The Year of the Theme Park

For my family, this is the year of the theme park. We will visit at least 25 theme parks (or amusement parks) this year, including 14 of the 20 most visited parks in the U.S. How do I define a theme park? Anything permanent that has rides, shows, and/or attractions. Standalone water parks count, county fairs do not. Each park has to have a separate entry gate (so Disneyland and Disney California Adventure each count as a park). I know I won’t be able to do a lot of these rides for many more years, and our son won’t be a kid forever, so we are loading up on annual passes and hitting the road. The rest of the world can wait.