Holiday World is having a Haiku contest for free park tickets. What is a haiku? It’s a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras or syllables, in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. Post your...
Continue reading...Thrill Seeker iPhone App 2.0
Just as the tagline says, the iPhone app Thrill Seeker puts the “theme parks in your pocket.” Thrill Seeker allows users to see a detailed overview of what a selected park has to offer. Think of it like a park brochure on steroids… on...
Continue reading...TH13TEEN Onride Video
A video of Alton Tower’s newest coaster, Thirteen (TH13TEEN), has been released. Be sure to watch for the “surprise,” you can’t miss it! It looks like a fun coaster the entire family can ride.
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...Magic Springs to add Boogie Blast
Magic Springs has announced a few more additions for the 2010 season! “Learning to surf will no longer require a trip to the beach when Magic Springs & Crystal Falls opens the new Boogie Blast surf simulation ride this summer. The...
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...Big Chief Karts and Coasters
Before Mount Olympus of the Wisconsin Dells was, well, Mount Olympus it was known as Big Chief Karts and Coasters. When I visited, the park consisted of a bunch of go kart tracks and the newly opened Cyclops wooden roller...
Continue reading...Which parks will you visit?
I’m in Florida for Spring Break this week, and while I won’t be hitting up any parks during the trip, seeing the sunshine state gets me pumped for my upcoming Orlando trip in May. There I will visit all the...
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...K’nex Coaster Models
As a mechanical engineer and a roller coaster enthusiast, I have always wanted to design or build roller coasters. While I may never get the chance to work on a real one, I have built several coasters out of K’nex...
Continue reading...Blackpool Pleasure Beach photos
Our new Social Media Manager, Adam Parton, went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach last year and took some incredible pictures of the famous amusement park. Check out one of our few international park galleries below!
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