Tennessee Tornado is celebrating its 20th birthday this year, and to commemorate the milestone season, we’re sharing rare photos of the Dollywood coaster under construction. Dollywood announced Tennessee Tornado in June of 1998. At a cost of $8 million, the...
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Recreating Theme Park Scents with ETscent
A perk of your friends knowing you’re into theme parks is that sometimes they will send you theme park-related swag just because they’re nice people. Recently, two of my friends (Clint & Chantal, if you’re reading this, thanks again!) sent...
Continue reading...Airtime Tours Announces New Coaster Tour Itineraries
“STRAP IN. HOLD ON. AND BLAST OFF.” A new tour company has a plan for giving roller coaster enthusiasts what they want most—maximum airtime. Airtime Tours has unveiled five tours for summer 2020 on its website, AirtimeTours.com. Each 9-day tour will...
Continue reading...Behind The Screams: A Look Inside Worlds of Fun’s Halloween Haunt
Prior to my visit to Worlds of Fun’s Halloween Haunt last week, I was given the opportunity to get a look “behind the screams” at several of Worlds of Fun’s mazes, as well as inside the makeup room where more...
Continue reading...Scene75 Columbus Now Open, See What’s Inside
When we had the opportunity to get a sneak peek inside Scene75 Columbus back in August I thought they had about two months worth of work left to do. Well, turns out I was right! Without much advance warning, the...
Continue reading...They Own Fear: Reviewing Worlds of Fun’s 2019 Halloween Haunt
As darkness falls, fear rises when the Overlord calls his army to transform Worlds of Fun into the park’s annual Halloween Haunt event. Now in its 13th terrifying season, Worlds of Fun’s Haunt is among Cedar Fair’s larger Halloween events,...
Continue reading...19 for ’99: Tennessee Tornado at Dollywood
Welcome to another entry in our “19 for ’99” series where we’re showcasing 19 roller coasters that opened in 1999. Today, we take a “spin” on Dollywood’s Tennessee Tornado, the triple-looping steel roller coaster and one of the final creations...
Continue reading...Worlds of Fun’s Coasters Ranked By A First-Time Visitor
Last weekend, I made my first-ever visit to Worlds of Fun. Operating since 1973, the park has seven roller coasters that range from “tame” to “incredibly thrilling.” With this in mind, I wanted to rank the seven roller coasters at...
Continue reading...The Boardwalk Parks of Ocean City, NJ
We recently spent a weekend in Ocean City, New Jersey, home to two small boardwalk parks, Playland’s Castaway Cove and Gillian’s Wonderland Pier. Ocean City Ocean City, New Jersey, not to be confused with the more popular Ocean City, Maryland,...
Continue reading...GaleForce Review
If you remember back to 2015, in a slew of coaster announcements which included Cobra’s Curse at Busch Gardens Tampa, Lightning Rod at Dollywood, and Storm Chaser at Kentucky Kingdom, you may recall seeing the unveiling of this Jersey shore...
Continue reading...Designing the Sounds of an Indoor Theme Park with Steve Lane of GCVRS
An indoor theme park presents exciting opportunities and challenges for audio designers such as Steve Lane, the technical lead at GCVRS, an immersive audio design company. GCVRS, a division of GCRS, creates, mixes, implements and integrates 3D audio into attractions...
Continue reading...8 Reasons Why We Need a Bob’s Burgers Theme Park Land
Bob’s Burgers, the critically acclaimed animated TV show, just kicked off its 10th season on Fox. The show is hilarious (without being too crass or crude), smartly written, surprisingly wholesome and packed with burgers. But best of all for this...
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