Ripley Entertainment Inc. is an entertainment and edutainment holding company owned by the Jim Pattison Group of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company, headquartered in an unincorporated part of southern Orange County, Florida, was founded by cartoonist and amateur anthropologist Robert Ripley, the namesake of the company, in 1918."Contact." Ripley Entertainment. Retrieved December 7, 2009. Location per Google Maps.
The company primarily deals in amusement attractions, most notably the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museums, which feature various collections of oddities. They additionally own a publishing division, Ripley Publishing, which publishes the Ripley's Believe It or Not Annual alongside other books under the Ripley name.
Properties
Current +NameLocation(s)Year openedYear acquiredNotesGuinness World Records attractionsLouis Tussaud's Waxworks United States
Newport, Oregon Grand Prairie, Texas San Antonio, Texas
Other countries Cancún, Mexico Niagara Falls, Canada Pattaya, Thailand2004 (Grand Prairie)Ripley's Aquarium Toronto, Ontario Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Gatlinburg, Tennessee October 16, 2013 (Toronto)Ripley's Believe it or Not! Odditoriums Mexico
Cancún Guadalajara Mexico City Veracruz
United States
Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California Orlando, Florida Panama City Beach, Florida St. Augustine, Florida Ocean City, Maryland Branson, Missouri Newport, Oregon Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Gatlinburg, Tennessee Grand Prairie, Texas San Antonio, Texas Williamsburg, Virginia Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Other countries
Surfers Paradise, Australia Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada Niagara Falls, Canada Copenhagen, Denmark Blackpool, England
Genting Highlands, Malaysia Amsterdam, Netherlands Pattaya, ThailandRipley's Haunted Adventure Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Gatlinburg, Tennessee San Antonio, Texas Pattaya, Thailand 1999 (Gatlinburg) 2001 (Myrtle Beach) 2002 (San Antonio) 2004 (Pattaya)Ripley's Mini-Golf and ArcadeGatlinburg, TennesseeRipley's Moving TheaterRipley's Red Train ToursSt. Augustine, FloridaRipley's Mirror Maze Orlando, Florida Ocean City, Maryland Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Gatlinburg, Tennessee San Antonio, TexasRipley's Davy Crockett Mini-GolfGatlinburg, TennesseeRipley's Old McDonald Mini-GolfSevierville, Tennessee
Former +NameLocation(s)Year opened/acquiredYear closed/soldNotesRide the DucksBranson, Missouri 1970 (opened) 2017 (acquired)2019Permanently closed following the Table Rock Lake duck boat accident.
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