As part of the Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 3Z Arena Media Day, members of the media were invited to take a hard hat tour of Carolina Harbor. This is the fourth tour of Carolina Harbor that we’ve taken, and...
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LEGOLAND Florida Resort Announces Expansion
LEGOLAND Florida Resort has been keeping themselves busy lately. After announcing LEGO Movie 4D A New Adventure earlier this year, on this past Tuesday the park announced a major expansion which included an unprecedented five new projects. Revealed first was the LEGOLAND...
Continue reading...Hard Hat Tour of Carowinds’ Carolina Harbor
Yesterday, Coaster101, along with several members of Charlotte-area media, had the opportunity to take a Hard Hat Tour of all of the construction that is going with Carowinds‘ new water park, Carolina Harbor. Carolina Harbor Fun Facts : To date:...
Continue reading...Carowinds’ Boomerang Bay Water Park to become “Carolina Harbor” in 2016
Since last year’s Fury 325 announcement, Carowinds has been hinting at making a “Big Splash” in 2016. Today, they finally revealed the long-awaited “splash” with the announcement of the expansion and rebranding of the park’s existing in-park water park, Boomerang Bay....
Continue reading...Kings Island Adding Water Slide Complex, Improved Parking in 2016
In 2016, Kings Island will open the “Tropical Plunge” slide complex in its Soak City water park — the first major addition to the water park since 2012. Standing nearly seven stories tall, Tropical Plunge will feature six slides, three of which...
Continue reading...Wet ‘n Wild Orlando to Close For Good on December 31, 2016.
Widely considered to be America’s first Water Park, Wet ‘n Wild Orlando announced on their Facebook page that they will be closing for good at the end of 2016. This comes on the heels of the announcement of Universal Orlando’s...
Continue reading...Universal Orlando Announces “Volcano Bay” Water Park
In a press release today, Universal Orlando Resort announced a project of remarkable vision: to bring to life an entirely new water theme park experience in 2017. Called Volcano Bay at Universal Orlando Resort, it will join Universal Studios Florida...
Continue reading...Kings Dominion to Rebrand Waterworks as “Soak City” in 2015
Originally opened as “Hurricane Reef” in 1992, Kings Dominion’s in-park water park “Waterworks” will be receiving a face lift, new attractions and a new name for 2015. Now named Soak City, the water park at Kings Dominion will feature many of...
Continue reading...Kings Dominion Expanding WaterWorks in 2015
Kings Dominion is continuing its 40th anniversary celebration with a major expansion to the park’s 20-acre water park, WaterWorks. The newly expanded water park will open in the spring of 2015. In addition to the water slides, rides and wave pool that...
Continue reading...Trip Report: Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park
I made the trip to the Wisconsin Dells to check out the vacation town’s collection of wooden coasters: four of which are at Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park. The theme park portion of the resort, formerly and appropriately known as...
Continue reading...Drop Gate Water Slides Scarier than Coasters?
Anxiety and adrenaline don’t consume me before riding a roller coaster like they did when I was younger. I can’t think of a roller coaster that I would be afraid to ride. However, that anxiety and adrenaline of long ago...
Continue reading...PortAventura Expands Water Park
PortAventura recently opened a massive expansion to the park’s Costa Caribe Aquatic Park. The waterpark expansion is a part of PortAventura’s ongoing effort to position itself as the “best European holiday destination,” as the press release states. Seen in the...
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