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I know you can visit some theme parks at certain times of year to avoid many children, however what I mean are theme parks built more for imaginative and fun-loving adults.

Take some of the park rides you might find in family theme parks that appeal to both adults and children, but instead of avoiding elements that may confuse/frighten children, they're allowed to get more detailed or whatever may be more fun for people. Fwiw I'm aware of some smaller scale themed venues (particularly some horror-related ones), but I feel like I'm blanking on any obvious larger scale ones.

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[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 46 points 9 months ago
[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

okay but where roller coasters?

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 29 points 9 months ago

one of them is emotional and the other one is in my pants and someones gonna ride it all night

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

Damn. That’s a good answer.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Bring strippers to a theme park for the day!

[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago
[-] SocialEngineer56@notdigg.com 2 points 9 months ago

“Why is there a waste management facility directly behind a playground? Sometimes there are kids there!!!”

[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

If a bunch of them have coordinated a themed red light district, I guess that may count for the most explicit approach to this idea, but I don't know of any that have, albeit maybe parts of Vegas have given that a run for its money.

[-] Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

I mean there is a red light district skyscraper being built in Amsterdam right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA0Fh91Wlm8

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

Universal does Halloween horror nights that is very adult oriented. It's in their normal park but they are open a standalone Halloween themed park in las Vegas soon that will be similar but full time.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Busch Gardens too. It's pretty fun, we've gone a couple times and had a blast.

[-] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Worlds of Fun here in KC does this too. Kids can enter, but the do not recommend they stay after dark. They have a parade, have entire areas that are outdoor haunted houses, and send people running through the crowd to scare them. It is a lot of fun. Most of these regional parks are all owned by the same company (Six Flags, IIRC).

[-] Kyle@lemmy.ca 27 points 9 months ago

Omega mart in Las Vegas might come close?

Can't think of large scale ones unless you include the rest of Las Vegas.

[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah, it may not be the larger scale but it strikes at the basic idea I was thinking of, so thanks!

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[-] Blackout@kbin.social 19 points 9 months ago
[-] doublenut@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago
[-] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Busch Gardens if you want a theme park that’s also a zoo and botanical garden and has a lot of alcohol because its purpose is to advertise Anhauser Busch beers.

EDIT: Kids are allowed, but the alcoholic attractions are designed for adults.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

Oh God the worst beers

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

New Orleans - enjoy the potholes.

(It’s really a great place though & I miss living there)

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

https://meowwolf.com/about

https://twobitcircus.com

if temporary counts i'd say burningman.org or one of the giant music festivals

[-] TheOneCurly@lemmy.theonecurly.page 7 points 9 months ago

Highly recommend meowwolf. I did the Vegas one on a work trip and it was a blast.

[-] danciestlobster@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Unfortunately that one is still plagued by children, even if not fully designed for them, at least when I was there

[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Hadn't heard of the first two, thanks!

[-] kwedd@feddit.nl 12 points 9 months ago
[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Not technically a park, more of an event

[-] Toes@ani.social 11 points 9 months ago
[-] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

There's an amusement park in Maine that does "after dark" a few nights per year. Adults only and they serve drinks. It's marketed toward millennials who grew up going to the park. I haven't been, but it seems popular.

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

If you're a disney adult, i have some great news.

[-] match@pawb.social 9 points 9 months ago

LARPs, honestly

[-] Meron35@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Fuji Q Highland in Japan has a lot of record breaking attractions and coasters and is more popular among adults. There are some areas catered towards children but these are fairly well sectioned off.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago
[-] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago

Endless dog shit and women coerced to mount a geriatric?

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[-] Willie@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

I don't think I've ever heard of one, and I'm not sure if it'd be profitable. I mean, a lot of elements of theme parks are designed to extract money from parents, and only work because they are there with a child.

How would the adult theme park make money? Expensive entry tickets maybe? We would want to avoid alcohol because we don't want people acting without inhibitions near all this heavy machinery, plus it'd make cleaning more expensive, and might cause more vandalism. I guess you could not allow re-entry once they leave, to force them to eat inside the park. But that's about all I can see happening. You could put a nice sit down dining place inside the park though too, because the audience would be more into that sort of thing.

How about the decor, what kinds of thing even appeal to adults? This one is tough. Maybe a western, or dystopian future theme? That could be cool.

[-] confused_code_monkey@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

You'd 100% be selling overpriced alcohol in an adult-centric theme park. If Six Flags and even Disney have figure out how to do it safely (and very profitably, I'm sure), so can other theme parks.

[-] Phoonzang@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

You can buy alcohol at Disney?! With everything being so prude about drinking in public in the US, this completely amazes me.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Prude stops being an issue when money can be made with it.

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[-] Willie@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

You got a point, if we've seen it work there, it can work here.

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Race track.

[-] BiggestBulb@kbin.run 5 points 9 months ago

Honestly, I wanna know as well. I've been enjoying Carowinds and I enjoyed Universal, but they're both quite family-oriented. Maybe Cedar Point is more adult? Seems like they have lots of big rides... But they also have a Camp Snoopy area there...

[-] mysoulishome@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

In what country or continent?

[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Honestly any, even if I may never get a chance to visit, I like learning about some of them, particularly ride designs and engineering. (Also for those lurking, this question is mainly inspired by having watched some more Defunctland videos lately.)

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

6 flags was fun as an adult.

[-] Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

If you have a Meta Quest headset, my VR Theme Park is more mature. https://www.meta.com/experiences/4212005182188732/

[-] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 4 points 9 months ago
[-] Aremel@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

I'm so glad I'm not the only person that gets the same "theme park" vibes from MMOs. It really takes me out of it when someone is doing the same quest as me but is a few steps ahead so they trigger a unique animation or dialogue from the quest giver, and then I experience the same animation or dialogue a few minutes later. Kinda like waiting in line for a ride but you can hear or see some parts of the ride as you progress through the line.

[-] cloudless@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

sky diving paragliding scuba diving jet skiing bungee jumping wall climbing

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Ya. These are activities tho. It’s not a theme park.

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[-] blargerer@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Evermore kind of fits this, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Disney California Adventure. Kid friendly but serving beer from day 1

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