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Vladimir Putin Opens Russian ‘Military Disneyland’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 16, 2015 The Russian president used the opening of Patriot Park to announce a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How America’s Theme Parks Kill Our Souls

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Apr 11, 2015 Why so few smiles at a family-oriented theme park? Maybe because deep down, many attendees realize they’re being taken for another kind of ride. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Alcatraz: A Prison as Disneyland

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 1, 2014 The Alcatraz tourism site is the equivalent of using one of Stalin’s gulags as a prison-themed amusement park. It is a vehicle for peddling delusional myths about mass incarceration and the criminal justice system. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Free Tilly?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2010 One of SeaWorld Orlando's resident orcas, Tilikum, made the kind of headlines that family theme parks never want to make when he killed trainer Dawn Brancheau this week, and now the question of whether "Tilly" should stay at SeaWorld understandably has arisen Some killer whale experts think (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Orca Kills Trainer at SeaWorld

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2010 Lest it be forgotten, Shamu and his orca pals aren't called killer whales for nothing. Although watching humans gambol with orcas and other sea mammals has become a tourist staple at water parks around the country, that brand of family entertainment doesn't sit well with some animal rights groups, and it can be deadly, as an incident Wednesday at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., tragically illustrated. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ni Hao, Mickey Mouse: Disney Goes to Shanghai

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2009 In a deal two decades in the making, China is opening its doors to the Walt Disney Co., having finally given the quintessentially Western enterprise the go-ahead to bring Mickey Mouse and his fellow characters to Shanghai with a new Disney theme park tailored to the Chinese megalopolis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wait Till Wal-Mart Hears About This

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2009 Trying to raise some consciousness about sex education in China, an entrepreneur plans to open the country's first sex theme park in October It's raising some local eyebrows too as development continues in the southwest city of Chongqing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

And God Said, ‘Let There Be Roller Coasters’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2008 Imagine if you could learn about the Great Flood, or experience a high-tech interpretation of heaven and hell (Disney's goofy infernal montage, complete with pop-up demons, from "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" notwithstanding), by plummeting down a hair-raising roller coaster ride. Not your idea of a good time? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pat Robertson To Build Biblical Theme Park In Israel

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2006 Televangelist and other fundamentalists negotiating with Jewish tourism officials to erect complex by Sea of Galilee. story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )