Today, Carowinds announced Intimidator, their largest investment in the parks 37 year history. The $23 million dollar B&M Hyper Coaster will be the break almost every record in the southeast as the tallest at 232 feet, fastest at 75-80 mph, and longest at 5,316 feet. This is Cedar Fair’s second roller coaster this year to have the “Intimidator” name and...
Its official, California’s Great America, quietly broke the news on its event page that they will be adding Planet Snoopy in 2010. Opening in March, I assume opening day, the entire Nickelodean Central and Hanna-Barbera area will be transformed or Snoopyfied into a great new childrens land that features all of your favorite Charlie Brown Characters.
Unfortunately the park didn’t release...
This weeks Video of the Week is a very musical experience. To promote Disneyland’s Summer Nightastic Promotion, Disney went viral and staged this incredible Marriage proposal that showcases the different elements of Summer Nightastic. While it is a staged event, Disney filmed it put it on the web and didn’t admit was was done intentionally until several months after it...
It is no secret that Universal and Disney fight like cats and dogs. It is very evident in Florida where Universal and Disney are always trying to outdo each other, and the same scenario seems to take place across the Pacific ocean in Japan. Universal Studios Japan and Tokyo Disneyland have been competing ever since Universal brought a park to...
Cobra in Conny-Land was originally set to open in 2007, but set backs forced a nearly two year delay. With the coaster nearing completion, will 2009 be the year Cobra Opens?
Built by Pax, this shuttle coaster takes you through two small airtime hills before entering a loop and going up a gentle slope backwards, before heading back doing it all...
So it just happens to be that the media had nothing to report on the day a coaster got stuck on a lift hill and decided to make it sound so twisted that it would make national news. Its truly ridiculous on how much the media blew this thing out of proportion. I never fully realized it and asked me...
RCTLounge member “Spencer” took a recent visit to Busch Gardens Europe, in Williamsburg, Virginia and was kind enough to send us in his photos. Busch Gardens Europe is going through an interesting year, with the addition of Sesame Place, the announcement of the removal of Big Bad Wolf, and with the upcoming Christmas Town event this winter. Lets take a...