Walt Disney Studios Paris is building the upcoming Toy Storyland as the center piece of the New Generation Festival, a promotion celebrating the new generation of Disney Characters like Stitch, Princess Tiana, Monsters Inc, Ratatouille, and of course, Buzz and Woody. There are certainly some things to say about this new area and I can say, that I….am not a fan. ...
Construction everywhere? Looks like we are still in the off season. Parks across the nation are in the process of completing their 2010 additions just in time for the new season to start! Isn’t it exciting that opening day is just a few weeks away for many of us! From coast to coast, there is a plenty of tractors and...
There are certain items that scream a good old amusement park to me. These novelties are the quintessential items to have a classic theme park, they are have the same essence as a good old fashion wooden coaster, a hand carved carousel, or the grand strip lights that glisten at night. Souveniers like these are slwoly disappearing but are still...
First and foremost, I would like to apologize for the past two days. Sadly, due to an unfortunate accident, my entire city lost power early this week and since they have fixed it, there have been power surges in the city ever since. So due to the lack of power, there may be a shortage of posts in the coming...
In Memorial Day Weekend of 2009, I took a family trip to Reno, Nevada. Like every other coaster enthusiast on this planet, I scrambled all the attraction-related brochures as I could during my visit. Reno, is a beautiful, Casino town, almost a mini-Vegas, however there was no theme parks in the area. While grabbing some brochures I got one called...
With lots of attention focused on the upcoming Legoland Florida. I think now is a good time to look back at Legoland California in Carlsbad, California (just north of San Diego). Here we have a brochure and park map directly from the park in 2008.
During this time, and even today, Legoland’s main campaign is “Heroes Wanted”. A very fitting marketing...
Silver Dollar City is getting ready to launch it’s 50th Anniversary with its spectacular River Blast water shooting attraction. Since it was been announced, we have not seen or heard much about the construction. But Silver Dollar City has a great Facebook gallery featuring some concept art as well as construction pictures.
From what I have gathered, the theming in this...