Ripley Entertainment

Ripley Entertainment
TypeSubsidiary
Founded1918; 108 years ago (1918)
FounderRobert Ripley
HeadquartersOrlando, Florida
Key peopleJim Pattison (CEO)
ParentJim Pattison Group
DivisionsRipley Publishing
Websiteripleyentertainment.com
Old logo of Ripley Entertainment

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.

The company primarily deals in amusement attractions, most notably the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museums, which feature various collections of oddities. 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

Name Location(s) Year opened Year acquired Notes
Guinness World Records attractions
Louis Tussaud's Waxworks

United States

Other countries

 2004 (Grand Prairie)[citation needed]
Ripley's Aquarium
Ripley's Believe it or Not! Odditoriums

Mexico

United States

Other countries
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)
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

Name Location(s) Year opened/acquired Year closed/sold Notes
Ride the Ducks Branson, Missouri
  • 1970 (opened)
  • 2017 (acquired)
 2019 Permanently closed following the Table Rock Lake duck boat accident.

References

  1. ↑ "Contact." Ripley Entertainment. Retrieved December 7, 2009. Location per Google Maps.
  2. ↑ "Entertainment". The Jim Pattison Group. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Company Overview". Ripley Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ripley's Believe It or Not Pattaya Thailand". Sightseeingbangkok.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Death toll from capsized duck boat on Missouri lake rises to 17". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-07-20.