The World's Best Amusement Park? Cedar Point Takes the Title [SEE VIDEO]

Every year the magazine, Amusement Today polls 500 amusement park fanatics about the world's best amusement park. For the 15^th year in a row, Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio was the winner.

The publication announced the winners of its 2012 Golden Ticket Awards in Pigeon Forge, Tennesse on September 8 at an awards show hosted today by Dollywood.

Amusment Today's publisher and editor in chief Gary Slade said to USA Today, "You've got the highest, tallest, longest, fastest in roller coaster technology to choose from. It's a beautiful setting on a peninsula. And what other park has its own marina where you can dock your boat and ride a coaster?"

Cedar Point is home to "The Best Steel Coater on the Planet," four kids areas, Soak City Waterpark all set in a beachfront location.

The publication tracks parks in 25 different categories including everything from the Best Waterpark to the Best Wooden Coaster and the Friendliest Park. They track best parks based on detailed surveys that is sent out to 400 fans in the U.S and 100 overseas.

"We used to think that Holiday World (in Santa Claus, Ind.) would always be the friendliest park but this year, Dollywood (in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) ousted them," said sLADE.

Here is the full list of winners:

The full roster of this year's Golden Ticket Awards:

Best Waterpark - Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, New Braunfels, Tex.

Best Children's Park - Idlewild and SoakZone, Ligonier, Pa.

Best Marine Life Park - SeaWorld Orlando

Best Seaside Park - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, Calif.

Best Wooden Coaster - El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, N.J.

Best Steel Coaster - Millennium Force at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio

Best Kids' Area - Kings Island, Kings Mills, Ohio

Friendliest Park - Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Cleanest Park - Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Santa Claus, Ind.

Best Halloween Event - Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando