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Although it is difficult to identify a specific year in which all the theme parks experienced a growth spurt, it's safe to say that 1950 has opened the new era of theme park attendance.

Although they were popular in the 1920s, amusement parks have suffered during the Great Depression as other companies have done. While larger resorts like Blackpool were opened during the Second World War and provided much needed respite for soldiers on leave and their families, theme park attendance was lower than usual during the 1940s.

But in a few years after the war was over, things began to change, and change dramatically. In 1950, people were trying to move from the horror and misery of the Second World War. In addition, the house soldiers of the war to marry if they were single, and produce children if they were married. These are the first years of the baby boom, and it was a good time to operate an amusement park in the United Kingdom

In the early 1950s, there was no strong demand for the type of rides that arrived later in the 20th century. Theme Parks then meant a picnic area, a playground for young children, and perhaps a few towers built for small toddlers who were paid for "by-ride basis rather than All-in-one admission that came later.

As the baby boomers grew up, theme parks grew alongside them. As these children reach adolescence, they wanted more than a carousel or bumper cars. And developers of the park has taken note. During the 1970s, roller coasters grew in popularity of the kind that had not been seen since before the war. He had not been turned into a all-out who had the greatest coaster fastest and again, but knew that if they park in the prosperity they have to follow in terms of rides. The baby boomers grew up and want more excitement, and soon they have the disposable income to buy it.

Although it was not until the late 1990s that the current "arms race" in rides began, the whole concept of just how big theme parks could be in family life back to 1950 and the first wave of baby boomers riding their first amusement rides.