As summer approaches, local amusement parks are opening their gates. Some feature new rides, like Six Flags' Tony Hawk's Halfpipe waterslide. Others are offering package deals; Hersheypark and Dutch Wonderland offer a combination ticket.

If InBev buys Anheuser-Busch, it might struggle to sell two area theme parks and other sites. After movie company Paramount Pictures said in January 2006 that theme parks didn't fit its core business, it sold all five of its parks — including Kings

Great American Family Parks, Inc. , a company in the business of acquiring, staffing and managing theme parks, announced today results for its first quarter 2008.

BAINBRIDGE -- Geauga Lake Park began selling its small amusement park memorabilia this weekend at the gift shop outside the main gate of Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom in adjacent Aurora.

Wonder Woman, King Kong and Shrek are heading for the Persian Gulf as part of the rush to build what could become the world's largest theme park playground. But even as the ink dries on the billion-dollar deals in the United Arab Emirates, movie studios