After trackwork was complete in April, many people where wonder why Universal Studios new Maurer Söhne roller coaster, Hollywood Rip, Ride Rockit still wan’t open in August. Well yesterday Universal Studios opened the ride for team members. Universal says the ride will be in the “soft opening” stage for the next 4 weeks.
A few reviews have already come in, but...
Today, Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana announced Wildebeest, a new record breaking ProSlide water coaster for their Splashin’ Safari Waterpark. The new ride will be world’s longest water coaster at 1,710 feet long and will deliver a 2:30 ride. Riders will board rafts in a station located on the ground (different from other slides which usually feature slide towers,...
21 people were taken to local hospitals with back and neck injuries after 2 trains collided on the famous Big Dipper roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. After the collision, the two trains came to rest on a section of track about 20 feet of the ground, leaving the passengers stranded on the ride until the fire department could respond and...
This weeks POV is of the all new GCI Terrain Wooden Coaster, Prowler at Worlds of Fun!
Quick Ride Stats: Height: 102 ft. 4 in. Speed: 51.2 mph Length: 3074 ft. Inversions: 0
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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...
Carowinds has pretty much been the center of attention on Park Thoughts this week, and we have even more news to bring you. 3 peices of Red B&M track, which appears to be brake run, are now sitting in the park’s overflow parking lot next to Thunder Road. The really isn’t much of a surprise, because the speculation all along was that...
If the leaked logo and the phrase “Lightning Really Does Strike Twice” on the teaser at the park aren’t enough to prove that Carowinds 2010 addition will be named “White Lightning,” this certainly will. It was pointed out that http://www.whitelightning.carowinds.com/ is now displaying an “Under Constuction” message. I’m not really sure what the Windows logo being cut out of a wall...