Today California public health officials issued new guidance for the re-opening of theme parks. The new guidance essentially says that very small parks will be open on a limited basis sooner than large parks, and...
With Halloween season now squarely in our rear-view mirrors, amusement parks throughout the country are starting to jump into their holiday season festivities. From overlays to shows to food, West Coast parks are all growing...
While visiting my college roommate in San Diego this week, I had the opportunity to visit Belmont Park. The park, which began operating in 1925, sits on just seven acres adjacent to San Diego’s Mission...
Yesterday, Universal Studios Hollywood debuted an interactive preview and virtual tour of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter the spring 2016 opening draws near. With just one click, “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” comes...
Legoland Parks and Discovery Centers will each debut a new Lego Movie-inspired 4D theater attraction starting in January 2016. The 4D movie will feature “an exciting new plot, some of the original voices (from the...
Universal Studios Hollywood has a 750-pound, prehistoric spin on the theme-park “meet and greet.” Adjacent to the Popular Jurassic Park—The Ride, the all-new “Raptors Encounter” experience “pits guests in a daring face-to-face standoff with these terrifying, now free-roaming...
The Disney Parks Blog recently released beautiful concept art for Disney California Adventure’s upcoming Grizzly Peak Airfield expansion, due to open in the summer of 2015. The park’s Condor Flats area, themed to a desert aircraft...
Fans of last year’s The Lego Movie will be pleased to learn that they’ll soon be able to experience the animated movie in a whole new way at Legoland parks. The parent company of the...
We’re expanding to the West. Until recently, most Coaster101 writers have been located primarily in the eastern half of the United States. But now I’m pleased to welcome California Correspondent Eric Wooley to the Coaster101 Team. Eric...
Do you live in Southern California or Central Florida? Do you enjoy visiting the parks in your “neck of the woods?” Then we have an exciting opportunity for you. We’re on the lookout for two...
November is the month of giving, and tomorrow, Nov. 14, 2013, Universal Studios Hollywood will hold their 9th-annual Day of Giving where hundreds of the theme park’s employees volunteer for non-profit organizations. For this year’s...
Calling all history fanatics: the Northern California Region of American Coaster Enthusiasts is back with the second installment in the Lost Parks of Northern California documentary series that covers the 12 lost amusement parks of the northern...
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