50+ Virtual Field Trip Amusement Park Links (+ Activity Ideas)

Looking for ways to make virtual field trips to amusement parks more fun for kids?

These amusement park project ideas, activities, and carnival games will make a theme park virtual tour more than just a virtual walk through the park.

Plus, with links to 57 theme park and amusement park virtual tours, you’ll have everything you need to start planning a virtual field trip to Disney World parks, Six Flags parks, and more.

Planning an Interactive Virtual Field Trip Amusement Park Day

How do you take a virtual field trip to Six Flags?

Like many other amusement parks, several Six Flags locations have allowed Google to do a Street View tour of their park. Google Street View is easy to navigate, but if you aren’t familiar with it and want to learn about all of the features read this article.

Of course, if you were planning a real trip to Six Flags, you wouldn’t go to just walk through the park.

And there’s no reason that your virtual tour has to be just a walkthrough either.

All you need to do to make a virtual tour into a full virtual vacation day is add in some virtual rides, carnival games, and at-home activities, all of which you will find tips and suggestions for below.

As you’re doing your walkthrough of the park, stop and take a virtual ride when you reach each attraction.

If you’re touring a park that has carnival games, set some up in your backyard or living room and take a break from the screen when you reach the game area.

Another great way to take a break from the screen is to plan some other amusement park themed projects and activities for your kids.

Not only will these activities make the trip more interactive and fun for your kids, but it will help you stretch a short virtual tour into a full day of fun at home.

For tips on how to organize your virtual field trip amusement park day read How to Take a Virtual Vacation.

Want more virtual travel tips and ideas for kids?

Check out Making Virtual Tours for Kids Interactive.

Virtual Amusement Park Rides

If you’re planning a Busch Gardens virtual field trip, you’re going to want to check out the triple-launch roller coaster, Cheetah Hunt.

Luckily, thanks to YouTube, you can take a virtual ride on it, and many other popular theme park rides, from home.

Finding virtual amusement park rides is easy.

Just look through the ride section on the website for the park you plan to visit. Then pick the rides you want to experience virtually and search for them on YouTube. Use the term “POV” in your search to find first-person point of view videos of the rides.

Some videos are even done in 360° views.

Virtual Entertainment

Rides aren’t the only virtual resource you need to include to experience a theme park from home.

What would a trip to Disney World be without watching a parade or seeing Mickey Mouse perform on stage?

Search on the entertainment section of the theme parks website to see what shows, parades, and more they have.

Then search for the name of each on YouTube to find videos of the live performances.

Video Tours of Resorts

If you’re taking a Hershey Park virtual field trip, you may want to take a quick tour of Hershey Lodge, Hershey Hotel, or the Hershey Camping Resort too.

While you’re on the theme parks website looking for rides and entertainment, make sure you check to see what accommodations they have too.

Many theme parks have their own hotels and resorts that are worth checking out, and luckily there are a lot of YouTubers who have posted virtual tour videos of them too.

Amusement Park Virtual Tour At-Home Activity Ideas

Sitting back and taking in the view of rides, shows, parades, and resorts is relaxing for us adults. But most kids will start to get restless spending a day just watching videos between the virtual walking tour.

That’s why it’s great to take a short break once in a while to do an activity away from the screen too. Here are some ideas for theme park-related activities you can do at home.

Face painting- many amusement parks have face painting booths, so why not pull out your own face paint when you see one on the virtual tour? You can go all out and learn how to make some fancy designs with these face painting tutorials, or just pick up a kit with some stencils.
Theme park recipes- You can find recipes for some of your favorite Disney food and Universal studios food on their websites. For other theme and amusement parks check Pinterest or Google for copy cat recipes.
Family photos- look on the amusement parks website to see if they have any digital backdrops, like this one from Universal Studios. Then use it as a background for your own photoshoot.
Coloring/activity sheets- Universal Studios has coloring pages on their website, and Canada’s Wonderland has a few activity sheets too. You can also find generic amusement park coloring sheets by doing a Google image search.
Amusement park crafts – There are lots of amusement park craft ideas on Pinterest you can do too.

While these last two activity ideas won’t give your kids a break from the screen, they are a great way to keep kids engaged in the virtual tour.

