Big International Group of Entertainment, Inc. is looking to build a theme park complex in Spring Hill Tennessee. With hopes to ‘soft open’ the complex by Thanksgiving of next year, CEO Dennis Peterson described a water park, movie studio, 4,000 room resort hotels, and much more all boosting the economy by creating 15,000 to 20,000 jobs. ‘Festival Tennessee’ is also...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Back in 2009 at the D23 Expo, Walt Disney World announced they would be doubling the size of their Fantasyland with “Fantasyland Forest”. The original plans called for one cloned attraction, The Little Mermaid, two restaurants, both based on Beauty and the Beast, two Dumbos, and what seemed to be countless meet n greets. While the attention looked far higher than...