Ripley Entertainment
For over 90 years Ripley's Believe It or Not! has been the world authority on the strange, the bizarre, the unbelievable. With over 80 attractions in ten countries, Ripley Entertainment is the largest international chain of family attractions in the world.
Introduction
Built on the cornerstone of a single day's newspaper cartoon drawn in 1918 – titled Believe It or Not! – Ripley Entertainment today owns, operates and franchises a wide variety of exciting entertainment attractions including world-class aquariums, Guinness World Records attractions, Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks and over 30 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditoriums. Continually growing, the Ripley brand is known around the world as a trend setting source of family-friendly, fun and excitement. If Ripley's says it, you can believe it because it's a fact!
More Fun in More Places
Ripley Entertainment of Orlando, FL, delights and astounds the world with more than 80 exciting attractions in ten countries, best-selling books, a globally syndicated live-action network television series, and the classic, world-famous Believe It or Not! cartoon, started by cartoonist and adventurer Robert Ripley in 1918.
The latest Ripley Publishing book, Strikingly True, scored high on best seller’s lists and helped open the path for two new exciting book lines for 2012: Ripley’s Shout Outs!, fun, cartoon books for young children, and Ripley’s Unbelievable Stories for Guys, a compendium of the world’s strangest stories for adults.
The highly successful Ripleys.com website continues to thrive, expanding into the diverse world of social media, video podcasts and a serial radio show called Ripley’s Believe It or Not! "Oddcast" available on iTunes.
Inspired by a cartoon, Ripley Entertainment is the #1 family tourist attractions company in the world and is still growing. 2012 promises to be another busy and exhilarating year with a brand new Believe It or Not! Odditorium opening in Baltimore, MD, and an exciting new exhibit "Sharks: Perfect Predators!" at the Ripley Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg, TN. A major renovation has just been completed in Hollywood and significant lobby and exhibit changes are planned for several Believe It or Not! attractions including Niagara Falls, London and Key West. In addition, a brand new concept is under development for Guinness World Records, an attraction where you can break world records, and a traveling museum show called "The Science of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!" in partnership with Science North of Sudbury, ON. Construction on the new, state-of-the-art, world-class Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto will proceed throughout the year with a planned opening in June 2013.
The company’s two existing aquariums, Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, in the Tennessee resort town of Gatlinburg, and Ripley’s Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, SC are celebrations of the world’s rarest, most beautiful and awesome sea life. In each location an underwater acrylic tunnel takes visitors through a million gallons of water on a 320+ foot moving glide-path to view moray eels, sawfish, stingrays and giant sharks. Both locations boast more than a million visitors a year, are consistently ranked in the Top Ten Aquariums in North America by “Trip Advisor.com”, and are repeat winners of prestigious local and state awards. Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies also features a $5 million dollar Ripley’s Penguin Playhouse exhibit.
Ripley’s other attractions include Haunted Adventures, 4-D Moving Theater simulator rides, themed mini-golf courses, mirror mazes, Ripley’s Sightseeing & Ghost Train tours and Ripley’s Candy Factory stores. The 32 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums, the foundation of Ripley Entertainment, continue the legacy of Robert Ripley in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Denmark, England, Korea, India, Thailand, Malaysia, and Australia.
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