No more Hands Up at Thorpe Park

Posted on August 19, 2009 in News by

Yeah you read right, some how European body odor is so bad that Thorpe Park has banned putting your hands up.

In a bid to crack down on sweaty summer smells a theme park is banning visitors from riding its rollercoasters with their hands in the air following complaints about body odour.

As of tomorrow, which is expected to be the hottest...

A Trip to the Wild Side Part 1

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With friends in town it was time for another trip to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.  Due to an doctor’s appointmenet I couldn’t make it to the park until around 12:30, 2 hours after the park opened so I was expecting large lines.  However I was surprised to find that most of the lines in the park were very small and...

Google Street View invades LEGOLAND California

Posted on August 18, 2009 in News by

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Recently Google has been adding Street View, but this time they have started getting images from private properties. Some of these include Thunderhill Raceway Park and San Diego State University, but the most intresting and exiting to me is LEGOLAND California, the first theme park to be mapped on Google Street View. This is certainly exciting because this now opens...

Nickelodeon Universe New Orleans

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Six Flags New Orleans unfortunately never opened after the horrible Hurricane Katrina in 2005.  The park laied empty and abandoned for years with few failed plans to reopen.  However now Six Flags New Orleans is slated to become a Nickelodean Universe.

With Nickelodean trying to branch outside of the television industry, this comes as no surprise that they are opening another...

2010 Addition Updates

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In 2009 we saw a major decline in the amount of coasters opening across.  The globe, very few opened this year and due to the economy, you can expect a similar occurance for next year.  However this isn’t stopping the parks as they are just now getting more creative with their additions.  Cedar Point added the Star Light Expierence which...

A Journey Through Magic Mountain

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After taking a trip to Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure, my family decided to head up to Six Flags Magic Mountain as it was en route to our home in Northern California.

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Six Flags Magic Mountain’s signature shot. I have to say that this picture has become much more exciting with the addition of Tatsu. Maybe it is because of the...