Scavenger hunt- make your own scavenger hunt sheet (like this one for Canada’s Wonderland) by doing a virtual walkthrough and writing out some of the things you see.
Bingo sheets- write out the names of some rides on bingo sheets, then have your kids bingo dab each ride as you reach it on your virtual tour.

DIY Carnival Games

Many amusement parks have carnival games spread throughout the park. To see what kinds of games the park you will be virtually visiting has do a virtual walkthrough, or search on YouTube to get a better look at the games.

Once you know what games they have, search on Pinterest or Google to find DIY versions that you can make at home.

You can have your kids play the games just for fun, or have prizes for them to win. Make a simple prize bucket with some party favors and/or dollar store toys.

The games below were based on games at Canada’s Wonderland. To get a better view of some of these games, watch this YouTube video.

Ring Toss– set up your own ring toss game, like this, with some unopened pop bottles (or empty ones filled with water) and anything you can find to use as a tossing ring.
Peach Basket– make your own version of the Peach Basket game, by leaning a laundry basket or similarly shaped container up against a wall. Angle it so that it is difficult (but not impossible) to get the ball in without it bouncing back out.
Rebound– find a board, kids’ easel, tv tray, or something similar and lean it against a wall at a slight angle. Place a bucket or laundry basket below it (see this website for an example).
Gunball– make this game at home with a few plastic cups and a nerf gun.
Milk Cans– While you can buy a classic milk can online, you could also just use a non-breakable vase, large sand pail, or a large juice jug with a ball that is just a bit smaller than the top opening to throw into it.
Foul Shot– to create your own version of the Foul Shot game pick up a door basketball hoop from the dollar store. Set it up somewhere that you can throw the ball in at a distance.
Water gun race– to do your own water gun race, draw targets on a fence outside with sidewalk chalk. Have your kids race to see who can erase the target first with water guns.
Duck Pond– write a prize amount on the bottom of some dollar store rubber ducks with a sharpie marker. Then float them in a kiddie pool, large tote, or even the bathtub and have your kids chose one.
Ski Ball– If you want an easy to make DIY arcade game, follow this design from Frugal Fun 4 Boys for a ski ball game made with cardboard and laundry baskets.
For more carnival game options check out Pinterest’s DIYs.

Follow Up Amusement Park Project Ideas

If you want to extend your virtual tour, or make it more educational, here are a few ideas for some follow up amusement park themed projects you can do after the trip.

Design your own paper roller coaster or paper plate roller coaster.
Create an original ride with drawings and a paragraph describing how it works.
Design your own amusement park by making an amusement park map.
Make a replicate of the amusement park you visited on Minecraft or a game like Roller Coaster Tycoon.
Check on Roblox and see if anyone has made a game based on the amusement park you visited. Compare their rides and layout to the real parks.
Make an ad, flyer, or brochure for the amusement park you visited.
Write a review of the amusement park.
Do a slide show of the amusement park rides to make your own virtual tour.

Virtual Field Trip Amusement Park Links

With Disney virtual tours, Legoland virtual field trips and so much more, planning a virtual field trip to Florida is easy.

But there are a lot of other amusement parks around the USA and in Canada that have virtual tours too.

While many of the big theme parks have Google Street View tours, the list below also includes a few smaller amusement parks, including ones on boardwalks and piers.

VIRTUAL DISNEY TOURS

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS

VIRTUAL SEAWORLD PARKS TOURS

LEGOLAND VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP

SIX FLAGS VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP

CEDAR FAIR PARKS VIRTUAL TOURS

BEACH AND BOARDWALK AMUSEMENT PARKS VIRTUAL TOURS

OTHER AMUSEMENT PARK VIRTUAL TOURS

VIRTUAL TOURS OF WATERPARKS

Want to take a virtual field trip without all the work of planning it?

Check out the step by step virtual tour plans in these guides.

Now that you have a huge list of virtual field trip amusement park links, and some ideas for amusement park projects and activities you can do at home, I hope you have a fun virtual amusement park tour.

Let me know in the comments where you went for your virtual field trip amusement park day and what at-home activities you planned for your kids.