Into the Unknown: A Study of Kings Dominion's "Jungle X-Pedition" as a Model For Regional Theme Park Storytelling - Page 2 of 4

Paramount’s Parks In the early 1990s, something unexpected happened to the theme park industry. After the Disney-MGM Studios (1989) and Universal Studios Florida (1990) paved the way, suddenly operating a theme park required neither the detail of Magic Kingdom nor the brains of EPCOT Center. Instead, studios could build rides in boxy, beige soundstages, “label slap”…

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