2010 was a very good year for the amusement park world. It brought many major additions including Intimidator 305, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and more. 2011 however is shaping up to be a slightly more modest year compared to years past. The economy is still less than spectacular leaving most parks simply not able to afford their own...
It’s october and that means Halloween is in full swing across the nation. This past weekend was the first weekend for California’s Great America’s Halloween Haunt event featuring 6 mazes, 4 scare zones, as well as Black Widow Cavern, a scary version of Loggers Run. This CGA Update is from October 3rd, 2010.
The iconic entrance decked out in Halloween decor.
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Which characters do you think are best implemented into the parks? Sesame Street at Sea World Parks & Entertainment? The Peanuts Gang at Cedar Fair parks? Loony Toons at Six Flags? While this was a relatively close vote, The Peanuts Gang – Cedar Fair won with 44% of the votes. Sesame Street Friends – Sea World Parks & Entertainment came...
We asked for your thoughts on water parks! What did you think of them? Great place to spend a hot day? Hate them? Maybe you love the idea but just isn’t your thing. We asked Park Thoughts readers and an overwelming majority chose the 1st answer: “Love them, great way to cool off in the summer.” Coming in 2nd with...
It’s been a while since the last CGA Update, but here is another one. It was a day out with family so this will be short.
It was hot, so the water rides were naturally popular. White Water Falls has a good 15-25 minute line.
Believe it or not, Invertigo was open! It actually has been open for the past few weeks...
Welcome to a new feature called CGA Update. These will be fairly short little updates highlighting my local amusement park, California’s Great America in Santa Clara, California. This first update was taken on June 8, 2010 on my quick day time stop at at the park.
Since Boomerang Bay does not open until 11:00 am when the rest of the park...
As part of the off season refurbishment, California’s Great America removed the Hanna Barbera characters from the KidZville section of the park. Also, the attractions got a nice touch up so they would match the new for 2010 Planet Snoopy area. The park really did a nice job of applying the same nostalgic style to the characters the park invented...