Europa Park’s Eurosat coaster will be nearly unrecognizable when it reopens this summer with new track, a slightly modified layout and a separate virtual reality (VR) ride experience. Europa Park, located in Rust, Germany, is a showcase park for Mack...
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California’s Great America Getting New Dining Options in 2018
This morning California’s Great America announced today some new dining updates happening this offseason, to go along with the planned opening of RailBlazer this Spring (FYI, you can watch construction here). First off, the park is adding a large full service...
Continue reading...Wicker Man Wooden Coaster Opening at Alton Towers in 2018
Alton Towers formally announced plans today for Wicker Man, a wooden roller coaster that will “fuse fire and wood” when it opens in the spring of 2018. While specific details about the Great Coasters International wooden coaster are limited, Alton...
Continue reading...Time Traveler Testing at Silver Dollar City
We still have to wait a few months until Silver Dollar City’s new-for-2018 Time Traveler spinning coaster welcomes its first riders, but the coaster has already begun testing. The park sent us a video showing one of the intricately themed...
Continue reading...Silver Dollar City Time Traveler Spinning Car Unveiled
Today at the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA) Expo in Orlando, Mack Rides unveiled one of the cars of Silver Dollar City’s new-for-2018 Time Traveler launched, spinning coaster. When it opens next year, Time Traveler will be the...
Continue reading...Carowinds Camp Snoopy Construction Update
Last Friday, while we were at Carowinds taking a look at the ongoing progress for Winterfest, we also had the opportunity to look at some of the construction of Camp Snoopy, which will be replacing Planet Snoopy at the park in...
Continue reading...Dollywood to Focus on Entertainment Lineup in 2018
Earlier today, Dolly Parton announced a massive entertainment lineup for Dollywood’s 2018 season, which the park is dubbing the “Season of Showstoppers.” The Dollywood 2018 season will see an investment of $1 million more than any season-long entertainment schedule in...
Continue reading...Kentucky Kingdom Announces New Attractions & Improvements for 2018
In celebration of the park’s fifth season since reopening, Kentucky Kingdom has announced several new attractions for the 2018 season. The major addition for the park this year is the new Scream Xtreme, which is an Endeavor model by Zamperla....
Continue reading...Toverland Planning Fenix Wing Coaster for 2018
Toverland in the Netherlands announced this week major plans for its 2018 season including a wing coaster, large boat ride, a new area and more. The theme park’s 2018 additions center around a new area of the park, Avalon. The...
Continue reading...Legoland Billund Opening Flying Eagle Coaster in 2018
Legoland Billund in Denmark will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018 with a new roller coaster and several other park enhancements. The park’s western-themed Legoredo Town area will a significant expansion, which a new steel roller coaster. The Flying Eagle...
Continue reading...Sesame Place adding Oscar’s Wacky Taxi in 2018
Sesame Place announced today that they will be adding Oscar’s Wacky Taxi, a new family wooden coaster, and also the park’s first wooden coaster, to the park in 2018. One of the largest new attractions in the park’s 37-year history,...
Continue reading...What We Think About the 2018 Six Flags Announcements
A couple weeks ago the whole Coaster101 team got together to share our mostly positive thoughts about the 2018 Cedar Fair announcements (which included four pretty awesome looking coasters). Now it’s Six Flags’ turn, as they made new attraction announcements...
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