Today was a big day for not only Carowinds, but the entire Southeast. Carowinds 13th roller coaster, Intimidator, was topped off, and is now officially the tallest roller coaster in region at 232 feet tall. Crews planned to put the final piece of lift hill in place Friday, October 9, but rain delayed work until today. Even with the amount...
This is one of Six Flag’s 2 interactive dark rides. The other at Fiesta Texas, also themed to Scooby-Doo and the game.
You first wait through a very well swamp-like queue. Scary trees, shrubs, mist, all make you very excited. The station starts outside, but then goes into a building that is also very well blocked off. The whole ride takes...
Earlier this year, Six Flags announced that Thomas Town would be a new addition to Six Flags America. More recently, the president and CEO of Six Flags, Mark Shapiro stated that the new area would have somewhere around 10 different attractions. 10 is far more then the average 2 or 3 that we see in the other Thomas Towns around...
Alton Tower’s Secret Weapon 6 is becoming more and more interesting with new details and concept art emerging. Recently, Alton Towers Website has posted this teaser picture for there upcoming coaster. More and more details are beginning to reveal themselves as we come closer and closer to the March 2010 opening date. Above we can see that the ride some...
Recently, the big announcement came about the purchasing of the major theme park chain, Worlds of Discovery. Worlds of Discovery, also known as Busch Entertainment Company, are the owners of 10 theme parks. Included in these theme parks are the Busch Gardens and Sea World chains. Since the parent company, Busch, was bought out a few years ago, it has...
At Universal Studios in Hollywood, CA, during the Halloween Horror Nights event, the popular Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure show caught fire. The theater is new for the 2009 show Creature from the Black Lagoon and has been running fireworks inside the theater for several months now. However, during one performance of the stage show, a firework shot off and ignited...
Disney Parks launched their new blog just a few days ago and ever since they’ve been posting amazing content. Today this extremely cool tilt-shift video of Magic Kingdom was added. This video makes the park look as if its a miniature model by using a time lapse of incredibly focused shots. I’ve always been amazed by this type of photography, so seeing it done in a theme park...
