List of 2022 Golden Ticket Award Winners

After a multiple-year in-person hiatus due to COVID-19, the 2022 Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards were announced during a ceremony held at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

Honoring the “best of the best” in the amusement industry, the Golden Ticket Awards are calculated from an international poll conducted by Amusement Today, a newspaper founded in 1997 that covers international amusement and water park news and trends. The prestigious Golden Ticket Awards survey asks experienced amusement park voters around the country and world to rate the “bests” in multiple categories.

Without further adieu, let’s recap the 2022 Golden Ticket Award winners!

Best New Attractions:

Best New Roller Coaster: Iron Gwazi, Busch Gardens Tampa

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Best New Attraction: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Epcot

Best New Water Park Attraction: Medusa’s Slidewheel, Mt. Olympus

Best New Family Attraction:  Volkanu: Quest for the Golden Idol, Lost Island Theme Park

Best New Show: Christmas at the Southern Palace – Six Flags Over Texas

Best Rides:

Best Steel Coaster: Fury 325, Carowinds

Best Wooden Roller Coaster: Phoenix, Knoebels

Best Dark Ride: Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Best Water Park Ride: Wildebeest, Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari

Best Water Ride: Chiapas, Phantasialand

Best of the Best:

Best Water Park: Schlitterbahn New Braunfels

Best Park: Europa Park

Best Family Park: Dutch Wonderland

Best Kids Area: Wildwood Grove, Dollywood

Breakout FEC: Meow Wolf Denver Convergence Station

Most Beautiful Park: Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Best Wildlife/Marine Park: SeaWorld Orlando

Best Guest Experience: Dollywood

Best Food: Knoebels

Best Halloween Event: Halloween Horror Nights, Universal Orlando

Best Christmas Event: Smoky Mountain Christmas, Dollywood

All Other Awards:

 

Best Innovation: Double-Sided Lockers, Vlocker

Legend Award: Paul & Aleatha Roads, Wonderland Park, Dick Knoebel, Knoebels

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Leadership Award: Jeffrey Siebert, Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Renaissance Award (Publisher’s Pick): Kennywood & Premier Rides, in honor of the rebirth of the Kangaroo

Turnstile Award (Publisher’s Pick): Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Park of the Year Award (Publisher’s Pick): Kings Island

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, and congratulations to Amusement Today for returning to normalcy with an in-person awards presentation! For past Golden Ticket Award Winners, click here!

 

 

 

 

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Sep 10, 2022 by Features 0
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Andrew Stilwell has been writing for Coaster101 for more than a decade after finding a way to combine his seemingly unrelated passions for roller coasters and creative writing. He is also the host and producer of Coaster101.com's weekly-ish podcast, the cleverly titled "The Coaster101 Podcast." A native of North Carolina, his favorite coaster is Carowinds at Fury 325, followed by a list that honestly changes depending on the day.

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