Parques Reunidos

Parques Reunidos
Company type	Private
Industry	Amusement parks
Founded	1967
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Pascal Ferracci (CEO)
Owners	EQT Partners (51.0%); Elliott Management (12.8%)
Subsidiaries	Palace Entertainment
Website	www.parquesreunidos.com/en/

Parques Reunidos (meaning "Reunited Parks") is an international entertainment operator based in Madrid, Spain. The group operates over 60 parks in about dozen countries. Parques Reunidos operates theme and amusement parks, zoos, water parks, family entertainment centers, and cable cars. These facilities are located in Spain, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and the United States. Through acquisitions of established names such as Kennywood Entertainment Company, Dutch Wonderland and Palace Entertainment, Parques Reunidos greatly expanded its presence in American amusement operations beginning in 2007 through today. Annual visitors to the group's attractions exceed 22 million, with revenue exceeding $570 million (USD). In 2008 it had the fifth-highest attendance figures for worldwide chains with 24.9 million, ahead of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and Cedar Fair.^[1]

Amusement parks

The entrance of Mirabilandia, Ravenna, Italy

Parques Reunidos currently operates 17 amusement park properties across three continents and nine countries.

Name	Location	Year Opened	Year Acquired	Notes
Asia
Motiongate Dubai	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	2016
Europe
Bobbejaanland	Lichtaart, Belgium	1961	2004
Belantis	Leipzig, Germany	2003	2018
BonBon-Land	Næstved, Denmark	1992	2007
Mirabilandia	Ravenna, Italy	1992	2006
Movie Park Germany	Bottrop-Kirchhellen, Germany	1996	2010
Parque de Atracciones de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	1969
Parque Warner Madrid	Madrid, Spain	2002
Attractiepark Slagharen	Hardenberg, Netherlands	1963
Tusenfryd	Vinterbro, Norway	1988
North America
Adventureland	Altoona, Iowa	1974	2021	Part of Subsidiary Palace Entertainment
Castle Park	Riverside, California	1976
Dutch Wonderland	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	1963	2010
Idlewild and Soak Zone	Ligonier, Pennsylvania	1887	2007
Kennywood	West Mifflin, Pennsylvania	1899	2007
Lake Compounce	Bristol, Connecticut	1846	2007
Story Land	Glen, New Hampshire	1954	2007

Zoos, aquariums and nature parks

Parques Reunidos currently operates 15 zoos, aquariums and nature parks across two continents and six countries.

Name	Location	Year Opened	Year Acquired	Notes
Europe
Atlantis Aquarium	Madrid, Spain
Blackpool Zoo	Lancashire, England	1972
Delfinario Costa Daurada	Costa Daurada, Spain
Faunia	Madrid, Spain
Lakes Aquarium	Lakeside, England	1997
Marineland	Antibes, France	1970	2006
Oceanarium	Bournemouth, England
Kid's Island	Antibes, France			Part of Marineland
Selwo Aventura	Estepona, Spain	1999
Selwo Marina	Benalmádena, Spain	2002
Weltvogelpark Walsrode	Walsrode, Germany	1962	2019^[2]
Zoo Aquarium	Madrid, Spain	1770
North America
Living Shores Aquarium	Glen, New Hampshire	2019		Part of Subsidiary Palace Entertainment
Sea Life Park	Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii	1964	2008	Part of Subsidiary Palace Entertainment

Water parks

Parques Reunidos currently operates 21 separately-gated water parks across three continents and eight countries.

Name	Location	Year Opened	Year Acquired	Notes
Europe
Aqua Mexicana	Hardenberg, Netherlands			Part of Attractiepark Slagharen
Aquopolis Cartaya	Cartaya, Spain
Aquopolis Costa Daurada	Costa Daurada, Spain
Aquopolis Cullera	Cullera, Spain
Aquopolis Torrevieja	Torrevieja, Spain
Aquopolis Villanueva de la Cañada	Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Aqualud	Le Touquet, France
Aquasplash Marineland	Antibes, France			Part of Marineland
Bø Sommarland	Bø i Telemark, Norway	1985	2006
Mirabeach	Ravenna, Italy	2003	2006	Part of Mirabilandia
Tropical Islands	Krausnick, Germany	2004	2018
Warner Beach	Madrid, Spain	2014		Part of Parque Warner Madrid
North America
Noah's Ark Water Park	Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin	1979	2012^[3]	Part of Subsidiary Palace Entertainment
Raging Waters Los Angeles	San Dimas, Los Angeles County, California	1983
Raging Waters San Jose	East San Jose, San Jose, California	1985
Sandcastle Waterpark	West Homestead, Pennsylvania	1989	2007
Splish Splash	Riverhead, New York	1989	1999^[4]
Water Country	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	1984	2000
Wet'n Wild Emerald Pointe	Greensboro, North Carolina	1984	2002^[5]
Australia
Raging Waters Sydney	Sydney, Australia	2013	2018^[6]	Part of Subsidiary Palace Entertainment

