Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Happiest Place on Earth Part 1

Posted on August 11, 2009 in Uncategorized by

Since my family was back in Southern California for a week, we decided it was about time for another trip to our favorite place, Disneyland!  We went for two days, Friday, July 31st and Sunday, August 2nd.  It was a great trip, we got to see Electrical Parade, Fantasmic, and parts of Magical.  Join me on this trip to the...

Holiday World to announce new ride Thursday

Posted on August 10, 2009 in News by

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Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana is set to announce their new ride at 11 am Thursday in Holiday Theater. President Will Koch will make the announcement for the ride that will supposedly cost $5.5 million, the second largest investment in park history. The park will be giving a sneak peak via their twitter page before the announcement.

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24 people stuck on Invertigo at Great America

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Rescue crews had to respond to California’s Great America in Santa Clara today after 32 became stuck on the Vekoma Inverted Boomerang, Invertigo. This isn’t the first time rides of this type have had problems, the infamous and now defunct, Two-Face at Six Flags America was in the news several times for situations similar to this. While not many details have...

New Kennywood Attraction for 2010

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Kennywood has long been dropping hints about a brand new attraction and has now been officially said they will be adding a new major attraction next year.  While they haven’t said what it is they did say:

…anyone who enjoys the roller coasters will be pleased.

Obviously, the park is likely to announce some sort of roller coaster.  One thing that Kennywood...

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Part 2

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For those of you new to the site, be sure to check out part 1 of the Six Flags trip report.

Once our spin on V2 was over, my group and I headed over to the Shark enclosure.  Passing it we noticed Thomas Town.  This was a new addition for 2007 I believe, and features all of your favorite Thomas the train...

California’s Great America Halloween Haunt Line Up

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LA Time’s Funland blog has reported the new additions for this years Halloween Haunt.  The brand new maze for this year will be the Toy Factory.  While my early sources reported the Doll Factory, the Toy Factory sounds like it will have a similar theme.  Also returning this year will be CarnEvil, Werewolf Canyon, Corn Stalkers, Club Blood, and Slaughter House;...