Adventureland Resort is a theme park in Altoona, Iowa. It is marketed as the Home of Iowa's Best Thrills. Adventureland's history was conceived as early as 1970, when Des Moines businessman Jack Krantz had an idea to bring a Disneyland-style theme park to Iowa. He was inspired after taking his family to Anaheim, California years prior. The Des Moines homeb…Adventureland Resort is a theme park in Altoona, Iowa. It is marketed as the Home of Iowa's Best Thrills. Adventureland's history was conceived as early as 1970, when Des Moines businessman Jack Krantz had an idea to bring a Disneyland-style theme park to Iowa. He was inspired after taking his family to Anaheim, California years prior. The Des Moines homebuilder claimed that his inspiration came after spotting a large fiberglass pig on the side of the road near Manly, Iowa. His initial idea was for his children to sell snacks out of the pig-shaped stand during the summer, but the concept quickly expanded into something much grander. He ended up having a pig-shaped food stand added to the park, naming it Petunia.
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