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2008 Golden Ticket Awards - The Best of the Best!
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View the complete list of winners!
Click here to download 2008 Golden Ticket Awards Bonus Section PDF file (13.6 mb)

2008 Park and Ride Winners

Best New Ride of 2008 (Amusement Park)
Ravine Flyer II
Waldameer Park
53%
Boardwalk Bullet
Kemah Boardwalk
11%
Behemoth
Canada's Wonderland
10%
Led Zeppelin The Ride Hard Rock Park
6%
Evel Knievel
Six Flags St. Louis
5.5%

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Best New Ride of 2008 (Waterpark)
Dragon’s Revenge
Schlitterbahn
52%
Dolphin Plunge
Aquatica
23%
Black Hole: The Next Generation
Wet’n Wild Orlando
11%
Rock & Roll Island Water Country USA
8%
Taumata Racer Aquatica
5%

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Best Park
Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio
26%
Busch Gardens Europe
Williamsburg, Va.
16%
Knoebels Amusement Resort Elysburg, Pa.
7%
Disneyland Anaheim, Calif.
6.5%
Islands of Adventure
Orlando, Fla. (Tie)
6%
Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Blackpool, England (Tie)
6%
Europa Park Rust, Germany (Tie)
5.5%
Kennywood West Mifflin, Pa. (Tie)
5.5%
Holiday World Santa Claus, Ind.
5%
Dollywood Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
4.8%

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Best Waterpark
Schlitterbahn
New Braunfels, Texas
53%
Splashin’ Safari
Santa Claus, Ind.
15%
Blizzard Beach
Orlando, Fla.
9%
Noah's Ark Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
8%
Typhoon Lagoon
Orlando, Fla.
6%

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Best Children's Park
Legoland California
Carlsbad, Calif.
41%
Idlewild
Ligonier, Pa.
27%
Farup Sommerland
Saltum, Denmark
10%
Dutch Wonderland Lancaster, Pa.
6%
Memphis Kiddie Park
Cleveland, Ohio (Tie)
5%
Sesame Place Langhorne, Pa. (Tie)
5%

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Best Marine Life Park
SeaWorld Orlando
Orlando, Fla.
56%
SeaWorld San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
14%
SeaWorld San Diego
San Diego, Calif.
10%
Discovery Cove
Orlando, Fla. (Tie)
8%
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Vallejo, Calif. (Tie)
8%

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Best Seaside Park
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Santa Cruz, Calif.
46%
Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Blackpool, England
30%
Morey’s Piers
Wildwood, N.J.
15%
Kemah Boardwalk Kemah, Texas
4%

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Best Indoor Waterpark
Schlitterbahn Galveston Island
Galveston, Texas
25%
World Waterpark
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
18%
Kalahari Resort
Sandusky, Ohio
15%
Kalahari Resort
Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
12%
Castaway Bay
Sandusky, Ohio
11%

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Friendliest Park Staff
Holiday World
Santa Claus, Ind.
32%
Dollywood
Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
27%
Knoebels Amusement Resort
Elysburg, Pa.
13%
Silver Dollar City
Branson, Mo.
6%
Beech Bend
Bowling Green, Ky. (Tie)
4%

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Cleanest Park
Holiday World
Santa Claus, Ind.
35%
Busch Gardens Europe Williamsburg, Va.
16%
Dollywood
Pigeon Forge, Tenn. (Tie)
11%
Magic Kingdom
Orlando, Fla. (Tie)
11%
Disneyland
Anaheim, Calif.
4%

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Best Shows
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
San Antonio, Texas
27%
Dollywood
Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
24%
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Orlando, Fla.
12%
Silver Dollar City
Branson, Mo.
10%
Busch Gardens Europe
Williamsburg, Va.
8%

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Best Food
Knoebels Amusement Resort
Elysburg, Pa.
28%
Dollywood Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
19%
Epcot Orlando, Fla.
18%
Silver Dollar City
Branson, Mo.
13%
Busch Gardens Europe Williamsburg, Va.
8%

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Best Water Ride (Amusement Park)
Dudley Do Right’s Ripsaw Falls Islands of Adventure
34%
Valhalla Pleasure Beach Blackpool
22%
Splash Mountain
Magic Kingdom
13%
Popeye and Bluto’s...Barges
Islands of Adventure
9%
Journey to Atlantis
SeaWorld Orlando
8%

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Best Waterpark Ride
Master Blaster
Schlitterbahn
25%
Zoombabwe
Splashin’ Safari
20%
Deluge
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
14%
Dragon’s Revenge
Schlitterbahn
12%
Black Anaconda Noah’s Ark
7%

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Best Kids' Area
Kings Island
Kings Mills, Ohio
38%
Islands of Adventure
Orlando, Fla.
21%
Knott’s Berry Farm
Buena Park, Calif.
8%
Kings Dominion
Doswell, Va. (Tie)
7.5%
Nickelodeon Universe
Bloomington, Minn. (Tie)
7.5%

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Best Landscaping
Busch Gardens Europe
Williamsburg, Va.
38%
Efteling
Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands
25%
Gilroy Gardens
Gilroy, Calif.
18%
Dollywood Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
7%
Epcot
Orlando, Fla.
5%

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Best Outdoor Night Production
Epcot
Orlando, Fla.
38%
Six Flags Fiesta Texas San Antonio, Texas
22%
Disneyland Anaheim, Calif.
13%
Hard Rock Park
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
10%
Disney’s Hollywood Studios Orlando, Fla.
8%

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Best Dark Ride
Amazing Adventures of Spiderman
Islands of Adventures
36%
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
17%
Haunted Mansion
Knoebels Amusement Resort
13%
Nights in White Satin: The Trip
Hard Rock Park
12%
Pirates of the Caribbean
Disneyland
7%

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Best Halloween Event
Universal Orlando
Orlando, Fla.
29%
Knott’s Berry Farm
Buena Park, Calif.
22%
Knoebels Amusement Resort Elysburg, Pa.
16%
Kennywood
West Mifflin, Pa.
12%
Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio
6%

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Best Christmas Event
Dollywood Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
38%
Magic Kingdom
Orlando, Fla.
17%
Disneyland
Anaheim, Calif.
14%
Silver Dollar City
Branson, Mo.
10%
Hersheypark
Hershey, Pa.
6%

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Best Carousel
Knoebels Amusement Resort Elysburg, Pa.
28%
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Santa Cruz, Calif.
21%
Six Flags Over Georgia Atlanta, Ga
9%
Islands of Adventure
Orlando, Fla.
7%
Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Ill.
6%

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Best Indoor Coaster
Revenge of the Mummy
Universal Studios Orlando
28%
Rock ‘N Roller Coaster
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
15%
Space Mountain Disneyland
14%
Mindbender
Galaxyland
11%
Exterminator
Kennywood
10%

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Best Funhouse/Walkthrough Attraction
Frankenstein’s Castle
Indiana Beach
36%
Noah’s Ark
Kennywood
33%
Hotel Gasten Liseberg (Tie)
10%
Lustiga Huset
Grona Lund (Tie)
10%


View the complete list of winners!
Click here to download 2008 Golden Ticket Awards Bonus Section PDF file (14 mb)

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