Applause Award

The IAAPA Applause Award is an international prize for amusement parks that is awarded by a jury every two years. The winner can then call himself “The best amusement park in the world”.

The prize is awarded at the IAAPA's “Convention and Trade Show” and presented by the Swedish leisure park Liseberg , as this is the origin of the IAAPA chairman.

winner

1988 - Knott's Berry Farm
1990 - Europa-Park
1992 - Efteling
1994 - Universal Studios Florida
1996 - Cedar Point
1998 - Silver Dollar City
2000 - Hersheypark
2002 - Busch Gardens Europe
2004 - Holiday World
2006 - Universal's Islands of Adventure , other finalists: Legoland Billund and Dollywood
2008 - Xetulul Family Park (operated by IRTRA )
2010 - Dollywood , other finalists: Alton Towers and Phantasialand
2012 - Ocean Park , other finalists: Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Puy du Fou
2014 - Puy du Fou , other finalists: Chimelong Paradise and PortAventura
2016 - Busch Gardens Tampa
2018 - Xcaret , other finalists: PortAventura World and Universal Studios Japan

Individual evidence

↑ Applause Award 2008. (No longer available online.) Parkworld-online.com, September 13, 2007, archived from the original on September 7, 2008 ; Retrieved May 18, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Another Round of Applause. 2005, accessed March 31, 2010 .
↑ Winner 2008 press release. (No longer available online.) Liseberg / Pelle Johannisson, November 2008, archived from the original on July 30, 2009 ; Retrieved January 2, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Barbara Liston: Dolly Parton theme park wins top industry award. Reuters, November 16, 2010, accessed November 17, 2010 .
↑ François Mayné: Liseberg unveils the 3 amusement parks nominees for the Applause Award 2012. NewsParcs.com, 26. March 2012, accessed September 6, 2012 .

Web links

www.iaapa.org - Official website of the IAAPA
applauseaward.liseberg.se - Liseberg's official website about the award

[1] Applause Award 2008. (No longer available online.) Parkworld-online.com, September 13, 2007, archived from the original on September 7, 2008 ; Retrieved May 18, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Another Round of Applause. 2005, accessed March 31, 2010 .

[3] Winner 2008 press release. (No longer available online.) Liseberg / Pelle Johannisson, November 2008, archived from the original on July 30, 2009 ; Retrieved January 2, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[4] Barbara Liston: Dolly Parton theme park wins top industry award. Reuters, November 16, 2010, accessed November 17, 2010 .

[5] François Mayné: Liseberg unveils the 3 amusement parks nominees for the Applause Award 2012. NewsParcs.com, 26. March 2012, accessed September 6, 2012 .