All-aboard! What’s a visit to a theme park without a ride on a classic steam locomotive? Here’s our picks for the best theme park steam trains in America. To come up with this non-scientific list, we looked at many factors...
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Most Anticipated Roller Coasters in 2021
2020 was hyped up to be an exciting one for new roller coasters. We were even asking questions like “will 2020 be the best year for new roller coasters ever?” We all know how that turned out. But 2020’s losses...
Continue reading...Silverwood Announces Stunt Pilot RMC Raptor For 2021
Harkening back to its past that featured daily air shows, Idaho’s Silverwood Theme Park announced Stunt Pilot, a stunt plane-themed single-rail coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction, which is located just a few miles from Silverwood. Before the park was known...
Continue reading...Silverwood Theme Park Opening May 30
In a letter on the park’s website, Gary Norton, owner of Idaho’s Silverwood Theme Park, announced today that the park would open for the season on Saturday, May 30. Highlights of measures that Silverood is taking include: Daily Operation begins...
Continue reading...19 for ’99: Tremors at Silverwood Theme Park
Coming off a tremendous year in 1998 with 4 world renowned coasters, Custom Coasters International was not stopping in 1999 with the creation of Tremors at Silverwood Theme park in Athol, Idaho. The design itself was started in house by...
Continue reading...Silverwood Announces New “Light Up The Night” Drone Show for 2020
When the Idaho sun goes down in the summer of 2020, the fun will just be beginning at Silverwood Theme Park. Earlier this week, the park announced Light Up The Night, a nightly summer show that will take place over...
Continue reading...Give Kids The World Announces The Return of Coasting For Kids!
After a short one-year break, Give Kids The World has announced the return of their popular “Coasting for Kids” program, and this time, it’s bigger and better than ever! From 2009-2015, Coasting For Kids took place at Cedar Fair parks...
Continue reading...C101ParkMadness: Semi-Finals RESULTS
FOUR. TWO. PARKS. REMAIN. It’s been a few weeks since we announced our inaugural “park madness” bracket. Like in the NCAA Bracket, we ranked 64 parks from across North America, divided into four 16-team geographic regions; East, West, Midwest and South. However,...
Continue reading...Snow Begins 2015 for Many Parks
Winter Storm Gordon has blanketed a large area of the United States in snow, and several parks have taken to social media to share photos of snow-covered roller coasters and more. Photo © Lagoon Lagoon is hard at work building Cannibal, but hopefully...
Continue reading...Nightmares Are Made at Silverwood’s Scarywood
Silverwood Theme Park guests are in for a fright as the park unleashes an enhance Scarywood Haunted Nights event for 2014. A statement from the park reveals what guests can expect at this year’s Scarywood: Scarywood was recently featured on...
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...Silverwood Prepares for Scarywood 2013
Scarywood will “scare the yell out of” Silverwood guests this Halloween season. The park’s fifth-annual “Scarywood” event begins today, Friday, October 4, 2013. Due to previous years’ success, Scarywood now features “11 new attractions and bone-chilling haunts as well as...
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