Family Entertainment Centers

Parques Reunidos currently operates six family entertainment enters in the United States, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Name	Location	Year Opened	Year Acquired	Notes
Europe
Nickelodeon Adventure Lakeside	Lakeside, England	2020
North America
Boomers! Palm Springs	Palm Springs, California		1998	Part of Subsidiary Palace Entertainment
Boomers! Vista	Vista, California		1998
Malibu Grand Prix	Norcross, Georgia		2002
Mountasia	Marietta, Georgia		2002

Lodging and other ventures

Name	Location	Year Opened	Year Acquired	Notes
North America
Adventureland Inn	Altoona, Iowa		2021	Part of Subsidiary Palace Entertainment
Adventureland Campground	Altoona, Iowa		2021
Cartoon Network Hotel^[7]	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	2020^[8]
Flamingo Motel & Suites^[9]	Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin		2012
Lake Compounce Campground^[10]	Bristol, Connecticut	2014^[11]
Old Mill Stream Campground	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	2001^[12]	2010
Attractiepark Slagharen	Hardenberg, Netherlands			Attractiepark Slagharen offers a large on-site camping area including cabins
Tropical Islands	Krausnick, Germany		2018	Tropical Islands offers an on-site hotel, campground and holiday homes

Cable cars

The company operates one cable car in Spain.

Benalmádena

Former properties

Park	Location	Property Type	Year Opened	Year Sold/Closed	Notes
Asia
Bollywood Parks Dubai	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Amusement Park	2016	Status Unknown	Owned by Dubai Parks and Resorts; Last appeared on the official Parques Reunidos website in 2018. Closed since early 2023.
Dragon Park	Hạ Long, Vietnam	Amusement Park	2017	Status Unknown	Owned by Sun Group; Last appeared on the official Parques Reunidos website in 2018
Typhoon Water Park	Hạ Long, Vietnam	Water Park	2017	Status Unknown	Owned by Sun Group; Last appeared on the official Parques Reunidos website in 2018
Europe
Aquopolis Seville	Seville, Spain	Water Park		2021	Rebranded back to Guadalpark; Now operated by Wibit^[13]
Aquaopolis San Fernando de Henares	Madrid, Spain	Water Park		2018	Did not reopen for 2019, Planned to become green space^[14]
El Balcón de Rosales	Madrid, Spain	Night Club		2008	Closed after an 18 year old was beaten to death.^[15]
L'Oceanogràfic	Valencia, Spain	Aquarium	2003	2015^[16]	Now operated by Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
Nickelodeon Adventure Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Family Entertainment Center	2018^[17]	2019	Closed September 8, 2019^[18]
Nickelodeon Adventure Murcia	Murcia, Spain	Family Entertainment Center	2017	2022
Teleférico de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Cable Car		2017	Operations were taken back over by the city of Madrid^[19]
Valwo	Matapozuelos, Spain	Zoo	1982	2007	Closed in 2007
South America
Aquarium de Mar del Plata	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Aquarium		2018	Sold to Dolphin Discovery^[20]
North America
Big Kahuna's	Destin, Florida	Water Park, Family Entertainment Center	1986	2014	Part of subsidiary Palace Entertainment
Boomers! Parks	Various	Family Entertainment Center		2014
	Anaheim, California			2004
	Bakersfield, California			2004
	Dania, Florida			2015
	Escondido, California			2004
	Medford, New York		1999	2019
Jazzland	New Orleans, Louisiana	Amusement Park	2000	2002
Malibu Grand Prix	Redwood City, California	Family Entertainment Center	1979	2013
Malibu Grand Prix	San Antonio, Texas	Family Entertainment Center	1978	2014
Miami Seaquarium	Miami, Florida	Marine Animal Park	1955	2014
Mountain Creek Water Park	Vernon Township, New Jersey	Water Park	1978	2011
Mountasia	Houston, Texas	Family Entertainment Center		2014
Mountasia	Kingwood, Texas	Family Entertainment Center		2007
Raging Waters Sacramento	Cal Expo, Sacramento, California	Water Park	1986	2022
Silver Springs	Silver Springs, Florida	Attraction	1878	2013
SpeedZone	Dallas, Texas	Family Entertainment Center	1997	2014
SpeedZone	Los Angeles, California	Family Entertainment Center	1997	2014
Waterworld California	Concord, California	Water Park	2011	2017
Wet N' Wild Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada		2002	2004
Wild Waters Water Park	Silver Springs, Florida		1978	2013

