SANDUSKY, Ohio, Nov. 14,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cedar Fair Entertainment Company's (NYSE:
FUN) Knott's Berry Farm and Cedar Point parks have been recognized
by the international Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) with
two prestigious Thea awards – the Award for Outstanding
Achievement, granted to Knott's Berry
Farm in Buena Park, Calif.
for its Ghost Town Alive! immersive entertainment experience, and
the Classic Award, bestowed upon longstanding flagship park
Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The awards were announced
today at the annual International Association of Amusement Parks
and Attractions' (IAAPA) Attractions Expo conference in
Orlando, Fla.
Cedar Fair's President and Chief Operating Officer Richard Zimmerman said, "We are honored to
receive this recognition for both Cedar
Point and Knott's Berry Farm
from our industry peers. The teams at all of our parks work
diligently every day to delight our guests with new and innovative
experiences through thoughtful design of rides and park spaces,
unique culinary offerings, and immersive live entertainment. These
awards underscore our team's commitment to excellence in providing
memorable experiences for our guests of all ages."
The Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement recognizes projects
or live events that represent the highest standards of excellence
and innovation in the arts and sciences of the creation of
compelling places and experiences. According to TEA's Thea Awards
Committee, "Ghost Town Alive! is an outstanding achievement in
immersive entertainment and an entirely new experience for Knott's
visitors." The Thea Classic Award is given annually to a project
which has continuously engaged and entertained for more than 20
years, and recognizes achievements which have by their quality of
experience and longevity helped to
establish the highest standards of excellence. According to the
committee, "Cedar Point is a
unique American amusement park and resort paradise, a world-class
entertainment destination, and a mecca for thrill-seekers and
families alike. With great rides and attractions, live shows,
special events, food and hospitality and of course its famous beach
and boardwalk, Cedar Point is
truly a place like no other."
Ghost Town Alive! at Knott's Berry
Farm is an immersive Wild West entertainment experience that
engages thousands of guests per day in an interactive role-playing
adventure. In it, guests are encouraged to become part of a
real-time story set in the 1800s in which they join cowboys,
bandits, townspeople and other characters to unlock adventures from
bank robberies and jail breaks to an old-time western hoedown. The
experience engages families to work together using their
imagination to become stars in the interactive theatrical
production, where the power to influence the story line is in the
hands of every guest. Ghost Town Alive! is a time-limited event
that takes place during the summertime at Knott's Berry Farm, and will return for 2018 with an
all-new story line. Also coming to Knott's in 2018 is HangTime, the
first dive coaster on the west coast; the coaster is expected to
continue the park's position as the most visited regional amusement
park in the United States.
Cedar Point, located on the
Lake Erie shorefront, has grown
from its beginnings as a beach resort in 1870 to be named the "Best
Amusement Park in the USA" in the
USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice
Awards. Today, the 364-acre park is known worldwide as The Roller
Coaster Capital of the World!® with 71 rides including 18
world-class roller coasters. The destination also houses the
18-acre Cedar Point Shores Waterpark, an indoor water park, the
historic Hotel Breakers beachfront resort, plus cabins, campsites
and two marinas. Guests in 2018 can experience the new
record-breaking Steel Vengeance, the world's first "hyper-hybrid"
roller coaster, and a new five-story addition to the Hotel Breakers
on the famous mile-long Cedar Point Beach.
About TEA and the Thea Awards
The TEA (Themed Entertainment Association), based in
Burbank, Calif., is an
international nonprofit membership association for the creators of
compelling places and experiences. Nearly 1,500 TEA members
represent roughly 10,000 creative specialists working in 30 US
states and 32 different countries. TEA presents the annual
Thea Awards to help realize a key mission of the association:
bringing recognition to achievement, talent and personal excellence
within the themed entertainment industry.
About Cedar Fair
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: "FUN"), one of the
largest regional amusement-resort operators in the world, is a
publicly traded partnership headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio. Focused on its mission to
become "THE place to be for FUN," the Company owns and operates 11
amusement parks including its flagship park, Cedar Point, along with two outdoor water
parks, one indoor water park and five hotels. It also operates an
additional theme park under a management contract. Its parks are
located in Ohio, California, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan and Toronto, Ontario.
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