History Ride / CedarFairEntertainment

** ''The Bat'' at Kings Island was originally opened in 1993 as ''Top Gun''. Upon Cedar Fair's acquisition of the Paramount parks, [[ProductDisplacement the ride was renamed]] ''[[ProductDisplacement Flight Deck]]'' in 2008 (like also happened to the ''Top Gun'' coasters at Canada's Wonderland and California's Great America). Then in 2014, the ride was repainted with a bright orange track and renamed again to ''The Bat'', as a tribute to the park's first suspended coaster with that name (which operated in Coney Mall from 1981 to 1983 on the space that was later occupied by ''Vortex'' from 1987 to 2019).

* ArtifactTitle: The former Safari Village at Kings Dominion was a real mishmash of themes, which was seen in its roller coaster collection. Anaconda was probably the only one of the five coasters to fit in with the theme implied by the land's name. ''Avalanche'' was themed to Olympic bobsledding, ''Backlot Stunt Coaster'' is themed to a Hollywood backlot, ''Flight of Fear'' is outer-space themed, and ''Intimidator 305'' is NASCAR themed. That said, the 2022 retheme of this area to Jungle X-Pedition seems to be fixing this, with the addition of ''Tumbili'' and [[OrwellianRetcon retheming of]] ''[[OrwellianRetcon Avalanche]]'' [[OrwellianRetcon to]] ''[[OrwellianRetcon Reptilian]]''.

* ProductPlacement: ''Intimidator'' and ''Intimidator 305'' are built and themed to NASCAR stock cars. To that end, there are ad stickers on the lead cars of the trains, like on actual stock cars.

** ''Intimidator'' at Carowinds pays tribute to Charlotte's role as a hub for NASCAR activity. Almost all of the NASCAR Cup teams have their shops in the Charlotte metropolitan area, the NASCAR Hall of Fame is in downtown Charlotte, Charlotte Motor Speedway is in Concord to the northeast of the city, and the ride itself uses the nickname of Dale Earnhardt, who hailed from Kannapolis (in the northeast Charlotte suburbs).

** California's Great America averted this by [[PlayedStraight theming]] [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers their Vortex]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBnz8BFE8Sc to a tornado.]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: Carowinds' family suspended coaster is called ''Kiddy Hawk''. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Hawk,_North_Carolina No guess what it's named after]]. The same is true of Kiddy Hawk Cove at Carolina Harbor, the water park.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Michigan's Adventure is often mispronounced as 'Michigan Adventures', 'Michigan Adventure', or 'Michigan's Adventures'.
** On a similar note, ''Shivering Timbers'' at the same park is often pronounced 'Shiver me Timbers' despite having no relation to pirates.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** Canada's Wonderland, which is the only park in the chain to be located in, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you guessed it,]] Canada.
** And within Canada's Wonderland, the first two B&M coasters are named after two Biblical creatures, the monster of the sea (''Leviathan'') and the monster of the land (''Behemoth''). When the park announced its B&M dive coaster for 2019, many believed that it would be named Ziz, for the monster of the sky. Naturally, they were surprised to find out that it would be named ''Yukon Striker'', due to being the anchor ride in Frontier Canada, a new land themed to the Klondike Gold Rush.
** Unlike all the other parks, which are large and filled with coasters, Gilroy Gardens is a bit smaller and only features two coasters, both meant for families. Justified, as it's more of a botanical garden with rides, but it was acquired in the Paramount deal.
** Within Kings Island's Rivertown, its roller coasters are ''The Beast'', ''Diamondback'', ''Mystic Timbers'', and ''Backlot Stunt Coaster''. The first three mesh with Rivertown's theming, but ''Backlot Stunt Coaster'' doesn't fit at all. (Although people avert this with listing the coaster in Coney Mall)

The company started in 1870 as a recreational park named Cedar Point, which initially belonged to Cedar Point Pleasure Company. In 1978, Cedar Point acquired Valleyfair, after which the company was renamed to Cedar Fair (a portmanteau of "Cedar" from Cedar Point, and "Fair" from Valleyfair). In 2006, the company purchased a group of parks around the US (and one in Canada) previously owned by Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Paramount Parks''[[note]]before then, they had been under KECO, the Kings Entertainment Company, formed in the mid-1980s by a group of managers and executives who purchased the parks from their former owner, Taft Broadcasting, owners of Creator/HannaBarbera; ironically, Kings Island, the Cincinnati flagship, featured in [[Recap/TheBradyBunchS5E11TheCincinnatiKids an episode of]] ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', as Paramount was an investor in Taft at the time. KECO was acquired by Creator/{{Paramount}} in 1992 and was later ranamed to Paramount Parks. Paramount Parks was later transferred to CBS Corporation in 2006.[[/note]]. In 2023, Cedar Fair announced that it would combine with Creator/SixFlags, which is set to be completed by 2024.

The company started in 1870 as a recreational park named Cedar Point, which initially belonged to Cedar Point Pleasure Company. In 1978, Cedar Point acquired Valleyfair, after which the company was renamed to Cedar Fair (a portmanteau of "Cedar" from Cedar Point, and "Fair" from Valleyfair). In 2006, the company purchased a group of parks around the US (and one in Canada) previously owned by Creator/{{CBS}} as ''Paramount Parks''[[note]]before then, they had been under KECO, the Kings Entertainment Company, formed in the mid-1980s by a group of managers and executives who purchased the parks from their former owner, Taft Broadcasting, owners of Creator/HannaBarbera; ironically, Kings Island, the Cincinnati flagship, featured in [[Recap/TheBradyBunchS5E11TheCincinnatiKids an episode of]] ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', as Paramount was an investor in Taft at the time. KECO was acquired by Creator/{{Paramount}} in 1992 and was later ranamed to Paramount Parks. Paramount Parks was later transferred to CBS Corporation in 2006.[[/note]].