Park Thoughts

Splash Town Water Park in Spring, Texas will be debuting Stingray Racer.  An all new ProSlide OctopusRacer for their 2010 season.   On Stingray Racer, guests will get to challenge 5 of their friends into a high energy, high tension speed race down the slide.  The ride begins with a helix rounding in opposite directions on each side.  Then, the big ending with a 40+ foot high drop into a long straight away to determine the winner.

The OctopusRacer seems to be the latest and greatest new trend in water parks today.  The standard mat racer looks like it is now yesterdays rules as these newer creations have longer ride times, feature a spiral, and can have either 1 steep, big drop, or multiple mini drops like the standard Mat Racer.  I think this is a great trend.  They certainly seem like more exciting.

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Rock Band Live will hit Cedar Fair parks across the country this season.  The concert style event will take place in various theaters in nearly ever park owned by the company.  The show will feature elaborate costume designs, several live singers, and actors who will sing karaoke style to some of the best Rock Band tunes in this 30 minute show. The main band will feature several members each with their very own and distinct personalities.  Some of these personalities include the “Mom” character, a groupie, a leader singer, guitarist, so on and so forth.

Audience members will be selected prior to the show and will go on stage for one final rock out before the ending of the concert extravaganza.  Funland Blog has some really interesting concept renderings of the outfits that will be worn by the performers during the show.  Be sure to check it out here.

To me, this certainly sounds like a nice little addition that may gain quite the audience.   Rock Band is a familiar item and using it to market a new show sounds great. Certainly, I do not expect this entertainment offering to be a showstopper, but I do find it to be a step up from the Dance Dance Revolution and Karaoke “shows” (I use that term loosely) that most Cedar Fair and Six Flags theme parks currently offer.

Is this show a step up for you?  Leave a comment with your Park Thoughts below.

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Magic Springs just announced they will be adding a  wave simulator to Crystal Falls, the park’s free with admission water park.  Guests will be able to hang ten in the middle of Arkansas with Boogie Blast, a  White Water Wests FlowRider.  Water park goers will grab a boogie board and then jump into the man made wave where they will be able to do tricks, spins, and with some practice, even a few flips.  Boogie Blast is a great attraction for all ages; it is one of interactive rides that are fun to ride over, and over and over again because you can get better at it each time and have fun improving.  Not only will it be very re-ridable, but Boogie Blast is sure to be fun to watch with all the stunts, tricks and wipe outs!

This comes as a great addition with a quite troublesome season last year.  The park was plagued with break downs and other disruptions that simply did not make this park reach anywhere near it’s fullest potential.  Luckily, it seems that the park is back on track with this new addition and it is sure to be a popular one.

Unfortunately, I have never had a chance to experience one of these Wave Simulators.  Have you?  Leave a comment with your Park Thoughts below.

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California’s Great America continues to transform Nickelodeon Centeral into the new for 2010, Camp Snoopy area.  The park’s Facebook page has a batch of new photos that show off the construction under way to turn ...

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Shortly after part of the Universal Studios Hollywood Backlot burned down in 2008, the park announced they would be rebuilding the King Kong portion of the Studio Tram Tour.  Universal Studios says that it will utilize 3D technology to make ...

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Universal Resort Orlando is gearing up for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter land to finally open in just a few months at Universal’s Islands of Adventure.  Construction is wrapping up on everything from the ...

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While Australia may not exactly be known for their theme parks, they certainly are not forgotten.  Dreamworld, one of the major theme parks in the Gold Coast region  has announced several new additions between its ...

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