Amusement Parks vs Theme Parks

What’s the difference between an amusement park and a theme park? Most people refer to any park with ride in it as a theme park, but this isn’t necessarily true. Theme parks and amusement parks, whilst both containing thrilling rides, offer pretty different experiences to their guests. Of course which is ‘better’ is subjective but there are arguments for both sides, and I also have my own opinions. In this video, we’ll go through what the main differences are, some examples of both and finally some differing opinions on which are generally better.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - What's the difference?
02:02 - History of amusement parks
03:41 - Examples of theme & amusement parks
06:28 - Which is better?
09:18 - Outro

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