Carowinds surprised fans today by releasing a full list of rides names for the Nickelodeon Central retheme to Planet Snoopy, becoming the first of the five Paramount/Cedar Fair Park’s to do so. Here’s the rundown of all of the renames announced:
Roller Coasters:
Flat Rides:
As promised, I was able to get fairly large Intimidator update this afternoon:
View from the pathway to the North Gate.
As you walk up to the North Gate, this will be the view to your left.
The massive second hill from the parking lot.
The first drop.
An interesting view of the second hill.
A portion of the second return hill.
The nearly complete third hill.
…and finally a...
A collection of small supports have arrived at Lagoon in the last week. Nothing is known about what they’re for, but the size leads most people to believe that its a family roller coaster of some kind.
So far these supports are the only development, no land clearing or track at this time.
Photo: lagoonisfun.com. More photos can be found in their photo gallery.
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Paultons Park, a small UK amusement park, is in a zoning battle to be able to keep two of their largest rides, one of which was just built this year. The two rides in question are Cobra, a Gerstlauer Bobsled, the park’s largest roller coaster which opened in 2006 and the ride new for this season “Edge,” a Disk’O Coaster similar to “Survivor:...
I was able to make a quick stop by Carowinds today to check out the progress on Intimidator. Unfortunately I wan’t able to find time to go inside the park, but I did get a few photos from right outside.
From Avenue of the Carolinas , it was such a great choice to place this right at the front of the...
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...
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...