In this weeks season passholder newsletter, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announced their new giant pendulum will be opening to the public on May 28, 2017, the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Season pass holders will be able to ride the...
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Theme Park Under Construction in Coastal Alabama
Land is already moving in Foley, Alabama, in preparation for “Owa,” a 520-acre entertainment, shopping and dining resort that will feature a theme park. It’s scheduled to open in the summer of 2017. The development’s name, Owa, means “big water” in...
Continue reading...Spinsanity Coming to Six Flags St. Louis in 2017
Six Flags St. Louis has made their ride announcement for 2017, and they’re adding Spinsanity, a Zamperla Mega Disk’O to the park next season. Spinsanity brings a different thrill to the park as the massive disc spins first one direction and...
Continue reading...Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and La Ronde Getting Giant Discovery Rides for 2017
Six Flags announced that both Discovery Kingdom and La Ronde will be getting new giant pendulum type rides for 2017. In the case of Discovery Kingdom, the ride will be another entry in their growing DC collection, named Wonder Woman...
Continue reading...Puss In Boots Coaster Opens at Universal Studios Singapore
This week, Universal Studios Singapore opened a family-friendly inverted coaster, Puss in Boots’ Giant Journey, based on the character from the Shrek animated film series. The Zamperla inverted coaster stands 55 feet tall and contains about 1,400 feet of track....
Continue reading...Luna Park’s Thunderbolt Opens Today
The wait is over. Today, Coney Island’s Luna Park will debut Thunderbolt, a unique steel Zamperla looping coaster. Update: The park today released an onride POV of Thunderbolt. Watch it below: According to the Luna Park website, Thunderbolt is the “first custom...
Continue reading...Luna Park’s Thunderbolt Nears Completion
Later this month, New York City’s Luna Park will debut Thunderbolt, a modern steel take on a former Coney Island wooden coaster of the same name. The coaster, made by Luna Park owner, Zamperla, towers 115 feet over the boardwalk...
Continue reading...Luna Park’s Thunderbolt Goes Vertical
Luna Park is making impressive vertical progress on its new-for-2014 Zamperla coaster, Thunderbolt. The park shared some exciting photos of the coaster’s lift hill structure on Facebook. So far the construction has been focused on the 125-foot-tall vertical lift hill....
Continue reading...New Renderings of Luna Park’s Thunderbolt
Earlier this month, Luna Park released updated renderings of its new-for-2014 coaster, Thunderbolt. The Zamperla steel coaster is a nod of sorts to the Coney Island wooden coasters of long ago. But it’s no classic wooden coaster. Riders will see...
Continue reading...Hersheypark Announces Five Additions for 2014
Hersheypark recently announced a family coaster, two family flat rides and two new dining options for the 2014 season. The rides haven’t received names yet, but details of the additions were posted on the park’s website: Family Coaster The park...
Continue reading...Coney Island Building New Thunderbolt
Zamperla will construct a re-imagined Thunderbolt roller coaster at Luna Park at Coney Island in 2014. The steel coaster will stand near where the original wooden coaster stood, which operated from 1925 to 1982 and was razed in 2000. The...
Continue reading...Kennywood: Zamperla Giant Discovery
Kennywood announced via Facebook that the park will add Black Widow, a Zamperla Giant Discovery attraction in 2012, presumably replacing Pitt Fall which is currently being dismantled. You can see a stock video from Zamperla of the Giant Discovery model...
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