Knott’s Berry Farm’s Ghost Town is turning 75 next year, and in preparation for the anniversary they’ve announced a couple of closures. The more positive of the two announcements is that GhostRider, the park’s huge wooden coaster, is closing on...
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We Say Farewell to Roar on National Roller Coaster Day
August 16th was the final day of operation for Roar, the Great Coasters International wooden coaster that has carried over 11 million riders at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom since it’s opening on May 15, 1999. While it doesn’t have quite...
Continue reading...Three Free Hours in New Jersey = A Trip to Six Flags Great Adventure
One of my favorite perks of having a Six Flags season pass is that even the basic level of pass gets free access to every Six Flags park in the world after you’ve had the pass processed, and gold passes throw...
Continue reading...Universal Teases First Halloween Horror Nights Maze
Halloween is only, uhh, well, three and a half months away, but the popular Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood starts in about two months on Friday, September 18, and the park has announced the first maze that will...
Continue reading...Is Vortex at California’s Great America Going Floorless?
Some more info today on possible new attractions for next year. Earlier this week Crain’s Cleveland published an article about the business side of Cedar Fair, and in it they discussed Rougarou and the floorless conversion. The article included this line about...
Continue reading...A History of Universal Studios Hollywood with John Murdy
This summer Universal Studios Hollywood is celebrating their (roughly) 5oth anniversary of studios tours and as a theme park, while the movie studio location of the park itself celebrates their 100th year. A lot of exciting stuff is happening at Universal...
Continue reading...Dare Devil Chaos Opens at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
The Giant Loops opening at four different Six Flags parks are now all open or about to open. We got a chance to go to a small preview event of the loop at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Dare Devil Chaos,...
Continue reading...Springfield Officially Opens at Universal Studios Hollywood
The new downtown Springfield area of Universal Studios Hollywood is now officially open, transforming the area of the park around the Simpsons Ride that opened back in 2008! The primary highlights of the new area mostly revolve around all of...
Continue reading...Guide to Disneyland’s Diamond Anniversary
Last week we posted a short history of Disneyland’s first 60 years. With the start of the anniversary celebration just under a month away, today we’re going to provide you with all the information you need to celebrate the diamond anniversary at the park,...
Continue reading...Looking Back at 60 years of Disneyland!
Disneyland’s Diamond anniversary celebration is kicking off one month from now, so this seemed a perfect time for us provide a brief look back at the past 60 years of the original Magic Kingdom. We’ll have another post in the next few...
Continue reading...Cedar Fair Planning to Add Interactive Dark Rides to Every Park
In an interview with the LA Times released today Cedar Fair president and CEO Matt Ouimet let it be known that the park chain is planning to bring dark rides to all 11 of their parks under the over-arching plan they’re...
Continue reading...California’s Great America Kicks Off 40th Season This Weekend
The upcoming season is sort of a year of anniversaries here on the West Coast (although everyone seems to count differently). Disneyland is celebrating their 60th anniversary, Universal Studios Hollywood is celebrating their 50th year, and California’s Great America is...
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