Category: News

Busch Gardens Williamsburg 2011: Mach Tower & Much More

Posted on September 18, 2010 in News by

2011 will be a big year with lots of exciting new additions.  The park just announced the addition of Mach Tower, a 245 foot free fall tower, a completely redone Oktoberfest area, and Water Country will soon be home Vanishing Point, a 75 foot tall slide tower.  Along with this, the park also released info about what the park has...

Six Flags Over Georgia Announces Dare Devil Dive!

Posted on September 1, 2010 in News, Updates by

It seems like the first Six Flags 2011 project has been announced. Six Flags Over Georgia will be recieving a Eurofighter, named Dare Devil Dive, for the 2011 season next year. This marks the first Eurofighter for Six Flags parks, and should proove to be a popular addition.

“Dare Devil Dive’s mission begins as you’re pulled straight up to the sky...

Carowinds announces Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular for 2011

Posted on August 27, 2010 in News by

After lots of Teasing, Carowinds finally announced their addition for 2011: Snoopy’s Starlight Spectacular.  Featuring more than half a million LED lights, this new nighttime festival will extend from Country Fair to Planet Snoopy.  The latest technology will be soon brought into the park for this sensory spectacular.  To allow as many people as possible to enjoy Snoopy’ Starlight Spectacular,...

Two More Windseekers, Cedar Point and Kings Island

Posted on August 24, 2010 in News by

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Cedar Point’s Facebook page has just announced their new 2011 attraction, Windseeker! It will be located on the beach right next to Wicked Twister, the park’s Intamin Impulse coaster. It will be an exact clone of its counterparts in Knott’s Berry Farm and Canada’s Wonderland. For more information on these rides, you can read Ethan’s post located directly below this...

Knott’s Berry Farm and Canada’s Wonderland announce Windseeker

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The first 2 Cedar Fair parks out of the gate with their announcements today, Knott’s Berry Farm and Canada’s Wonderland have both announced “Windseeker”. The two $5 million rides are pretty much exactly the same, both 301 feet tall, spinning its 32, 2-seat swing arms at 8 rotations per minute. They even share the same blue/gray/yellow pain scheme.

Windseeker will be...

Planet Snoopy for All!

Posted on August 9, 2010 in News by

Just 2 days after Valleyfair announced their plans to add Planet Snoopy for the 2011 season, both Dorney Park and Worlds of Fun announced similar plans to add Planet Snoopy themed areas to the parks.  After proving to be a success at five parks this year, it appears Cedar Fair has made so that all Cedar Fair parks will now...

“SCarowinds X” details announced

Posted on August 8, 2010 in Halloween, News by

Carowinds has just opened up the website and released details about this years SCarowinds Halloween Haunt event, officially dubbed “SCarowinds X”. The biggest announcement is the inclusion of a new maze, “Defex”, described as a “disassembly line” for defective toys, will be replacing “Final Summons” in the picnic pavilion next to Intimidator. As always we can probably also expect improvements to the...