Ripley Entertainment
American entertainment company
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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.[1][2]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 1918 |
| Founder | Robert Ripley |
| Headquarters | Orlando, Florida |
Key people | Jim Pattison (CEO) |
| Parent | Jim Pattison Group |
| Divisions | Ripley Publishing |
| Website | ripleyentertainment.com |
The company primarily deals in amusement attractions, most notably the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museums, which feature various collections of oddities.[3] 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
| Name | Location(s) | Year opened | Year acquired | Notes |
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| Guinness World Records attractions | ||||
| Louis Tussaud's Waxworks |
United StatesOther countries |
2004 (Grand Prairie)[citation needed] | ||
| Ripley's Aquarium |
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| Ripley's Believe it or Not! Odditoriums |
Mexico
United States
Other countries
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| Ripley's Haunted Adventure |
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| Ripley's Mini-Golf and Arcade | Gatlinburg, Tennessee | |||
| Ripley's Moving Theater | ||||
| Ripley's Red Train Tours | St. Augustine, Florida | |||
| Ripley's Mirror Maze |
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| Ripley's Davy Crockett Mini-Golf | Gatlinburg, Tennessee | |||
| Ripley's Old McDonald Mini-Golf | Sevierville, Tennessee |
Former
| Name | Location(s) | Year opened/acquired | Year closed/sold | Notes |
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| Ride the Ducks | Branson, Missouri |
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2019 | Permanently closed following the Table Rock Lake duck boat accident.[5] |