Theme Parks

Six trip-planning websites may help you find deals and avoid queues during your next visit to any of the famous Disney parks.

From a human-powered machine in Utah to China’s traffic-stopping Tianjin Eye, the classic ride is climbing to new heights and taking travellers along for the ride.

The porcelain god finally gets its altar at South Korea’s Haewoojae, a combination of the world’s first toilet-shaped house and a museum documenting the world’s water closet culture.

Disney World’s landmark new programme, where radio frequency bracelets can function as room key, park ticket and credit card, is raising concerns about privacy and data collection.

Disney may have started in the US, but its international theme parks have been infused with locally familiar elements, from feng shui in Hong Kong to European inventors in Paris.

Take a gut-wrenching, eye-popping, 240km per hour journey on Ferrari World's Formula Rossa in Abu Dhabi.

How the amusement ride industry maintains a fairly sound safety record despite taking the human body to exhilarating extremes.

From dodging demolition and bankruptcy to surviving the Great Depression and urban growth, Europe’s vintage amusement parks offer a glimpse into a simpler age.