Texas Theme Parks
 

Results for a Dogpile.com search for Texas theme parks numbered seventy seven. The first result was for the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau and lists many things to do in Houston. I didn’t really find the term theme park anywhere on the page.

My next result when I searched for Texas theme parks was for Six Flags. The link from the search results took me to a ticket purchase page. I did find that there are two Six Flags parks in Texas. There is Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington and there is Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas is one of the best Texas theme parks. It has been open fourteen years and features over forty rides and many attractions. The setting is gorgeous; the whole park looks like it was carved out of the side of a mountain.

About.com has information and lists regarding just about every topic I can think of. I was not in the least bit surprised to see a result for my search for Texas theme parks that was from About.com. The article on About.com was a list of the top five Texas theme parks.

According the About.com article, the top five Texas theme parks are Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Seaworld of San Antonio, Funtrackers Family Fun Center in Corpus Christi, Western Playland in El Paso and Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. I’ve lived in Texas all of my life and I do not agree with the writer’s assessment of the five best Texas theme parks.

My next result on Dogpile.com when I searched for Texas theme parks was the link to another article on About.com. This article just profiled Texas theme parks and did not try to rank or rate them. I learned that Astroworld in Houston closed after the 2005 season, I had not known that.

The most interesting thing that I found in the second About.com article was that there is an amusement park called Sandy Lake in Dallas. I think that it would be fun to visit this old fashioned picnic grove amusement park. I plan to visit based on their description and if it lives up to its description, it will become one of my personal favorite of the Texas theme parks.