Ripley Entertainment Inc. is an entertainment and edutainment holding company owned by the Jim Pattison Group of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company, headquartered in an unincorporated part of southern Orange County, Florida, was founded by cartoonist and amateur anthropologist Robert Ripley, the namesake of the company, in 1918.[1][2]
The company primarily deals in amusement attractions, most notably the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museums, which feature various collections of oddities.[3] They additionally own a publishing division, Ripley Publishing, which publishes the Ripley's Believe It or Not Annual alongside other books under the Ripley name.
Properties
Current
{| class="wikitable" !Name !Location(s) !Year opened !Year acquired !Notes
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- Guinness World Records attractions
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- Louis Tussaud's Waxworks
United States
- Newport, Oregon
- Grand Prairie, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas
Other countries
- Cancún, Mexico
- Niagara Falls, Canada
- Pattaya, Thailand
- 2004 (Grand Prairie)
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- Ripley's Aquarium
- Toronto, Ontario
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- October 16, 2013 (Toronto)
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- Ripley's Believe it or Not! Odditoriums
Mexico
- Cancún
- Guadalajara
- Mexico City
- Veracruz
United States
- Los Angeles, California
- San Francisco, California
- Orlando, Florida
- Panama City Beach, Florida
- St. Augustine, Florida
- Ocean City, Maryland
- Branson, Missouri
- Newport, Oregon
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- Grand Prairie, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas
- Williamsburg, Virginia
- Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Other countries
- Surfers Paradise, Australia
- Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Niagara Falls, Canada
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Blackpool, England
- Genting Highlands, Malaysia
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Pattaya, Thailand
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- Ripley's Haunted Adventure
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- San Antonio, Texas
- Pattaya, Thailand
- 1999 (Gatlinburg)
- 2001 (Myrtle Beach)
- 2002 (San Antonio)
- 2004 (Pattaya)[4]
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- Ripley's Mini-Golf and Arcade
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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- Ripley's Moving Theater
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- Ripley's Red Train Tours
- St. Augustine, Florida
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- Ripley's Mirror Maze
- Orlando, Florida
- Ocean City, Maryland
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- San Antonio, Texas
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- Ripley's Davy Crockett Mini-Golf
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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- Ripley's Old McDonald Mini-Golf
- Sevierville, Tennessee
- }
United States
- Newport, Oregon
- Grand Prairie, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas
Other countries
- Cancún, Mexico
- Niagara Falls, Canada
- Pattaya, Thailand
- 2004 (Grand Prairie)
- -
- Ripley's Aquarium
- Toronto, Ontario
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- October 16, 2013 (Toronto)
- -
- Ripley's Believe it or Not! Odditoriums
Mexico
- Cancún
- Guadalajara
- Mexico City
- Veracruz
United States
- Los Angeles, California
- San Francisco, California
- Orlando, Florida
- Panama City Beach, Florida
- St. Augustine, Florida
- Ocean City, Maryland
- Branson, Missouri
- Newport, Oregon
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- Grand Prairie, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas
- Williamsburg, Virginia
- Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Other countries
- Surfers Paradise, Australia
- Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Niagara Falls, Canada
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Blackpool, England
- Genting Highlands, Malaysia
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Pattaya, Thailand
- -
- Ripley's Haunted Adventure
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- San Antonio, Texas
- Pattaya, Thailand
- 1999 (Gatlinburg)
- 2001 (Myrtle Beach)
- 2002 (San Antonio)
- 2004 (Pattaya)[4]
- -
- Ripley's Mini-Golf and Arcade
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- -
- Ripley's Moving Theater
- -
- Ripley's Red Train Tours
- St. Augustine, Florida
- -
- Ripley's Mirror Maze
- Orlando, Florida
- Ocean City, Maryland
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- San Antonio, Texas
- -
- Ripley's Davy Crockett Mini-Golf
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- -
- Ripley's Old McDonald Mini-Golf
- Sevierville, Tennessee
- }
Former
References
- "Contact." Ripley Entertainment. Retrieved December 7, 2009. Location per Google Maps.^
- Entertainment The Jim Pattison Group, retrieved November 22, 2025^
- Company Overview Ripley Entertainment, Inc., retrieved November 20, 2025^
- Ripley's Believe It or Not Pattaya Thailand Sightseeingbangkok.com, retrieved November 22, 2025^
- Death toll from capsized duck boat on Missouri lake rises to 17 NBC News, retrieved 2018-07-20^