The renovation of Texas Giant is nearing completion! Six Flags over Texas posted a video on their Facebook of a shortened train making a complete circuit. The park said: “Yesterday was a big day here at the park. We did the...
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Scream Zone coaster names revealed
The newest Coney Island amusement park doesn’t open until April, but the names of its two coasters have already been revealed: Beach weather is still several months away, but Coney Island is already preparing for the addition of its newest amusement...
Continue reading...New Fantasyland plans include coaster
Disney has modified Magic Kingdom’s massive Fantasyland expansion to include a new one-of-a-kind mine coaster themed to Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs. Above is an overview of the area as it will appear when it opens (in phases) beginning in the fall...
Continue reading...Superman: Escape from Krypton POV
Six Flags Magic Mountain posted an on-ride video of Superman: Escape from Kryptron (formerly Superman: The Escape). The coaster’s reversed trains give an entirely different experience. It looks even more exciting backwards!
Continue reading...Ferrari World to be sold to government
The owners of the new Ferrari World theme park in Abu Dhabi are selling the park to the government, according to this report: Aldar Properties is to sell Ferrari World, its car-themed amusement park, to the government less than three months after...
Continue reading...Family Gerstlauer Shuttle coming to Germany
I’m a sucker for miniature shuttle and/or launched coasters, and this small Gerstlaur shuttle which is under construction at Freizeitpark Ruhpolding in Germany is no exception. The layout is somewhat like a miniature boomerang, sans inversions. I think this would be a...
Continue reading...Gwazi to reopen with Millennium Flyer trains
This should come as good news to anyone who has previously ridden Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa: Gwazi will reopen on January 22nd, 2011 with sleek new Millennium Flyer trains. Busch Gardens Tampa released the following press release: “In 1999,...
Continue reading...Cheetah Hunt Construction Update
Busch Gardens Tampa recently posted a short update covering the progress that has been made on Cheetah Hunt. Although there’s still quite a bit left to do, the track is coming together nicely. The ride will speed between canyons and...
Continue reading...Gardaland’s X-Raptor construction update
Gardaland’s X-Raptor construction is well underway. ParksMania.it posted the following construction update video to catch us up on the prototype Bolliger and Mabillard coaster’s progression. The video contains English subtitles. The ride stands about 98 feet tall and will flip...
Continue reading...Opryland USA themepark remnants
I was recently at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and took some photos of one of the few visible remnants of the park: the Grizzly River Rampage. © Thrillhunter The ride opened in 1982 inside a new area named “Grizzly River...
Continue reading...Universal Orlando experiences attendance increase
It looks like the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has been a success for Universal Orlando: “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is doing magic for Universal Orlando Resort. In Universal Orlando’s quarterly financial results, which were released on Friday,...
Continue reading...Texas Giant construction photos
Six Flags over Texas continues to keep us up to date on the construction of Texas Giant’s massive rennovation. The project is quickly nearing completion. Let’s hope everything goes smoothly from this point on! “The final piece of track is...
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