making six flags Magic mountian a landmark?

Remove the "Six Flags" from Magic Mountain and I might someday agree with you. ;)

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majortom1981 said:
I thought the parks in coney island were the first ones?

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There's a difference between an amusement park and a theme park.

]i]Cedar Point and Lake Compounce are considered the 2 oldest in the country.

Oldest amusement parks. Neither CP nor Compounce are theme parks. Holiday World is the oldest U.S. theme park. Knotts became a theme park after Holiday World and Disney.

^ No. Holiday World officially became a theme park in 1946, that's 6 years after Knott's established itself as one in 1940. The first Disney park then followed 9 years after Holiday World in 1955.

Sorry but its you who are wrong. Ghost Town was added in 1940 but Knotts was not a theme park at that time. It became an official theme park the 1960s. My first visit was in 1965...it was not a theme park at that time.

You're doing pretty good if you remember your first visit in 1965 and you were also born in 1965... ;) *** Edited 10/7/2006 2:48:16 AM UTC by Travio***

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Mamoosh said:
Sorry but its you who are wrong. Ghost Town was added in 1940 but Knotts was not a theme park at that time. It became an official theme park the 1960s. My first visit was in 1965...it was not a theme park at that time.

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I had no idea elder men in their 50's patronized these boards so frequently. That's so cute. :)

I don't see Holiday World or Disneyland contesting this claim or making it their own. And just because Knott's was not a "closed gate" park back in 1940 does not mean it wasn't a theme park then. It was the first park attraction that was...themed. Hence, first themed/theme park.

If you're going to argue that Holiday World was the first to have multiple areas of its attraction with separate and distinct themes, then you'd be correct, however that's not what my original suggestions was. Knott's is still technically the oldest theme park. You're more than welcome to continue the debate, sir. :)

Why don't you two just whip 'em out and measure, and then we'll know once and for all.

The point being? I thought the track length of M:TR was already common knowledge.

Don't we need to know both?

I had no idea elder men in their 50's patronized these boards so frequently. That's so cute.

I'm still quite a few years from 50, thanks. You were probably confused because I act 12 :)

Thank heaven for the more mature posters (like me) in here. At least we get a few coherent sentences in a thread from time to time.