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Buccaneer Battle

Posted on July 19, 2009 in Uncategorized by

Six Flags, Great America his home to one if Six Flags’ newest and best themed attractions.  Buccaneer Battle is a Mack Splash Battle that takes you through the life of a pirate in a exciting pirate battle.

Guest board on to their ships and head out of the castle fort and into the high seas.  But beware as other pirates are...

Dueling Wooden Coasters for Efteling in 2010

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Today Efteling announced that they would be replacing Pegasus, their Intamin AG wooden coaster from 1991, with a pair of dueling wooden roller coasters called “George and the Dragon.”  The new coasters will be 25 m (82 ft) tall,  1,400 m (4,593 ft) long, and will reach speeds up to 75 km (47 mph). The ride is expected to cost around...

Adventure Mountain construction has begun!

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During my visit to Dollywood this week I noticed that construction has already begun on Adventure Mountain, the 2010 interactive rope course attraction.  While not much has happened yet and it’s mostly land clearing, its really good to see this project underway after its 2009 opening was delayed.

Here a few pictures I was able to get of the site:

Contruction walls are up almost all the way down Wilderness Pass. Construction walls...

Great Old Amusement Parks

Posted on July 18, 2009 in Uncategorized by

This is going to fun.  It is is going to be wooden roller coasters and beautiful hand carved carousels.  It is going be vintage, mechanical contraptions, and a bunch of rides they don’t make anymore.  It is going to be a lot of the reasons why you come to an old amusement park.

Those are the opening words to one of...

A Celebration 54 Years in the Making

Posted on July 17, 2009 in Uncategorized by

54 Years ago today, a many bya  name of Walt Disney, opened a Magic Kingdom for all to enjoy.  Now today, July 17th, we celebrate the opening of this wonderful place.  Mr. Disney introduced us to a new world that he created, a world he called Disneyland.  With 5 magical lands, and so many characters to enjoy, his legacy lives...

Anubis POV

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Our friends from eCoasters have posted a great POV of the new Anubis attraction at Plopsaland.

The ride is based off of  a hit television show and takes you on a wild journey in what appears to be a Egyptian themed train.  None the less, the layout is awesome.  So far, the manufactors of these types of rides, Gerstlauer, has created...

Weird and Wacky Roller Coasters!

Posted on July 16, 2009 in Uncategorized by

Over in the Park Thoughts section of the RCTLounge forum, a fun thread poped up asking for people to post weird roller coasters they have either ridden, or seen on the internet.  Lets take a look at some of these odd thrills!

Awesomedude137 found these amazingly weird plans of a coaster train that featured several different positions!  The front row appears...