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...
These past two weeks we wanted to know what Park Thoughts readers thought of stand-up coasters. The topic is a bit controversial as some coaster enthusiast find them to be an instrumental element in a roller coaster’s success. The stand-up places riders in a unique position that completely changes a ride experiences. Others however find stand-ups to be nothing more...
So you think you can be a roller coaster designer? A Park Thoughts reader sent me an interesting survey today about The Pennsylvania State University’s upcoming Theme Park Engineering Club. The survey really takes into account your priorities in what you think makes a good coaster, and in several ways makes you look at a certain roller coaster in a whole different light....
Busch Garden Tampa’s “new breed of speed” Intamin LSM launch coaster, Cheetah Hunt is currently being erected through a massive construction project throughout the park. Today, the park received their custom trains for the park’s new ride. Shaped to the majestic african creature, Cheetah Hunt’s trains are custom designed to represent elegance and natural beauty of the cheetah. The leading...
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...
After a lengthy closure, Battlestar Galactica dueling coaster reopened at Universal Studios Singapore yesterday. This pair of dueling coasters features a Human, and Cylon side. On the ‘Human’ side, riders sit down on standard 4-abreast trains and wind over several twists, helixes, and airtime hills. The ‘Cylon’ side is a bit more intense with suspended coaster trains with 5 inversions....
We’ve been busy, busy in the past few days expanding and enhancing our massive Flickr gallery, beginning the long and tedious task of re-tagging all of our posts, and of course, tweeting up a storm. With all of that mayhem we missed a few things. Theme parks and amusement parks everywhere are gearing up for the rapidly approaching opening days...