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Adventureland
USINFO | 2013-05-17 16:11
Adventureland is a family-owned amusement park in Altoona, Iowa (just northeast of Des Moines). It features over 100 rides, shows and attractions.
The park contains many design nods inspired by Disneyland: The entrance has a train station with two tunnels (on the left- and right-hand side) leading in to the Main Street area, just like at Disneyland or Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom (and also similar to many other parks built since Disneyland opened in 1955); over in Outlaw Gulch, there are several tombstones that have virtually the same wording as tombstones outside of Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion attraction; the rocking pirate ship (Galleon) has even played a soundtrack that included splashing water and an excerpt from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme song, "Yo Ho." "Adventureland" is a theme area of its own at Disneyland.
Customers can dress up like Victorian affluent, cowboys in a saloon, pirate comrades, and 1920s-style gangsters, and other styles. Professor Bellows also has photography stations at the entrance to the park, on the Log Flume, the Tornado roller coaster, as well as an antique photography studio in the Mall of America. Bellows, like several other main street shops—such as the caricature and wood-making shops—are not Adventureland employees. They lease the location and operate their business during the season. (This is similar to many of the crafter shops at Knott's Berry Farm in California.)
Also on Main Street, there is a theater (currently used for corporate events) with a ticket taker window. Inside that window is an animatronic figure that is reprogrammed each year to repeat spiels about new attractions in the park.
The park contains many design nods inspired by Disneyland: The entrance has a train station with two tunnels (on the left- and right-hand side) leading in to the Main Street area, just like at Disneyland or Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom (and also similar to many other parks built since Disneyland opened in 1955); over in Outlaw Gulch, there are several tombstones that have virtually the same wording as tombstones outside of Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion attraction; the rocking pirate ship (Galleon) has even played a soundtrack that included splashing water and an excerpt from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme song, "Yo Ho." "Adventureland" is a theme area of its own at Disneyland.
Customers can dress up like Victorian affluent, cowboys in a saloon, pirate comrades, and 1920s-style gangsters, and other styles. Professor Bellows also has photography stations at the entrance to the park, on the Log Flume, the Tornado roller coaster, as well as an antique photography studio in the Mall of America. Bellows, like several other main street shops—such as the caricature and wood-making shops—are not Adventureland employees. They lease the location and operate their business during the season. (This is similar to many of the crafter shops at Knott's Berry Farm in California.)
Also on Main Street, there is a theater (currently used for corporate events) with a ticket taker window. Inside that window is an animatronic figure that is reprogrammed each year to repeat spiels about new attractions in the park.
