star Trek: The Experience was an attraction that opened in January 1998 at the Las Vegas Hilton, now called the Westgate Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.

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Taft Broadcasting

The Taft Broadcasting Company (also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated) was an American media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Terra Mítica

Terra Mítica is a theme park located in Benidorm, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain.

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The Bat (Kings Island; opened 1981)

The Bat was a suspended roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio.

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The Bat (Kings Island; opened 1993)

The Bat is a suspended roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States.

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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)

The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, published daily online and printed Thursday and Sunday by Block Communications.

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The Crypt (Kings Island)

The Crypt was an indoor Giant Top Spin ride located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio.

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Time Warp (roller coaster)

Time Warp (formerly Tomb Raider: The Ride) is a flying roller coaster operating at Canada's Wonderland.

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Top Thrill 2

Top Thrill 2 is a launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.

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Twisted Timbers

Twisted Timbers is a hybrid roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia.

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United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.

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United Parks & Resorts

United Parks & Resorts Inc. (formerly SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. or SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) is an American theme park and entertainment company headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Paramount Parks and United Parks & Resorts are amusement park companies.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Universal Destinations & Experiences

Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX), formerly Universal Parks & Resorts, is the theme park unit of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Paramount Parks and Universal Destinations & Experiences are amusement park companies.

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Valencia

Valencia (officially in Valencian: València) is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain.

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The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain.

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Vaughan

Vaughan (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada.

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Viacom (1952–2005)

The original phase of Viacom Inc. (derived from "Video & Audio Communications") was an American mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in New York City.

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Viacom (2005–2019)

The second phase of Viacom Inc. (or; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications), was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Global Brands and Experiences

Warner Bros. Paramount Parks and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Brands and Experiences are amusement park companies.

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Water park

A water park (also waterpark, water world, or aquapark) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other barefoot environments.

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Wicked Twister

Wicked Twister was an inverted roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.

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Wonderland Sydney

Wonderland Sydney (originally known as Australia's Wonderland) was an amusement park in Eastern Creek, Sydney, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Parks

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Amusement park companies

Cedar Fair

Companies disestablished in 2006

Entertainment companies established in 1992

References