Big E Awards

 

Winners' Photographs

 

Congratulations!

2009 IAAPA Big E Winners

Best Overall Production, More Than $2 million
Winner: “The Gift of Angles,” Universal Studios Japan; Osaka City, Osaka, Japan; www.usj.co.jp/e
Best Overall Production, $1 million – $2 million
Winner: “Hot Ice,” Pleasure Beach, Blackpool; Blackpool, United Kingdom; www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com 

Best Overall Production, $500,001 – $1 million
Winner: “Forbidden,” Pleasure Beach, Blackpool; Blackpool, United Kingdom; www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com
Best Overall Production, $300,001 – $500,000
Winner: “Take Flight - An Avian Adventure,” San Diego Zoo; San Diego, California, United States; www.sandiegozoo.org
Best Overall Production, $150,001 – $300,000
Winner: “Headin’ West,” Silver Dollar City; Branson, Missouri, United States; www.silverdollarcity.com
Best Overall Production, $50,001 – $150,000
Winner: “Pure Country Radio,” Six Flags Over Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia, United States, www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia
Best Overall Production, $25,001 – $50,000
Winner: “The Soda Pops,” Hersheypark; Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States; www.hersheypark.com
Best Overall Production, $25,000 or Less
Winner: “Bunsen & The Burners,” Hersheypark; Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States; www.hersheypark.com
Best Atmosphere/Street Performer
Winner: “Funsation Celebration,” Dutch Wonderland; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, www.dutchwonderland.com
Best Sports Show
Winner: “Brown Entertainment's Cirque Magnifίque,” Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk; Santa Cruz, California, United States; www.beachboardwalk.com
Best Live Edutainment Show
Winner: “Creature Adventures Starring The Kratt Brothers,” Dollywood; Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States; www.dollywood.com
Heartbeat Award
Winner: “Sha-Kon-O-Hey!;” Dollywood; Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States; www.dollywood.com

Spirit Award
Winner: Chris Ambraz, Busch Gardens Tampa; Tampa, Florida, United States; www.buschgardens.com/bgt2 

Best Female Performer
Winner: Renee Schee, Six Flags Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, Texas, United States; www.sixflags.com/fiestatexas
Best Male Performer
Winner: Gabriel Myers, Dollywood; Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States; www.dollywood.com