Matt N
CF Legend
Another September can only mean one thing; the return of the Golden Ticket Awards! The ceremony was hosted at Dollywood over the weekend, and there were some interesting changes this year, including a pretty big one to the winner of Best Park!
The winners this year were as follows:
The winners this year were as follows:
- Best Park: Dollywood (#2 Europa Park, #3 Universal’s Islands of Adventure, #4 Phantasialand, #5 Kings Island)
- Best Water Park: Schlitterbahn New Braunfels (#2 Splashin’ Safari, #3 Volcano Bay, #4 Hyland Hills Water World, #5 Aquatica Orlando)
- Best Family Park: Dutch Wonderland (#2 Santa’s Village, #3 Story Land, #4 Paultons Park, #5 Legoland Florida)
- Best Family Coaster: Big Bear Mountain at Dollywood (#2 Slinky Dog Dash at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, #3 Freedom Flyer at Fun Spot Orlando, #4 Wooden Warrior at Quassy, #5 Big Thunder Mountain at Disneyland Paris)
- Breakout Family Entertainment Centre: Fun Land of Fredericksburg (#2 Meow Wolf: The Real Unreal, #3 Scene75 Chicagoland, #4 Bolder, #5 Malibu Jack’s Lafayette)
- Most Beautiful Park: Busch Gardens Williamsburg (#2 Dollywood, #3 Europa Park, #4 Tokyo DisneySea, #5 Efteling)
- Best Water Ride: Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (#2 Dudley Do-Right’s Ripsaw Falls at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, #3 Chiapas at Phnatasialand, #4 Timber Mountain Log Ride at Knott’s Berry Farm, #5 Aquaman Power Wave at Six Flags Over Texas)
- Best Kids Area: Dollywood (#2 Kings Island, #3 Canada’s Wonderland, #4 Universal’s Islands of Adventure, #5 Carowinds)
- Best Halloween Event: Universal Studios Florida (#2 Knott’s Berry Farm, #3 Universal Studios Hollywood, #4 Six Flags Fiesta Texas, #5 Europa Park)
- Best New Show: Le Mime et l’Etoile at Puy de Fou France (#2 Summerbration at Cedar Point, #3 El Misterio de Sorbaces at Puy de Fou España)
- Best New Rollercoaster: Wildcat’s Revenge at Hersheypark (#2 ArieForce One at Fun Spot Atlanta, #3 Big Bear Mountain at Dollywood, #4 Toutatis at Parc Asterix, #5 Zambezi Zinger at Worlds of Fun)
- Best New Family Attraction: Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge at Universal Studios Hollywood (#2 Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disneyland, #3 Draken Falls at Adventureland, #4 Yuta Falls at Lost Island Theme Park, #5 Treasure Hunt: The Ride in Monterey, California)
- Best New Water Park Ride: Rocket Blast at Waldameer & Water World (#2 Riptide Racer at Water Country USA, #3 Vikingløp at Rulantica, #4 Turtle Coaster at Land of Legends, #5 Lightspeed Shuttle at Studio City Water Park)
- Best New Attraction Installation: ArieForce One at Fun Spot Atlanta (#2 Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge at Universal Studios Hollywood, #3 Toutatis at Parc Asterix, #4 Leviathan at Sea World Australia, #5 Big Bear Mountain at Dollywood)
- Best Guest Experience: Dollywood (#2 Knoebels, #3 Holiday World, #4 Europa Park, #5 Silver Dollar City)
- Best Dark Ride: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (#2 Haunted Mansion at Knoebels, #3 Volkanu: Quest for the Golden at Lost Island, #4 Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout at Disney’s California Adventure, #5 Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts at Universal Studios Florida)
- Best Water Park Ride: Mammoth at Splashin’ Safari (#2 Wildebeest at Splashin’ Safari, #3 Krakatau Aqua Coaster at Volcano Bay, #4 Lost River of the Pharaohs at Hyland Hills Water World, #5 Cheetah Chase at Splashin’ Safari)
- Best Food: Knoebels (#2 Dollywood, #3 Silver Dollar City, #4 Epcot, #5 Europa Park)
- Best Christmas Event: Dollywood (#2 Silver Dollar City, #3 Magic Kingdom, #4 Kings Dominion, #5 Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Europa Park (tied))
- Fury 325 - Carowinds
- Millennium Force - Cedar Point
- Jurassic World VelociCoaster - Universal’s Islands of Adventure
- Steel Vengeance - Cedar Point
- Iron Gwazi - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
- Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park
- Superman the Ride - Six Flags New England
- Taron - Phantasialand
- Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion
- Maverick - Cedar Point
- Apollo’s Chariot - Busch Gardens Williamsburg
- Phantom’s Revenge - Kennywood
- Leviathan - Canada’s Wonderland
- Lightning Rod - Dollywood
- Intimidator - Carowinds
- Iron Rattler - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
- Mako - SeaWorld Orlando
- Helix - Liseberg
- Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure - Universal’s Islands of Adventure
- Nitro - Six Flags Great Adventure
- X2 - Six Flags Magic Mountain
- Time Traveler - Silver Dollar City
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind - Epcot
- Candymonium - Hersheypark
- ArieForce One - Fun Spot Atlanta
- Phoenix - Knoebels
- Voyage - Holiday World
- El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
- Thunderhead - Dollywood
- Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
- Beast - Kings Island
- Mystic Timbers - Kings Island
- Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer
- GhostRider - Knott’s Berry Farm
- Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
- Balder - Liseberg
- Gold Striker - California’s Great America
- Wildfire - Kolmarden
- Wodan - Europa Park
- Jack Rabbit - Kennywood
- Cyclone - Luna Park
- Shivering Timbers - Michigan’s Adventure
- Thunderbolt - Kennywood
- Troy - Toverland
- Rutschebanan - Tivoli Gardens
- Legend - Holiday World
- Lightning Racer - Hersheypark
- Flying Turns - Knoebels
- Prowler - Worlds of Fun
- Comet - Six Flags Great Escape
