From The Times-Picayune: Nickelodeon ends licensing agreement with Southern Star Not quite three months after announcing the alliance, cable television giant Nickelodeon said Monday that it has ended its relationship with Southern Star Amusement, the fledgling Louisiana company it had...
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Timberliner Trains for The Voyage
Holiday World’s Voyage Gravity Group coaster will become the first coaster in the world to feature The Gravity Group’s new Timberliner trains. Check out Holiday World’s website for more cool renderings of the train! “The #1 Wooden Roller Coaster in...
Continue reading...RiverBlast for Silver Dollar City
Silver Dollar City will debut “America’s biggest water battle” next year when they open Tom and Huck’s RiverBlast adventure ride. From their website: It’s still a mystery just how those riverfront rascals, Tom Sawyer and his sidekick Huckleberry Finn, got lost...
Continue reading...New Coaster for Magic Mountain in 2010
Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia has announced that it will add a new family-oriented roller coaster to its offerings in 2010, bringing the total number of roller coasters at Magic Mountain to 17. This will keep them tied for the title of...
Continue reading...Two Years of Herschend at Wild Adventures
Wild Adventures Marks Two Years Under Herschend Family Entertainment Leadership Company Plans More Investment in the Future Valdosta, GA – Wild Adventures Theme & Water Park (WA) marked its two year anniversary under Herschend Family Entertainment’s (HFE) ownership this fall,...
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We take a lot things for granted when we visit an amusement park and that’s usually okay because the point of going to a park is to have fun. There are many factors that are vitally important to keep the...
Continue reading...New Ride Simulator at Epcot
Epcot’s newest thrill ride attraction allows guests to design and ride their own coaster! From CNN: Any kid can dream up a roller coaster. But those who visit a new exhibit at Walt Disney World’s Epcot theme park can actually...
Continue reading...Disney Store Revamp
The Walt Disney Company announced today that, with the help of Steve Jobs and his retailing team at Apple, they intend to drastically overhaul its approach to the shopping mall. Disney Stores, which the media giant is considering rebranding Imagination...
Continue reading...Alton Towers new coaster: Surrender?
Alton Towers has released another teaser with the name: Surrender. Could this be the official name of the coaster or just another tease? Click here to see the website!
Continue reading...Busch Entertainment SOLD!
After months of negotiations, Anheuser-Busch InBev announced this morning that it will sell Busch Entertainment Corp. to the Blackstone Group for as much as $2.7 billion. Blackstone, the New York-based private-equity giant, will pay AB InBev $2.3 billion in cash...
Continue reading...Zippin Pippin moving to Wisconsin?
I apologize for the influx of Libertyland posts as of late, but this article really caught my attention: “Green Bay will continue to negotiate with the owners of two wooden roller coasters in the hope of acquiring one for Bay...
Continue reading...Family Parks Doing Well
In these rough economic times and through all the parks we’ve lost over the last few years, it’s nice to hear that family-owned parks are doing well for the most part. From the New York Times: WILDWOOD, N.J. — Given...
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