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2 years ago, Walt Disney Studios Paris introduced a new kind of event where creatures crawl, fog surrounds the park, monsters attack and villains rule.  Dubbed Terrorific Night, the event was a smashing success.  It appealed to an older audience and became known as Disney’s response to Halloween Horror Nights.

This year, the park will hold Disney’s Terrorific Night on Halloween...

Cedar Point’s next generation Intamin Log Flume, Shoot the Rapids, finally opened to the public last weekend and the park already has several videos up to show off their new ride:

The first shows what some park guests thought of their ride on Shoot the Rapids:

… and of course, as we can always expect from Cedar Point, a beautiful HD POV:

Without...

Will the new restraints really improve this problem-plauged ride?

An official POV of Kennywood’s much anticipated new Premier LSM coaster, Sky Rocket, has finally arrived:

The ride seems to be very smooth, faced paced, and with unique elements like the triple s-bend “Surf Curve”, it should turn out to be a very solid roller coaster, and definitely a great addition for Kennywood.

Sky Rocket is expected to take it’s first public riders this coming Tuesday.

Hong Kong Disneyland is heating up this summer with Stitch and Friends Summer Hangout.  After the very successful event last year, Stitch’s Summer Bash, the 2010 version has been expanded to accomodate a larger variety of characters, mostly Pixar.  The event includes new characters out for meet n’ greets in the hub, entertainment offerings in all 4 lands of the...

Today we learned that Will Koch, President of Holiday World and one of the greats in the amusement park world passed away at the age of 48. He was a highly respected figure in the industry, known for always putting the park guest first and over the last 20 years, he turned a small, local park into one that can not only compete, but...