References

^ "Info" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
^ "BELGRANO & CO has advised the shareholders of Vogelpark Walsrode GmbH on the sale to Parques Reunidos S.A." (PDF).
^ badams@madison.com | 608-252-6148 | @madnewsboy, BARRY ADAMS | Wisconsin State Journal | (2 March 2012). "Noah's Ark sold to California company". madison.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Strugatch, Warren (2001-05-20). "Places for Swinging, Splashing, Thrashing (Published 2001)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ "Emerald Pointe sold to nation's largest water park operator". wfmynews2.com. 10 July 2002. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ "Parques Reunidos completes Wet'n'Wild Sydney acquisition - Australasian Leisure Management". www.ausleisure.com.au. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ "Cartoon Network Will Open Its First Hotel Next Summer in Pennsylvania". 30 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ Writer, KEVIN STAIRIKER | Staff (10 January 2020). "Cartoon Network Hotel opened today; here's what to know before you go". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ "Flamingo Motel & Suites". Flamingo Motel & Suites. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ "Lake Compounce - Camping". Lake Compounce. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ "Lake Compounce - LAKE COMPOUNCE TO OPEN 'BEAR CREEK CAMPGROUND' IN 2014". Lake Compounce. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ Writer, TOM MURSE Staff (12 November 2010). "Dutch Wonderland changes hands". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
^ "¡Adiós Aquópolis, hola Guadalpark!". 21 May 2021.
^ "San Fernando de Henares says goodbye to Aquópolis forever". 27 April 2019.
^ Barroso, F. Javier (17 November 2008). "Medidas tardías de las instituciones tras la muerte de Álvaro Ussía". El País.
^ "L'OCEANOGRÀFIC".
^ "PARQUES REUNIDOS OPENS "NICKELODEON ADVENTURE" MADRID AT INTU XANADÚ". 17 December 2018.
^ "Nickelodeon Adventure Madrid to Close on Sunday 8th September 2019".
^ "The Madrid City Council will recover the management of the cable car". 27 July 2017.
^ "Grupo Dolphin compra Aquarium de Mar del Plata".

"Home". Candover. 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
"Info" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2009
https://blooloop.com/link/lionsgate-international-theme-park/ March 1, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018

External links

[1] "Info" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2009.

[2] "BELGRANO & CO has advised the shareholders of Vogelpark Walsrode GmbH on the sale to Parques Reunidos S.A." (PDF).

[3] s@madison.com | 608-252-6148 | @madnewsboy, BARRY ADAMS | Wisconsin State Journal | (2 March 2012). "Noah's Ark sold to California company". madison.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] Strugatch, Warren (2001-05-20). "Places for Swinging, Splashing, Thrashing (Published 2001)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[5] "Emerald Pointe sold to nation's largest water park operator". wfmynews2.com. 10 July 2002. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[6] "Parques Reunidos completes Wet'n'Wild Sydney acquisition - Australasian Leisure Management". www.ausleisure.com.au. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[7] "Cartoon Network Will Open Its First Hotel Next Summer in Pennsylvania". 30 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[8] Writer, KEVIN STAIRIKER | Staff (10 January 2020). "Cartoon Network Hotel opened today; here's what to know before you go". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[9] "Flamingo Motel & Suites". Flamingo Motel & Suites. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[10] "Lake Compounce - Camping". Lake Compounce. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[11] "Lake Compounce - LAKE COMPOUNCE TO OPEN 'BEAR CREEK CAMPGROUND' IN 2014". Lake Compounce. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[12] Writer, TOM MURSE Staff (12 November 2010). "Dutch Wonderland changes hands". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[13] "¡Adiós Aquópolis, hola Guadalpark!". 21 May 2021.

[14] "San Fernando de Henares says goodbye to Aquópolis forever". 27 April 2019.

[15] Barroso, F. Javier (17 November 2008). "Medidas tardías de las instituciones tras la muerte de Álvaro Ussía". El País.

[16] "L'OCEANOGRÀFIC".

[17] "PARQUES REUNIDOS OPENS "NICKELODEON ADVENTURE" MADRID AT INTU XANADÚ". 17 December 2018.

[18] "Nickelodeon Adventure Madrid to Close on Sunday 8th September 2019".

[19] "The Madrid City Council will recover the management of the cable car". 27 July 2017.

[20] "Grupo Dolphin compra Aquarium de Mar del Plata".

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v t e Parques Reunidos
Palace Entertainment
Amusement parks	Bobbejaanland BonBon-Land Mirabilandia Movie Park Germany Parque de Atracciones de Madrid Parque Warner Madrid Attractiepark Slagharen Tusenfryd Castle Park Dutch Wonderland Idlewild & Soak Zone Kennywood Lake Compounce Story Land Boomers! Parks Malibu Grand Prix Mountasia
Zoos and Aquariums	Zoo Aquarium of Madrid Faunia Selwo Marina Selwo Aventura Marineland of Antibes Lakes Aquarium Blackpool Zoo Oceanarium Bournemouth Sea Life Park Hawaii Miami Seaquarium Living Shores Aquarium Miami Seaquarium Sea Life Park
Water parks	Aquopolis Bø Sommarland Mirabilandia Beach Noah's Ark Water Park Raging Waters Sandcastle Splish Splash Water Country Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe Raging Waters Sydney Sacramento San Jose Sydney
Cable cars	Teleférico Madrid Benalmádena