Los Angeles Times

ThemeGo.com, for your amusement

- — JEN LEO

Planning a theme-park vacation? Here’s a website to help you locate attraction­s and activities. Name: ThemeGo.com What it does: Introduces you to an enthusiast’s favorite theme parks around the world. Discover top attraction­s, restaurant­s, hotels and events and then curate your own themepark plan. Write and read reviews of your favorite theme parks and attraction­s too.

What’s hot: It’s a good starting point for those new to the theme-park universe and wanting to plan a trip. I appreciate­d that the photos were those of an actual traveler and not the perfect marketing photos you might find on a theme-park website. You can craft your own plan to visit a theme park by making a list of attraction­s and activities you’d like to see or engage in. If you want to book a hotel, the site links to the hotel’s website, but the options are limited. What’s not: Call me old-fashioned, but you know those theme-park maps you get at the entrance? I was craving that. Tokyo DisneySea looked incredible, but I wanted to see the big picture before I used the website’s “zones” and recommende­d “top attraction­s” to draft my plan. Filtering the restaurant­s and attraction­s by theme park instead of by destinatio­n would’ve saved time. I’ll keep this website on my “watch” list. The site currently covers about 24 theme parks, but according to the Internatio­nal Assn. of Amusement Parks and Attraction­s, there are more than 400 amusement parks and attraction­s in the United States and about 300 amusement parks in Europe alone. Be patient; the site is new. I hope it can grow an enthusiast­ic user base.

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