A bit of interesting news has come out of the IAPPA Expo this week, it looks like the second Déjà Vu has finally been sold and will be headed to Brazil in the near future.
The ride has been sold to Mirabilandia, a small park in Pernambuco, Brazil that currently consists of 4 other, fairly small roller coasters. They just announced that they...
In case you missed it, Disneyland released a new TV Spot for their annual Its a Small World Holiday where they transform the classic dark ride into a wonderful holiday tradition. The theme this year is ‘Joy to the Small World’. There has been a lot of debate about weather the ad is too boring, or if it is just plain...
Lately there has been quite a bit of news surrounding the water park industry. Here is a quick little wrap up of some of the top stories. Enjoy!
Six Flags White Water announced the new for 2010, Wiggles Water World play area. Little swimmers and all other fans of the dancin’, singin’ group, the Wiggles, will get to join their favorite...
Ride manufacturer Chance Morgan, probably most famous for their hyper coasters, has just completed and begun testing a prototype for a very unique flat ride called “Unicoaster” at their factory in Kansas. The ride’s purpose is the simulate a looping roller coaster experience, giving riders control of the intensity through controlling the car’s spinning, while using a smaller area (about the size...
November 1st, 2009 meant the final day for California’s Great America’s 2009 season and Park Thoughts was there to say farewell to the park, and more importantly the wonderful Nickelodeon characters that would be leaving the park forever.
Planet Snoopy will take over both the Kidsville and Nickelodeon Central areas of the park. Kidsville’s main show, The Backyard Circus, would also be having it’s...
Beech Bend, an amusement park and racing complex in Bowling Green, Kentucky has announced a pretty long list of new additions in both the amusement and water park for 2010, it seems like the water park is the main focus this year, but they threw in a few new attractions for the amusement park as well:
For the water park:
Dorney Park, in an annual event run by the Lehigh Valley Health Network, offered its parking lot for a free drive-through flu shot clinic this past Saturday, November 7th. All of the public was welcomed to attend, no matter what age they were. This was not an H1N1 vaccine clinic, rather just a typical influenza shot clinic. Nearly 10,000 people...