To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando is going all out. For the past 19 years, one thing has been in control of all the screaming festivities each Halloween in Orlando, and this year, guests will get a chance to come face to face with it, Fear. Fear uses his powers of chaos, mythos, death, vengance, and sacrifice. This year Fear himself is coming to play games with his guests. On 24 select nights, 8 all new haunted houses, new scare zones, and live shows will come alive and truly define FEAR.
After lots of Teasing, Carowinds finally announced their addition for 2011: Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular. Featuring more than half a million LED lights, this new nighttime festival will extend from Country Fair to Planet Snoopy. The latest technology will be soon brought into the park for this sensory spectacular. To allow as many people as possible to enjoy Snoopy’ Starlight Spectacular, the park plan’s on expanding hours to 10 pm from June 27th, to August 7th 2011. Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular will illuminate on these nights. The addition is reminiscient of what has been added the past two years at several Cedar Fair parks such as Cedar Point, Worlds of Fun, and Knott’s Berry Farm. In fact, this particular Carowinds version will share the exact same name as Knott’s recently added version. I got a chance to experience the show at Knott’s and the overall area was just plain fun. The music was retro but with some funk, and the lighting was most certainly impressive with all sorts of lights, 3D objects, and characters that made it a real treat for guests of all ages. You can check out a full review of Knott’s Berry Farm’s version of Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular here. Expect this to be a popular addition to Carowinds for the 2011 season.
Snoopy's Starlight Spectacular at Knott's Berry Farm
We asked for your thoughts on water parks! What did you think of them? Great place to spend a hot day? Hate them? Maybe you love the idea but just isn’t your thing. We asked Park Thoughts readers and an overwelming majority chose the 1st answer: “Love them, great way to cool off in the summer.” Coming in 2nd with the votes was “Don’t care, great business idea, just not for me.” And with nearly no votes was the final option: “They’re Horrible, tear them down!“
It appears that the water park is in fact a very popular place to cool down. It doesn’t help that water slides like Bakuli (pictured in the poll header for this poll) are bridging the gap between roller coasters in water slides. Thanks to technology, slide designers are able to do more with a rubber intertube and plexiglass slide than ever before. Whether your favorite slide goes up hill, around a toilet bowl, or through a funnel, it seems like water slides are a real winner with parks these days.
Water Parks?
Love them, great way to cool off in the summer. (76%, 86 Votes)
Don't care, great business idea, just not for me. (22%, 25 Votes)
They're Horrible, tear them down! (2%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 113
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For the next two weeks Park Thoughts readers are participating in a battle of the characters! Of course Universal and Disney focus heavily on movie/character tie-ins as a big draw for their parks, but recently more and more parks have been bringing in characters to help their attendance. Cedar Fair has been adding Planet Snoopy areas to their parks in the past few years and plans on adding three more in 2011.
But Cedar Fair isn’t the only ones! We want you to decide on which characters you think best fit in the theme park world? Is it Six Flags and the classic Looney Toons? A wide variety of characters ranging from Tasmanian Devil to Bugs Bunny. Perhaps it is Cedar Fair with the Peanuts gang? Charlie Brown, Sally, Lucy, Linus, and who can forget everyone’s favorite beagle, Snoopy! None of the above? Well then, how about Sesame Street friends? These whimsical creatures of a street called Sesame are perhaps best adjusted to fit in their enviornments. So which class of characters do you feel is best implemented into the parks? Choose in by picking your favorite option in the poll below ↓ or on the sidebar →.
Dorney Park has gone live with their Halloween Haunt website. Check it out here. This year’s Halloween Haunt includes 7 outdoor haunted houses, and four indoor haunted ...
Introduced this past summer, Knott’s illuminates Camp Snoopy at night with Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular. A sight and sound extravaganza. Lights drape from the trees and other objects in the area with 4 distinct areas. The ...
While going through some old family stuff, I found these 3 neat Disneyland magazines! These classic Disney magazines feature all sorts of tales and stories from popular Disney characters! I believe these Magazines are from the 60′s ...
After lots of Teasing, Carowinds finally announced their addition for 2011: Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular. Featuring more than half a million LED lights, this new nighttime festival will extend from Country Fair to Planet Snoopy. The latest technology will be soon brought into the park for this sensory spectacular. To allow as many people as possible to enjoy Snoopy’ Starlight Spectacular, the park plan’s on expanding hours to 10 pm from June 27th, to August 7th 2011. Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular will illuminate on these nights. The addition is reminiscient of what has been added the past two years at several Cedar Fair parks such as Cedar Point, Worlds of Fun, and Knott’s Berry Farm. In fact, this particular Carowinds version will share the exact same name as Knott’s recently added version. I got a chance to experience the show at Knott’s and the overall area was just plain fun. The music was retro but with some funk, and the lighting was most certainly impressive with all sorts of lights, 3D objects, and characters that made it a real treat for guests of all ages. You can check out a full review of Knott’s Berry Farm’s version of Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular here. Expect this to be a popular addition to Carowinds for the 2011 season.
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Dorney Park has gone live with their Halloween Haunt website. Check it out 
