An Amusment Park Could be a 24 hour amusment park but some are only temporary when it’s night time but carnival and fair can last morning till night and again, some are temporary but mostly carnivals,fairs and amusment parks have a great difference from what they dont have at all,the difference is carnivals ad fairs mostly don’t have rides from what it doesn’t have from amusment parks.

Carnival rides are usually unsafe and the operators have a shady past.

Anonymous wrote:Amusement park is a year-round fixed location; fairs and carnivals travel and are in one spot for only a few days at a time. Fairs generally have animal and/or craft exhibits in addition to a midway, while carnivals are games and rides only.

This poster is correct. And to 13:05, Disney World et al are not amusement parks, they are theme parks (although the line between those two is a bit more blurry). A theme park is built around a central theme and includes rides, shows, food, and activities related to that theme. Disney is the ultimate example, but Busch Gardens is similar. Kings Dominion, on the other hand, has some elements of a theme park, but some elements of an amusement park.

An amusement park is more permanent + classier/better quality such as Disneyland/world, Universal Studios, etc.

A carnival & a fair or pretty much the same.

They travel around, set up rides stay for a week or a few weeks, then take the rides down and go to another city and do the same all over again.

The atmosphere is a bit more different too.

They may have stages set up for concerts, contests, dancing, etc.

They may also have games that you play to win stuffed animals too.

Mmmm...funnel cake...

Anonymous wrote:Amusement park is a year-round fixed location; fairs and carnivals travel and are in one spot for only a few days at a time. Fairs generally have animal and/or craft exhibits in addition to a midway, while carnivals are games and rides only.

This. And generally in my experience fairs have the best food.

Amusement park is a year-round fixed location; fairs and carnivals travel and are in one spot for only a few days at a time. Fairs generally have animal and/or craft exhibits in addition to a midway, while carnivals are games and rides only.

A fair tends to be tied to a certain location and time of year. Arlington has theirs every August, Fairfax has two, the 4H fair in Fairfax happens around the same time every year. The fairs usually have carnival rides from the same company - the carnival company travels around the region/company. You can buy tickets for the rides or sometimes an unlimited rides pass.

Amusement parks may be year-round or have a seasonal business, and the rides are always there. Generally you get access to all rides for one price.

Anonymous wrote:Carnivals and fairs use tickets to ride rides, amusement parks, you can ride the same ride over and over in the same day.

Some amusement parks have no entrance fee, but you pay for a ride. Knoebels in PA is an example.

Amusement parks are fixed-site. Carnivals and fairs travel.

Carnivals and fairs use tickets to ride rides, amusement parks, you can ride the same ride over and over in the same day.

Amusement parks are permanent.

Carnivals and fairs travel and are temporary.

What's the difference????