Busch Garden Tampa’s “new breed of speed” Intamin LSM launch coaster, Cheetah Hunt is currently being erected through a massive construction project throughout the park. Today, the park received their custom trains for the park’s new ride. Shaped to the majestic african creature, Cheetah Hunt’s trains are custom designed to represent elegance and natural beauty of the cheetah. The leading...
Mickey Mouse's new Meet n' Greet at Walt Disney World will utilize Disney's FASTPASS allowing guests to skip the line.
Remember those days when guests would line up one by one and wait their turn in line no matter how long or short it may be? Those days where theme parks relied on the old fashioned concept of “first come, first...
After a lengthy closure, Battlestar Galactica dueling coaster reopened at Universal Studios Singapore yesterday. This pair of dueling coasters features a Human, and Cylon side. On the ‘Human’ side, riders sit down on standard 4-abreast trains and wind over several twists, helixes, and airtime hills. The ‘Cylon’ side is a bit more intense with suspended coaster trains with 5 inversions....
We’ve been busy, busy in the past few days expanding and enhancing our massive Flickr gallery, beginning the long and tedious task of re-tagging all of our posts, and of course, tweeting up a storm. With all of that mayhem we missed a few things. Theme parks and amusement parks everywhere are gearing up for the rapidly approaching opening days...
A little over a decade ago, Disney introduced Disney’s Fastpass allowing guests to virtually queue for an attraction, while exploring the park, and returning at a specific time to skip the line of their favorite attraction. Disney’s Fastpass has since grown from a select, handful attractions to occupying most of the major rides at Disney parks. At today’s Disney Investor Conference, Walt...
The latest poll was a battle between the top two Bolliger & Mabillard flying coasters in the United States, Manta and Tatsu. In 2006, Six Flags Magic Mountain introduced Tatsu, claiming the title as the tallest, fastest, and longest flying coaster on the planet. After climbing a staggering 170 feet, Tatsu then drops guests over 100 feet into two back to...
The roller coaster train has evolved greatly in the past hundred years. We’ve gone from benches that slide along wooden tracks tracks, to the trains being the most sophisticated part of the ride itself. Among the new forms of coaster trains is the spinning car where riders rotate on a horizontal axis separate from the track. Many different manufacturers have put their...