Happy Memorial Day everyone! Hopefully you’re all enjoying a day off, maybe riding some roller coasters. In honor of our recent reviews of The Joker and Storm Chaser, and the (delayed) opening of Lightning Rod, we thought it would be...
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The Joker Twists, Turns, Makes Me Laugh Like a Child
The Joker Media Day Festivities After watching the Joker, the new RMC conversion at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, construction progress over the past 9 months, it was incredibly exciting to see the finished product at the media day for the...
Continue reading...The Joker Construction Tour – April 2016
Construction on the Joker at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is getting pretty close to completion, so the park offered one final hardhat tour of the construction site to allow us a chance to look at the progress, and really a couple...
Continue reading...Wizarding World of Harry Potter Officially Opens
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood officially opened yesterday after five years in the making and almost six years after the first Wizarding World opened at Island of Adventure in Orlando. The park held a star-studded...
Continue reading...California’s Great America Reveals Long Term Plan
Cedar Fair CEO Matt Ouimet was at California’s Great America yesterday to make some announcements about the future of the park, and for fans of the park the news was positive. No, there weren’t any specific big ride announcements, but he did...
Continue reading...New Revolution Review: Bring on the VR!
This morning I got a chance to head to Six Flags Magic Mountain for the media preview of the New Revolution VR roller coaster, developed with VR Coaster using using Samsung Gear VR headsets. I’ll admit that I was skeptical...
Continue reading...From The Small Screen to the Midway: Video Games and the Next Wave of Dark Rides
Something unique is happening in the world of North American amusement parks soon as regional parks start to open for the 2016 season. For the first time in North America, two major amusement parks are introducing rides that are themed to popular video games: “Plants...
Continue reading...Technical Rehearsals = Sneak Previews of Wizarding World of Harry Potter
This week Universal Studios Hollywood began what they’re referring to as “technical rehearsals” for the nearly completed Wizarding World of Harry Potter, set to officially open April 7. So what does that mean? Well, most importantly for guests it means...
Continue reading...California’s Great America Announces WinterFest
It was hinted earlier this year in financial calls by Cedar Fair that California’s Great America would be adding holiday hours and possibly staying open all year. The first part of that has now been officially announced, with Great America...
Continue reading...Joker Construction Tour at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
This Friday I got a chance to take a a behind-the-scenes hard hat tour of The Joker at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, the new Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid of the former Roar set to open this Spring. The tour was timed to...
Continue reading...Disneyland Shows Off Future of Rivers of America
Disneyland has begun closing parts of the park in preparation for construction of the new, 14-acre Star Wars land, which is coming to the area behind Frontierland and Rivers of America. On result of these closures and the new construction is that...
Continue reading...Pacific Rim “5-D Experience” Coming to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom THIS MONTH!
Earlier this week Six Flags Discovery Kingdom teased that something might be happening in their old Iwerks theater, which opened in 1997 and has been used for storage and Halloween mazes since 2008. Today they announced what’s happening, and it’s...
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