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Santa's Village AZoosment Park is the current name of the re-opened theme park, formerly known simply as Santa's Village, in East Dundee, Illinois. It was originally built by Glenn Holland, who also built two other Santa's Villages, in California; one located in San Bernardino County and the other in Santa Cruz County.The Illinois park, the third to be built, was projected to be the hub of a chain of Santa's Villages across the country. However, parks planned for Richmond, Virginia and Cherry Hill, New Jersey, were never built, and the park in East Dundee became the last of its kind. The park operated as ''Santa's Village'' from 1959 until 2006, when it closed. After extensive rehabilitation, it re-opened in 2011 under new ownership. Renamed Santa's Village Azoosment Park because of the shared focus on both rides and animals, the Azoosment Park has nearly twenty rides and attractions, and hundreds of exotic and farm animals in an interactive environment. For a short time in 1972 the park was named ''Worlds of Fun''. Because of confusion with other parks with similar names, the name was changed again to ''Three Worlds of Santa's Village''. ==About the park== The buildings were modeled on what an average child might imagine Santa's Village would look like. When it opened, it was a very prominent theme park. Over the park's history more than 20 million people passed through the front gates. One addition to the park, opened in 1963, was the "Polar Dome" which provided an ice skating and hockey venue under a forced-air supported dome. On November 28, 1966, a strong wind caused the "Polar Dome" to collapse. The dome was then replaced by a flat cedar roof, although the name of the venue was not changed. During the 1960s, the park featured short Amphicar rides, which simply drove the riders about to the edge of a small lake, then out about another 100 feet, circling a pier, and returning to land. In 1983 the park owners added ''Racing Rapids Action Park'' to the north end of Santa's Village.〔(Racing Rapids Action Park )〕 Although the parks were connected, there were separate admission gates to either one. A combination ticket was available at either park that would permit you to enter both parks that day. Both parks had separate parking lots. Initially, rides were purchased individually with colored coins that allowed riders so much time on the attractions. Admission to the park was free. This was eventually abandoned for a one-price admission policy with access to all rides, a model that continued until the end of the park's life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santa's Village AZoosment Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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