Now it’s time to have some fun with 11 most expensive theme parks ever built! Yes, they are amazing and amusing not just to your kids, but you have probably had the best time in your life on some roller coaster or water ride as well!
Have you ever thought about how much money someone needed to invest to make those parks? Well, a lot! It’s a dream come true for all the children around the world and they would probably want to live happily ever after in there without a question.
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Most of the amusement parks are themed: Walt Disney World, Legoland, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Tower of Terror etc. Theme parks are even more amusing than regular amusement parks because they are built for the specific groups. They have attractions and buildings, roller coasters and water rides, stores, and specific landscaping. There were plenty of amusement parks built in the past, but Santa Claus Land was the first theme park ever built and it was opened in 1946. It was divided into four theme sections: Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Christmas, and Halloween. Today it is called Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari.
And speaking of the most popular theme parks and the most expensive theme parks ever built, we heard the rumors that „The Walking Dead” amusement park is going to be built soon! Would you visit that zombie attraction? It would be a mixed ride with characters and effects from „The Walking Dead“ as announced by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. Love „Hunger Games“? We have also heard that it is also going to be built by 2019. Be patient, because the Lionsgate announced that they are „officially started planning“ it! In the meantime, you could visit Dubai next year, because they will open one part of the amusement park that is Hunger Games-themed! If you have daughters who adore Anna and Elsa, don’t miss a Frozen theme park that is coming at Disney World’s Epcot in 2016! Have fun!
You are probably guessing that there are not so many official releases about how much money is spent to build the most expensive theme parks, but we decided to present the information we have found on the internet with estimated costs for building them and make the list of 11 most expensive theme parks ever built. The most popular theme parks are not always the most expensive ones to build and vice versa. Perhaps they are not as expensive as 10 most expensive cruise ships ever built, but let’s see together what are the estimated costs, according to The Theme Park Voice and The Theme Park Tourist:
11. Mission: Space, Epcot, Florida
Estimated cost: $95 million
Wanna be an astronaut for one day? Enter the space mission in Epcot and you will see what it is like to be an astronaut and travel to Mars! Join the International Space Center and be the one of the best for the X-2 Deep Space Shuttle manned mission to Mars in 2036!
10. Expedition Everest, Florida
Estimated cost: $100 million
The Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is a roller coaster in Lake Buena Vista and you can find it in Guinness World Record book as the most expensive roller coaster ever built. But Expedition Everest is not only the roller coaster, there are a lot of other expensive parts of the theme park: 22 ft tall Yeti, authentic bamboo plants and other trees were planted, 5 000 tons of steel and 10 000 tons of concrete etc.
9. Pooh’s Hunny Hunt, Tokyo
Estimated cost: $130 million
The most famous attraction of Fantasyland and the beautiful trackless dark ride in Japan! The trackless ride technology was used here for the first time ever to the delight of all the Disney fans around the globe! It looks like a big fairy-tale book.
8. Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquee de Remy, Paris
Estimated cost: $135 million
One more LPS trackless ride, Remy’s Totally Zany Adventure, this time in Disneyland in Paris was announced for the first time in 2013 and fully opened last year.
7. Tower of Terror, Florida
Estimated cost: $140 million
The Tower of Terror was opened in 1994. in Florida. The buildings that are part of this theme park are the tallest ones in Disney resorts (199 feet).The slogan of the ride is: „Never the same fear twice!“
6. Harry Potter and the Forbbiden Journey, Florida
Estimated cost: $150 million
This crazy ride is located in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida. If you are a Harry Potter fan and would give anything to visit Hogwarts Castle, don’t miss it! It uses so called KUKA technology for the ride and it was designed by Universal Creative and Warner Bross.
5. Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, California
Estimated cost: $160 million
This is also one of 11 most expensive theme parks ever built, themed by Pixar’s Finding Nemo. It was opened in 2007, but it is actually renewed Submarine Voyage Park which was opened in 1959.
4. Tower of Terror, Tokyo
Estimated cost: $190 million
The Japanese version of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, but without „The Twilight Zone“, since Japanese TV stations didn’t buy the show, so the story is about Harrison Hightower.
3. Tower of Terror, Paris
Estimated cost: $240 million
Let’s see how The Tower of Terror looks like in Paris. La Tour de le Terreur was officially opened in 2007. Unlike American concrete-around-steel construction, the solid concrete had to be used for building this $240 million theme park because of French construction standards.
2. Radiator Springs Racers, California
Estimated cost: $200 million
The Radiator Springs Racers in California is located between Gallup in New Mexico and the Sonoran Desert in California. There are two tracks powered not by gravity, but only by electricity, so-called test track ride system on around 300,000 square feet!
1.Test Track, Epcot, Florida
Estimated cost: $300 million
Here’s the winner of 11 most expensive theme parks ever built! Wondering why this one is so expensive? This slot car attraction in Florida is sponsored by General Motors’ Chevrolet. The ride consists of four tests: power, capability, responsiveness and efficiency. This is not just the most expensive theme park ever built, but it is also the fastest one because the most famous part of the ride is a speed trial at the top speed around 70 mph! So, what are you waiting for? Join the ride!
