Which amusement park corporation based in the United States bought Movieland Wax Museum
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Movieland Wax Museum Movieland Wax Museum, with over 300 wax figures in 150 sets, was the largest wax museum in the United States. Located in Buena Park, California, it was for decades one of the most popular wax museums in the United States. Allen Parkinson founded the museum on May 4, 1962, but sold it to the Six Flags Corporation in 1970. It was located north of Knott's Berry Farm on Beach Boulevard.
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Six Flags Six Flags, officially Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, is an amusement park corporation based in the United States, with properties in the US, Canada, and Mexico. It is the largest amusement park company in the world, based on the number of properties owned, and is ranked sixth in terms of attendance. The company maintains twenty properties throughout North America including theme parks, thrill parks, water parks, and family entertainment centers. In 2016, Six Flags properties hosted over 30.1 million guests.
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Kidtoon Films Kidtoon Films is a distributor of children's animated films in the United States. The company is a subsidiary of The Bigger Picture, a Cinedigm company. It is currently owned by SD Entertainment, which produced many of its earlier releases. The company is based in Woodland Hills, California.
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Kirkland's Kirkland's, Inc. is a United States retail chain that sells home decor, specializing in furnishings, accessories and gifts. Kirkland's, Inc. consists of more than 340 stores in 35 states and carries wall decor, textiles, lamps, furniture, artificial floral products and decorative accessories. It is based in Brentwood, TN.
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Grindline Skateparks Grindline Skateparks is an American company that designs and builds skateboard parks. The company is based in Seattle. The company was founded and is operated by Mark Hubbard. Incorporated in 2002, it has designed and built over 400 skateparks worldwide, including the largest skatepark in America, Spring Park Texas.
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Walt Disney Imagineering Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc. is the research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation, design, and construction of Disney theme parks and attractions worldwide. Founded by Walt Disney to oversee the production of Disneyland, it was originally known as Walt Disney, Inc. then WED Enterprises, from the initials meaning "Walter Elias Disney", the company co-founder's full name.
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Diggerland Diggerland is the name of theme parks inspired by diggers and JCBs. There are four theme parks in England, and a fifth in the United States. Diggerland is part of the H.E Services Group and Allsafety Limited.
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Playland (New York) Playland, often called Rye Playland and also known as Playland Amusement Park, is an amusement park located in Rye, New York. It was owned and run by Westchester County, who will operate the park until 2018, when it is expected that Standard Amusements LLC will take over operations.
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Paramount Parks Paramount Parks was an operator of theme parks and attractions, which annually attracted about 13 million patrons. Viacom had assumed control of the company as part of its acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1994.
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First Allied Corporation First Allied Corporation is an American real-estate holding company that owns and rents out shopping malls across the United States. It was founded in 1984 and is owned by the Glazer family, with Malcolm Glazer as President and CEO. His sons, Bryan Glazer, Joel Glazer and Edward Glazer, also own part of the company with Edward being Co-Chairman. The company is based out of Rochester, New York.
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Yokohama Dreamland Yokohama Dreamland was an amusement park that operated in Totsuka, Yokohama, Japan from 1964 to 2002. When opened on August 1, 1964, it was Japan's first major amusement park, with a total area of 1320000 m2 . The management company, , was acquired by the supermarket chain Daiei in 1993, and the amusement park closed permanently on February 17, 2002, due to financial issues. At the time of its closing, the amusement park was downsized to 145776 m2 .
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National Amusements National Amusements, Inc. is an American privately owned theater company based in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States. The company was founded in 1936, as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone.
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Fun Spot America Theme Parks Fun Spot America Theme Parks is a group of amusement parks located in Orlando, Florida, and Kissimmee, Florida. Since 1979, the group has owned and operated a number of small amusement parks over the years and currently has two locations, Fun Spot America - Orlando and Fun Spot America - Kissimmee.
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Petland Discounts Petland Discounts is a privately owned chain of pet stores based in Brentwood, New York. The company was founded in 1965 with a store in Glen Oaks, New York. At its peak, Petland Discounts has expanded up to 100 stores and currently serves the states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
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Marineland of Florida Marineland of Florida (usually just called Marineland), one of Florida's first marine mammal parks, is billed as "the world's first oceanarium". Marineland functions as an entertainment and swim-with-the-dolphins facility, and reopened to the public on March 4, 2006 (charging the original 1938 admission price of one dollar). In 2011, the park was purchased by the Georgia Aquarium for a reported 9.1 million U.S. dollars.
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Hawaiian Falls Hawaiian Falls Waterparks is a chain of faith-based waterparks owned by Harvest Family Entertainment. Hawaiian Falls parks are all built using the public-private partnership model, where cities contribute funds and/or other incentives and the parks are built on public land. Each of the seven parks has a separate lease structure with the cities participation ranging from contributing land and infrastructure costs(Garland and The Colony)to 100% financing . The first two parks were in the City of Garland and the City of The Colony, both in Texas. The third park was located in the South Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. In 2004 Hawaiian Falls experienced financial problems and founder and CEO David Busch sold the company to Herschend Family Entertainment. In 2006 Busch was able to buy the company back from Herschend after purchasing, then reselling The Colony and Garland Parks to CNL Lifestyle Properties. In addition to paying rent to Garland and The Colony, Hawaiian Falls must pay rent to CNL. In 2014 The City of Garland conducted an audit of Hawaiian Falls and was unable to verify Hawaiian Falls gross receipts for the 2011 season. The audit stated that Hawaiian Falls "could not provide source documentation for group ticket sales,group food and beverage sales,season pass sales and online ticket sales."
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Busch Gardens Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by SeaWorld Entertainment. The original park is in Tampa, Florida, and the second park is in Williamsburg, Virginia. There were also previously Busch Gardens parks in Pasadena, California (1905–1937), Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California (1964–1979) and Houston, Texas (1971–1973).
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Toverland Attractiepark Toverland (English: "Magicland Amusement Park") is an amusement park which is located close to the town of Sevenum in the Netherlands. The park was founded in 2001 and is operated by Gelissen Group.
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Old Town (amusement park) Old Town is an amusement park and outdoor shopping mall located in Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, United States. Operating since 1986, the original purpose of what could now be known as an entertainment complex was to provide a unique shopping experience with various local and unique stores.
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Splash Universe Splash Universe is a subsidiary of Focus Hospitality Services, LLC, a developer, owner, and operator of hotels and resorts in the United States founded in 1984. Both Focus Hospitality and Splash Universe are headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. Focus developed the brand "Splash Universe Water Park Resorts" as a full-service, value-priced waterpark for families with children.
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Sesame Place Sesame Place is a children's theme park, located on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based on the "Sesame Street" television program. It includes a variety of rides, shows, and water attractions suited to young children. It is one of 11 parks owned and operated by SeaWorld Entertainment with a license from Sesame Workshop (formerly known as Children's Television Workshop).
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Premier Parks, LLC Premier Parks, LLC (formerly Rapids Holdings, LLC and Premier Attractions Management, LLC) is a limited liability company based in the United States. The company owns and operates several amusement parks and water parks across the country.