Europa Park announced today a Great Coasters International wooden coaster for the 2012 season. While the name and layout of the coaster have not yet been revealed, the park did release some pretty telling ride specifications: The currently unnamed coaster...
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Confirmed: Blue B&M Track at Dollywood
All signs point to Dollywood receiving some type of B&M coaster in 2012 after photos were posted at Thrill Network of blue B&M track sitting in a construction area inside the park: You can hardly make out the blue B&M...
Continue reading...Possible Dollywood 2012 Track Spotted
Blue B&M track was reportedly spotted en route to Dollywood. I came across this interesting blog post on Tumblr: The caption states: “Some delicious B&M track on its way to Dollywood!” When a reader asked how the blogger knew the track was...
Continue reading...What’s next for The Disneyland Resort?
The Disneyland Resort (and other Disney tourist destinations) have some exciting things planned for the next couple of years. From the massive Cars Land addition at Disney California Adventure to Aulani, a Hawaiian resort, Disney has a plethora of new attractions opening...
Continue reading...Dollywood 2012 Update
What is Dollywood building for the 2012 season? No official announcement has been made as of yet but all clues point towards a new roller coaster. I visited the park this past weekend and was happily surprised to see that...
Continue reading...Ed Hart fights for Kentucky Kingdom
Despite a setback we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Ed Hart continues to fight to reopen his Kentucky Kingdom amusement park. According to this article: “Businessman Ed Hart has put forward a third proposal for re-opening the Kentucky Kingdom...
Continue reading...What are Dollywood’s plans for 2012?
Dollywood is taking the first steps in the process of having its 2012 plans approved by the city of Pigeon Forge, and many are speculating that those plans include a rollercoaster. Three buildings will be relocated in preparation of the addition. The...
Continue reading...New theme park for Tennessee?
The Tennessean recently reported that a Las Vegas company is plannning to open a themepark, Festival Tennessee, outside of Nashville in Spring Hill, Tennessee: “SPRING HILL — Las Vegas-based Big International Group of Entertainment Inc. announced plans this afternoon to build...
Continue reading...Is California’s Great America’s future in jeopardy?
This park can’t win for losing. After losing three coasters in the past decade (Invertigo, Stealth, and Greezed Lightnin’), the park’s future does not bright. Dick Kinzel, the soon-to-be-former Cedar Fair CEO stated in an article that Cedar Fair is...
Continue reading...Kings Island plans for the future
I love following parks on Facebook. They always seem to post the most interesting things during the offseason. Kings Island is no exception. The park recently posted the following photos of some important-looking people surrounding some sort of white blueprint...
Continue reading...New coaster for Thorpe Park in 2012
Thorpe Park’s 2012 coaster plans have been floating around the internet and from the looks of them, 2012 (codenamed “LC12”) will be a great year for Thorpe Park. From the planning application for the coaster: “The proposed ride and associated...
Continue reading...New details about Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s new coaster
A few new details were released concerning their 2012 coaster when Busch Gardens Williamsburg filed requests regarding the new attraction: “Busch Gardens gave its first hints about its next roller coaster last week when the park filed two requests with the...
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