Amusement And Theme Parks

Feb 22, 2019

Judge drops charges against defendants in death of 10-year-old boy at Kansas water park

Judge drops charges against defendants in death of 10-year-old boy at Kansas water park


Feb 13, 2019

Rare tiger killed in UK safari park; 2nd to die in past week

An English safari park says a rare Amur tiger has been killed in a fight with two other tigers


Feb 12, 2019

Yabba dabba adieu: 'Flintstones' theme park has been sold

A northern Arizona theme park designed around the "Flintstones" cartoon will now be strictly for the birds


Feb 7, 2019

Struggling Dubai amusement park abandons Six Flags expansion

Massive amusement park in Dubai says it abandoning plans to build a $454-million Six Flags


Feb 7, 2019

Uganda: Pageant to showcase women's 'curves' draws outrage

Uganda beauty pageant purports to promote local women's 'curves' has outraged critics who say it demeans the dignity of women


Feb 5, 2019

Russian activists raise alarm about captured whales

Activists are expressing alarm about more than 100 whales that are being kept in small, crowded pools in what environmentalists are calling a "whale prison," off the coast of the Russian Far East


Jan 28, 2019

Panel puts brakes on efforts to unionize Disney Lyft drivers

A labor relations board is putting the brakes on a decision allowing the Teamsters to represent scores of drivers who haul passengers around the Walt Disney World property in Florida after being summoned by a Lyft app


Jan 17, 2019

AP Exclusive: A peek at how Disney resort shows are made

Walt Disney World recently invited The Associated Press for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at how it put its shows together


Jan 6, 2019

Disneyland raising prices, cheapest daily ticket over $100

Disneyland Resort is raising prices ahead of the scheduled opening of a Star Wars-themed expansion, with the cheapest daily ticket costing more than $100


Dec 22, 2018

Audrey Geisel, widow and promoter of Dr. Seuss, dies at 97

Audrey Geisel embraced the mission to protect the Dr. Seuss brand after her husband died and worked to expand his legacy