Intimidator Update for November 1, 2009

Posted on November 1, 2009 in Uncategorized by

As promised, I was able to get fairly large Intimidator update this afternoon:

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View from the pathway to the North Gate.

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As you walk up to the North Gate, this will be the view to your left.

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The massive second hill from the parking lot.

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The first drop.

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An interesting view of the second hill.

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A portion of the second return hill.

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The nearly complete third hill.

…and finally a...

Abu Dhabi Gets the Ferrari Treatment

Posted on October 31, 2009 in News by

Abu Dhabi is a island located off of the coast of North-East Ubited Arabs Emirates. This Ferrari theme park is located all on this island, which will be planned to be a world wide tourist destination. The theme park is all indoors, under a very futuristic custom made roof. It will be the world’s biggest indoor theme park when opened...

Disney Unviels AquaDuck

Posted on October 29, 2009 in Uncategorized by

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Today Disney revealed some big plans on the upcoming Disney Dream Cruise Ship set to open in 2011.  Part of the plans include AquaDuck, the worlds first ever ship board Water Coaster.  AquaDuck is a high paced, 765 foot water slide sure to give some great thrills, chills, and spills.  Adding to the excitement will be water jets that will...

Legoland, Illinois?

Posted on October 28, 2009 in News, Uncategorized by

This European park operated company was interested in building a Legoland in Columbia, Illinois. Deals didn’t follow through and the whole project was scrapped. But when governor Pat Quinn, of Illinois, went to Copenhagen to discuss the 2016 Olympics, the Legoland crew was there too.

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They met up and started talking about new plans to build a Legoland in a small...

Supports arrive at Lagoon, new family coaster for 2010?

Posted on October 25, 2009 in News by

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A collection of small supports have arrived at Lagoon in the last week. Nothing is known about what they’re for, but the size leads most people to believe that its a family roller coaster of some kind.

So far these supports are the only development, no land clearing or track at this time.

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Photo: lagoonisfun.com. More photos can be found in their photo gallery.

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Theme Parks On Boats?

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Recently, a cruise line added a water slide to their cruise ship. This ship was newly built and I am sure it wasn’t the first to have a slide, but definitely starts up some fuss. Cruise ships will soon add more slides and more pools, and will lead to water parks on boats. What if a...

Paultons Park at risk of losing two major rides

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Paultons Park, a small UK amusement park, is in a zoning battle to be able to keep two of their largest rides, one of which was just built this year.  The two rides in question are Cobra, a Gerstlauer Bobsled, the park’s largest roller coaster which opened in 2006 and the ride new for this season “Edge,” a Disk’O Coaster similar to “Survivor:...