Adventure Park USA announced plans to expand its rather small theme park and build a large new addition, a new water park. The water pakr plans call for several different slides such as a lazy river, racing slides, body slides, and several others. A massive wave pool, will anchor the park surrounded by what appear to be fairly odd looking...
Finally, after months of set backs the new Fantasmic Dragon is ready to debut. Disney has released video of the incredible new dragon for Fantasmic! This 40 feet animatronic (or is a puppetronic? I am not sure) has been a major hassle for the designers at Disney. The dragon, dubbed “Murphy” on several internet sites, was the focal point of...
Well it is official, Planet Snoopy has been announced for all 5 former Paramount Parks. Each park has announced it on there website, besides Kings Island who announced, then removed it from their website a few days later. So why is Cedar Fair spending all of this money on there parks to retheme large areas? Royalty fees.
Nickelodeon Central and Hannah...
After a freak accident last year, King Kahuna is on the market. King Kahuna at Kennywood is a Huss Topspin that left about 40 riders stranded upsidedown in the summer of 2008. This accident has caused alot of speculation but now the park has confirmed it by putting the ride on the market. It comes as no surprise as the...
…a new breed of attraction was born. More then 20 years ago, Star Tours opened at Disneyland in Anaheim, California and brought a new kind of ride to the theme park industry called the “Motion Simulator.” While several other parks and designers tried to copy this style attraction, there was never any quality ride built that was superior to the...
Yesterday, Busch Gardens Africa in Tamp Bay, Florida announced their new addition for 2010, Sesame Street’s Safari of Fun. Opening in Spring of next year, this new land will be an excellent addition to the park. Safari of Fun will replace the old and outdated Land of the Dragons and will insert familiar characters into the park that the little...
Today, Carowinds announced Intimidator, their largest investment in the parks 37 year history. The $23 million dollar B&M Hyper Coaster will be the break almost every record in the southeast as the tallest at 232 feet, fastest at 75-80 mph, and longest at 5,316 feet. This is Cedar Fair’s second roller coaster this year to have the “Intimidator” name and...