Merlin Entertainments recently unveiled new details and renderings for three new attractions coming to the Orlando area in 2015: The Orlando Eye, Madame Tussauds and Sea Life Aquarium. The U.K.-based family entertainment company (and owner of Legoland Florida) is preparing to introduce three...
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Banshee Receiving Finishing Touches
Kings Island General Manager, Greg Scheid @KIGMGREG has been tweeting new images of the park as they prepare to open for the 2014. Banshee is finishing up testing, so now all that’s left is to add the final touches to the surrounding...
Continue reading...Goliath Construction at Six Flags Great America
In just over two months, Six Flags Great America’s new “Goliath” wooden coaster will be welcoming riders. I had the chance to visit the construction site and witness the significant vertical construction in progress. This view from a backstage parking...
Continue reading...Bat’s Rebirth Continues at Kings Island
Although Banshee is receiving much of the off-season attention at Kings Island, the park is also giving one of their older coasters a new look and new name for 2014. The park’s Arrow suspended coaster, Flight Deck, will reopen as...
Continue reading...Goliath Taking Shape at Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America’s Goliath wooden coaster is growing. The park shared some beautiful photos of the progress — keep reading to see a few of the standout shots. Rocky Mountain Construction’s signature red track is beginning to appear in sections...
Continue reading...Sochi’s Mysterious, Delayed Olympic Theme Park
All eyes are on Sochi, Russia with the 2014 Winter Olympics officially underway. But for coaster enthusiasts, the main event may not be the sports. Touted as Russia’s first modern theme park, Sochi Park stands unfinished among the glimmering Olympic...
Continue reading...Banshee Receiving its Lift Chain
Unfortunately, it’s not often that an amusement park builds a mammoth Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster. Watching Kings Island’s Banshee rise over the past few months has been quite exciting. And we have to give props to Kings Island’s PR...
Continue reading...Attention to Detail on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
The Disney Parks Blog recently shared some beautiful photos illustrating the intricate attention to detail on the Magic Kingdom’s under-construction Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coaster. When the coaster debuts this spring, it will be the last attraction to open as part...
Continue reading...Silverwood Expanding Family Area in 2014
This spring, Silverwood will nearly double the size of its family area, adding three new family rides, with a fourth attraction planned for 2015. In total, the park is investing more than $1.2 million in the expansion. Silverwood describes the new...
Continue reading...Q&A With Jeff Hornick, Director of Design and Engineering at Busch Gardens Tampa
Recently, I traveled to Busch Gardens Tampa, and had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff Hornick, Director of Design and Engineering at Busch Gardens, to talk with him about the new Pantopia area, as well as the new Falcon’s Fury drop tower attraction. C101:...
Continue reading...Hurler at Carowinds Receiving Off-Season Repair
Great Coasters International (GCI) recently shared some interesting photos of the coaster company’s off-season work on Carowind’s Hurler wooden coaster. The coaster opened in 1994, along with its sister coaster of the same name and design at Kings Dominion. “The...
Continue reading...Assembling Falcon’s Fury’s Massive Counterweight
As you can imagine, lifting 32 people 335 feet in the air would require a great deal of energy and power. Our friends at Busch Gardens Tampa sent us a few behind-the-scenes photos of the giant counterweight that will play...
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