Attractions and Amusement Parks in Dallas Observer
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Adventure Landing is a leader in the regional theme park industry. The company owns, operates, and manages Adventure Landing parks in Florida (3), North Carolina (3), Texas (1), and New York (3). A privately held corporation, Adventure Landing maintains corporate offices in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Our Flagship Park, Adventure Landing and Shipwreck Island Water Park […]
An elegant, beautifully restored mansion from the late 19th century A sun-dappled atrium connecting this historic building to an intimate junior ballroom with a private, hedge screened patio An art-filled walkway through a sleek, modern foyer fronted by a grand, circular drive entrance An exquisite, contemporary ballroom divisible by four surrounded by floor- to-ceiling windows […]
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The glory days of miniature golf may be in the past, but putt-putt is still alive and kicking at this Mesquite amusement center. (Pro tip: The red course is the more challenging and fun of the two options.) There are also laser tag, go-karts, bumper boats — you know, like bumper cars but with more […]
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5,000 aquatic animals, including salt-water and fresh-water fish, reptiles and amphibians.
Depending on your feelings toward America’s team (you know, the Cowboys?), this behemoth of a football stadium is either a marvel of modern engineering or a gross representation of American excess. Affectionately nicknamed the “Death Star” by some, Jerry Jones’ grand dome cost more than $1 billion to construct and boasts one of the world’s […]
A plethora of Victorian-style houses, pioneer homes and other old tyme-y buildings were brought in from neighboring cities and reassembled here to create a sort of interactive museum-slash-city park that’s a popular field-trip destination for the grade-school set. You can putter around in the old general store, watch a blacksmith hammering away, explore a 19th-century […]
Featuring an aquarium with tanks of fish divided by habitat, an outdoor penguin bay, a seven-story rainforest containing the flora and fauna of Venezuela’s Orinoco River and more. The newest additions are giant river otters, called “river wolves” for their size, and the largest collection of Ocellated turkeys (named for the bluish-gray tail feathers with […]
Featuring 95 acres of natural habitats that include many rare and endangered species, an award-winning two-acre gorilla habitat, the Lacerte Family Children’s Zoo and more.
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227-acre national historic landmark includes an aquarium of Texas fish and reptiles, Museum of Natural History, Science Place, African-American Museum, Civic Garden Center, Age of Steam Railroad exhibit, Texas Discovery Gardens and the Hall of State with buildings designed in 1930s art deco style.
Home of the famed State Fair of Texas, which draws 3 million fried-butter seekers each year, Fair Park covers nearly 300 acres just east of downtown Dallas. An official historic landmark, many of its art deco buildings date to the 1930s. It boasts nine museums, the biggest damn Ferris wheel you’ll likely ever see, an […]