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Monday, October 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) New Suspended Family Coaster for Kentucky Kingdom in 2026 » Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville, Kentucky, has officially announced Flying Fox , an all-new family-friendly coaster opening...
Thursday, October 23, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) Lagoon’s Jet Star 2 Closing » Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington, Utah, has announced that Jet Star 2 will be closing at the end of this season. T...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) New Inverted Family Coaster Coming to SeaWorld San Antonio » SeaWorld San Antonio (Texas) has announced plans for the first inverted family coaster in Texas, Barracuda Strike ....
Thursday, September 25, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) World Record Breaking Coaster Announced for Six Flags Over Texas » Six Flags Over Texas is taking history by the horns with the unveiling of Tormenta Rampaging Run . Photo: Six F...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Montezooma’s Revenge Update » Knott’s Berry Farm (Buena Park, California) officials have confirmed the delivery of sections of new track for Montezooma...
Friday, March 28, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Superman: Escape From Krypton Permanently Closed » Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California, has officially announced the permanent closure of Superman: Escape From K...
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) Updates Coming to The Beast » Kings Island, Mason, Ohio, recently showed off updates coming to its iconic wooden roller coaster The Beast . The theme p...
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (5 Comments - view/add) Magic Springs Theme Park Retires Arkansas Twister » Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas, opens in May for a new season but this year, it's going to be w...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Herschend to Acquire Palace Entertainment’s U.S. Attractions From Parques Reunidos » Herschend and Parques Reunidos have signed a definitive agreement under which Herschend will acquire all of Palace Enterta...
Thursday, March 13, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Time Warp Retired at Canada’s Wonderland » Canada’s Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, has announced the retirement of Time Warp . Opening in 2004, the Za...
Friday, March 7, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Timber Wolf Closed For the 2025 Season » Since its debut in 1989, Timber Wolf has cast an imposing shadow on the surrounding woods as Kansas City, Missouri’s Wor...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Wales' Largest Theme Park Closed » Wales' largest theme park has announced it will shut down after almost 40 years. Owing to a drop in visitor numbers,...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Silverwood’s Tremors Getting Upgrades » Silverwood Theme Park, Athol, Idaho, has announced an upgrade to one of its most iconic attractions— Tremors . The top-rat...
Sunday, February 9, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) New Coaster Details From Six Flags Over Texas » Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington) last year teased a "record-breaking" new dive roller coaster coming soon to the theme par...
Thursday, January 2, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) Parks Removing Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and Anaconda » Universal Studios Florida (Orlando) has announced that Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit will close in early September 2025 to...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) New Trains for Great White » The Great White wooden roller coaster at Morey's Piers, Wildwood, New Jersey, is getting new trains that reduce shufflin...
Thursday, November 14, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) Roller Coaster Closures Announced » Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, announced six attractions are to be retired and removed from th...
Monday, October 28, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Project 305 Becomes Pantherian at Kings Dominion » Kings Dominion, Doswell, Virginia, has announced a new name for the park’s tallest roller coaster. Project 305 will be r...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Return of the Wolf at Busch Gardens Williamsburg – Coming in 2025 » A new adventure awaits as guests embark on The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf’s Revenge , an immersive journey through a Bavaria...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) NATIONAL ROLLER COASTER MUSEUM BOARD ADDS TWO MEMBERS » At its annual board meeting, the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives (NRCMA), Plainview, Texas, the world’s larges...
Friday, October 18, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Walt Disney World to Close for Nearly All of 2025 » The "wildest ride in the wilderness" at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom (Lake Buena Vista, Florida) will close in early...
Thursday, September 19, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) Record-Breaking Tilt Coaster Coming to Cedar Point » Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio, is known as “The Roller Coaster Capital of the World.” Adding more coaster thrills to its col...
Monday, September 9, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) Coney Island Cyclone Reopens » The famed Cyclone roller coaster in New York City’s Coney Island has reopened two weeks after a mechanical problem force...
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) Another Santa’s Village Gets a New Coaster » Christmas is synonymous with joy, time spent with family and festivities much like a theme park. So it makes sense that th...
Monday, September 2, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) New Roller Coaster Open in Nebraska » Vala’s Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard is located 25 minutes southwest of Omaha, Nebraska, and 45 minutes northeast of Linco...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) Over-the-Shoulder Restraints Removed From All American Triple Loop » Representatives from Indiana Beach Amusement & Water Park Resort, Monticello, Indiana, announced the All American Tri...
Monday, August 26, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Top Thrill 2 Closed for Remainder of 2024 » Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio, representatives have announced its newest ride, Top Thrill 2 , has been shut down for the re...
Sunday, August 25, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) Coney Island's Cyclone Out of Service Indefinitely » Riding the Cyclone is a summer tradition at Coney Island in New York City, but some riders got a little more than they b...
Friday, August 23, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) Last Rides For Scorpion » Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Florida) invites guests to take a final ride on Scorpion before it takes its last run on the tr...
Thursday, August 8, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) AlpenFury Launches Into Canada’s Wonderland » Photo: Carowinds Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, just announced its new roller coaster from Premi...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Carowinds' Camp Snoopy – Bigger, Better and Snoopy-er in 2025 » Carowinds' Camp Snoopy will unveil two new family-friendly attractions in 2025 as part of the largest investment in family...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) New Wing Coaster for Kings Dominion in 2025 » Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, has announced Rapterra , a Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster set to open in 2025 for...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) Valleyfair: Temporary Ride Closures Due to Flooding » Valleyfair, Shakopee, Minnesota, announced on its website that "due to significant flooding," it will temporarily shut dow...
Thursday, June 13, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) St. Louis Union Station Adding Spinning Coaster, Other Rides in 2025 » Image: Union Station St. Louis Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri, announced plans this week to open a miniature spin...
Thursday, June 6, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Top Thrill 2 Remains Closed » Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, will remain closed until further notice. The park said on Instagram t...
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