Golden Ticket Award for Best New Ride
Golden Ticket Award for Best New Ride | |
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Awarded for | Best new attraction in both Amusement and Water parks |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Amusement Today |
First awarded | 2005 |
Website | goldenticketawards.com |
The Golden Ticket Award for Best New Ride is presented by Amusement Today to the best new attraction in amusement parks and water parks in the amusement park industry.
History
The Golden Ticket Awards have been presenting awards since 1998 acknowledging amusement and water parks for their achievement in different categories. The Best New Ride award has been presented in two different awards to acknowledge the best in amusement and water parks. The award has been presented since 2005 and has been featured on the Discovery Channel and the Travel Channel.
Amusement park ride recipients
Winners of the Best New Amusement Ride has only been produced by twelve different theme parks out of the 14 rides that have been rewarded. The park to introduced the most exciting new amusement rides is tied with Cedar Point and Dollywood with two rides. With 5 awards, Cedar Fair is the company that produced the most best new rides.
Water park slide recipients
Winners of the Best New Water Slide has only been produced by seven different water parks out of the 13 slides that have been rewarded. The park to introduced the most exciting new water slide is Holiday World & Splashin' Safari with four slides, yet Schlitterbahn the company as a whole has released five across its properties.
Due to an incident in 2016 in which a ten-year-old boy was decapitated, Verrückt became the first ride that had won an award from Amusement Today for Best New Ride to be removed. Verrückt operated for 2 and a half seasons before closing indefinitely on August 7, 2016. [15] The Kansas City Schlitterbahn water slide is not the first award recipient to have a fatality incident as so did the New Texas Giant back in 2013, yet the roller coaster still operates today after an intensive investigation that was done on the ride.
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Year | Winner(s) | Park | Other candidates | |
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2005 | Black Anaconda | ![]() |
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2006 | Bahari River | ![]() |
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2007 | Bakuli | ![]() |
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2008 | Dragon's Revenge | ![]() |
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[4] |
2009 | Congo River Expedition | ![]() |
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[5] |
2010 | Wildebeest | ![]() |
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2011 | The Falls | ![]() |
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2012 | Mammoth | ![]() |
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2013 | River Rush | ![]() |
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2014 | Verrückt | ![]() |
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[10] |
2015 | Dive Bomber | ![]() |
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[11] |
2016 | Massiv | ![]() |
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[12] |
2017 | Thunder Rapids | ![]() |
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[13] |
2018 | Ray Rush | ![]() |
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References
- 1 2 "Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2005" (PDF). Amusement Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- 1 2 "Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2006" (PDF). Amusement Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- 1 2 "Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2007" (PDF). Amusement Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- 1 2 "Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2008" (PDF). Amusement Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- 1 2 "Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2009" (PDF). Amusement Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- 1 2 "Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2010" (PDF). Amusement Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- 1 2 "Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2011" (PDF). Amusement Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- 1 2 "Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2012" (PDF). Amusement Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- 1 2 "Park and ride winners" (PDF). Amusement Today. 17 (6.2): 4. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
- 1 2 "Park and ride winners". Amusement Today. September 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- 1 2 "Park and ride winners". Amusement Today. September 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
- 1 2 "Park and ride winners". Amusement Today. September 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- 1 2 "Park and ride winners" (PDF). Amusement Today. September 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Amusement Today – Golden Ticket Awards 2018" (PDF). Amusement Today. 22 (6.2): 10. September 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ↑ Raine, Naja (August 9, 2016). "Caleb Schwab, 10, Decapitated in Water Slide Accident, Police Confirm". People. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Amusement Today – Golden Ticket Awards 2018" (PDF). Amusement Today. 22 (6.2): 10. September 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
External links
- Current Golden Ticket Awards at Amusement Today's Golden Ticket website