Dollywood announced plans today for Wild Eagle, a massive B&M wing coaster that, at a cost of $20 million, will be their largest single capital investment to date: Wild Eagle Layout “Dollywood’s 2012 season will be a historic one as...
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Six Flags Great America announces X-Flight
Six Flags Great America announced plans today for X-Flight, a B&M wingrider coaster that will be one of the first in the nation. “Get ready to take flight! Six Flags Great America announces plans to add a state-of-the-art roller coaster...
Continue reading...Canada’s Wonderland announces Leviathan for 2012
Leviathan, B&M’s first giga coaster, was announced today by Canada’s Wonderland, to debut in 2012. “In 2012, Canada’s Wonderland will unveil one of the biggest and tallest roller coasters in the world: Leviathan. When the Park opens in May 2012,...
Continue reading...Iron Wolf leaving Six Flags Great America
Six Flags today posted the following message on their Facebook page: “After a long 21 year history at the park, we will be removing Iron Wolf. Make sure to get your last rides in – Iron Wolf’s Last Stand is...
Continue reading...Announcement Week – Day One Summary
This week is announcement week in the amusement park industry and we’ve had several exciting news items today already. Thorpe Park – The Swarm First up, Thorpe Park officially announced The Swarm today, a B&M Wing Rider coaster, similar to...
Continue reading...Confirmed: Blue B&M Track at Dollywood
All signs point to Dollywood receiving some type of B&M coaster in 2012 after photos were posted at Thrill Network of blue B&M track sitting in a construction area inside the park: You can hardly make out the blue B&M...
Continue reading...Possible Dollywood 2012 Track Spotted
Blue B&M track was reportedly spotted en route to Dollywood. I came across this interesting blog post on Tumblr: The caption states: “Some delicious B&M track on its way to Dollywood!” When a reader asked how the blogger knew the track was...
Continue reading...A Look at The Incredible Hulk Coaster
It’s hard to believe, for me at least, that The Incredible Hulk coaster at Islands of Adventure opened nearly 12 years ago. Over the past decade it’s remained an icon for not only Universal Orlando but Florida’s theme park lineup as well. Incredible...
Continue reading...Krake Testing Video
We informed you last week that Krake at Heide Park had begun testing. Thanks to the website NDR.de, we now have video of that testing. Click here to watch the video or click on the picture above. The miniature trains...
Continue reading...Heide-Park’s Krake begins testing
Heide-Park posted the following picture of their new B&M dive machine coaster, Krake, testing. With the trackwork complete and testing begun, the opening date cannot be too far away. I love miniature B&M’s, so I can’t wait to hear the...
Continue reading...New coaster for Thorpe Park in 2012
Thorpe Park’s 2012 coaster plans have been floating around the internet and from the looks of them, 2012 (codenamed “LC12”) will be a great year for Thorpe Park. From the planning application for the coaster: “The proposed ride and associated...
Continue reading...Green Falcon, RCT3 B&M Flyer
Since we’re in the middle of the off season, I thought I’d show you what I’ve been working on in the Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 world. The game is how I manage to go months upon months without riding a coaster....
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