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Freestyle Music Park unlikely to reopen
It seems the gates at Freestyle Music Park have closed for the last time, as the park failed to meet a deadline to pay over half a million dollars in debt. Freestyle Music Park missed its deadline Thursday to pay...
Continue reading...Intimidator 305 Opens
Officials at Kings Dominion are calling their newest ride, The Intimidator 305, the most exciting roller coaster in Kings Dominion’s 35 year history. Intimidator 305 takes its name from the legendary Nascar driver Dale Earnhardt, who was called the Intimidator....
Continue reading...New waterpark coming to Orlando
A new CoCo Key waterpark resort will open in Orlando in 2010. Construction on the newest and most exciting addition to CoCo Key Water Resort’s portfolio of water resorts and hotels is set to open in April of 2010. Located...
Continue reading...Will Six Flags and Cedar Fair merge?
Some are speculating that amusement park operator giants Six Flags and Cedar Fair could possibly merge. According to this article from the Wall Street Journal, Apollo Global Management, the private equity firm from New York that is looking to buy Cedar Fair also...
Continue reading...LEDs Save Disney Millions
Since 2001, the Disneyland® Resort in [California] has enhanced its energy conservation measures and reduced its average daily power demand by four million kilowatt hours, the equivalent of the energy used by 350 average American homes. This has been achieved through...
Continue reading...Texas Giant to Break Records
Six Flags Over Texas has begun a $10 million renovation that will transform the Giant into a wood-steel hybrid with the steepest drop in the world (79 degrees) and the steepest banking on a wooden coaster (95 degrees). The ride...
Continue reading...Six Flags sued over Kentucky Kingdom
Here’s an interesting development in the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom story. It seems the fair board is suing Six Flags over the ownership of the rides at the property. “Kentucky officials are suing bankrupt theme park operator Six Flags Inc....
Continue reading...New Luna Park at Coney Island
The Zamperla-run amusement park dubbed “Luna Park” will open this summer at Coney Island. The project will take place in two phases. By 2011, 23 new rides will open including two custom roller coasters. Below is concept art for some of the new...
Continue reading...S&S announces 4D coaster
S&S announced plans today for a third 4D (fourth dimension) coaster. The coaster will open at Dinosaur Park in Changzhou, China in 2011. Little is known about the layout and statistics of the ride but we will update you as...
Continue reading...Freestyle Music Park Update
Things are not looking good for the former Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. According to Screamscape, the park laid off the remaining full-time staff on Friday. As of today, the Freestyle Music Park is no longer online....
Continue reading...Zippin Pippin to Wisconsin
Although there is still no official confirmation, the Zippin Pippin will likely be moving to Wisconsin. According to the Associated Press, “MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – If the mayor of Green Bay, Wis., gets his way, the old wooden roller coaster...
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