Thorpe Park plans to build a giant B&M wing-walker style coaster with several unique elements.
Thorpe Park has long been teasing at their new 2012 addition which has been going under the code name LC12. The park submitted plans to the Runnymede Council, which were then released to the public. These shots confirm that Thorpe Park will be adding a Bolliger...
SeaWorld to add new Mack multi-launch coaster for the 2012 season themed to the majestic manta-ray.
SeaWorld San Diego announced today that they will add Manta, a new multi-launch coaster, to the park in 2012. Manta will allow guests to soar through both sea and sky, as SeaWorld combines the exhilaration of a coaster with the fascination of an animal exhibit. Riders will board manta-ray shaped...
Recently most of the focus has been on the Disney Parks in America. Disney’s California Adventure is in the middle of a $1.1 billion expansion, Disneyland and Disney Hollywood Studios are preparing to relaunch Star Tours this May, and the Magic Kingdom is also constructing a new subarea to Fantasyland. However, across the Pacific Ocean, the Disney properties in Asia...
Two weeks ago, we asked what attraction you are most excited for in 2011. Choices included the first of it’s kinda Bolliger and Mabillard coaster Raptor at Gardaland; the super massive Windseeker swinging attractions at multiple Cedar Fair parks; Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas, a newly rennovated super beast that is has undergone transformation from a wooden coaster to a steel coaster; Georgia’s...
It’s been seven years since Sea World San Diego last added a major attraction. Journey to Atlantis opened in 2004 and was an underwhelming cousin to it’s Florida counter part. Since then the park has gone season after season without any new major attraction. However, Sea World San Diego is currently in the process of getting permits to add a...
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is a west coast amusement park icon. The crowd midway with the rickle and rattle of the multi-story attractions on one side and the crashing waves and whispers of the wind to the other. And what has kept the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk alive for more than 100 years is the park’s famous wooden coaster,...
The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure at Disney California Adventure is the highlight of 2011. The park continues to spend that nice $1.1 billion shopping spree it received back in 2007. Now, one of the most anticipated attractions of the expansion is almost ready to open. While construction crews are still hard at work making the exterior structure look dazzling,...