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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Boarding School To Be Built On Upper Clements Park Lands » The province of Nova Scotia, Canada, spent $23 million to build Upper Clements Park in 1989. The park was operated private...
Friday, March 13, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Coronavirus Precautions to Close Parks » Universal Orlando Resort in Florida will be closed beginning Sunday night, March 15, 2020, until the end of the month in a...
Thursday, March 5, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) ANNOUNCEMENT: ACE’s 2020 International Trip Deferred » ACE officials have been watching the disturbing news concerning the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus, which on Februa...
Monday, February 24, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Kings Island Tests Orion » April 11, 2020, is opening day at Kings Island, Mason, Ohio. The park’s newest roller coaster, Orion , had its first tes...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 (13 Comments - view/add) Indiana Beach and Fantasy Island Rides Up for Sale » It was recently learned that small parks and family entertainment centers were approached with a list of rides for sale fr...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Hersheypark Places Final Candymonium Track Piece » On February 15, 2020, Hersheypark placed the final track piece for its 15th roller coaster, Candymonium . The Bolliger...
Friday, January 17, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Kings Island’s Orion Opening Date » The newest addition to Kings Island’s lineup of roller coasters is set to open this spring. Opening day for the 364...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) TRON Lightcycles on Display at Magic Kingdom Park » A pair of Lightcycles just raced their way into Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Florida, giving guests the opportu...
Thursday, December 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) West Coast Racers Nearly Ready to Race » Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California, experienced production and construction delays, which caused West Coast R...
Friday, November 22, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) IAAPA Expo 2019 - Day 4 » .iframe-container { overflow: hidden; padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative; } .iframe-container iframe {...
Thursday, November 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SeaWorld Names its New Dive Coaster Emperor » SeaWorld San Diego’s new attraction for 2020, a 153-foot-tall dive coaster, will be called Emperor , a nod to the Emperor...
Thursday, November 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Kings Island Orion Train Cars Revealed » As workers toil in the cold to build Kings Island's new giga coaster, Orion , its manufacturer, Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M...
Thursday, November 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Busch Gardens and SeaWorld Parks Reveal New Coaster Cars » At the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, the SeaWorld theme parks chain revealed the train cars and more details for the new lineup o...
Thursday, November 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) IAAPA Expo 2019 - Day 3 » Day Three at the IAAPA Expo came to a close with many manufacturers reporting one of their best expos ever! The ACE booth...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) IAAPA Expo 2019 - Day 2 » Day 2 at IAAPA Expo 2019 continued the excitement of the first day both inside and outside of the Orange County Convention...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) IAAPA Expo 2019 - Day 1 » The annual International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Expo kicked off on Tuesday, November 19, 2...
Sunday, November 3, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Want to Know What Happens to Wood Coasters in the Off Season? » Here's Kennywood’s Jack Rabbit Off-Season Care The 2019 operating season has ended at Kennywood in West M...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Fun Spot America Kissimmee Adding Fourth Coaster » Fun Spot America Theme Parks is adding more excitement to its Kissimmee, Florida location with the addition of a custom la...
Thursday, October 17, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Two Weekends Remain to Ride Vortex » There are only two weekends left to take a ride on Kings Island's Vortex before the steel roller coaster retires at the...
Thursday, September 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Texas Stingray Coming to SeaWorld San Antonio » SeaWorld officials announced its new wooden coaster will be the tallest, longest and fastest ride of its kind in Texas. T...
Thursday, September 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Announce 2020 Coasters » For the first time in four years, both of these Florida parks will launch new coasters in the same year. Busch Garde...
Thursday, September 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Temporary Closure for Thunderbolt at Kennywood » Kennywood will start off-season track work on Thunderbolt earlier than usual, and the roller coaster won't be running wh...
Thursday, September 12, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) Quick Stats For 2020 Coasters » Texas Stingray – SeaWorld San Antonio 96 feet tall 100-foot drop 55 mph 100-foot tunnel 3,379 feet of track...
Thursday, August 29, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor To Debut World's Tallest Water Coaster » Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, announced a record-breaking new water coaster coming to the park’s Hurricane...
Thursday, August 29, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Six Flags Great Adventure Installing World’s Tallest, Fastest and Longest Single-Rail Coaster » Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, has announced what will be the tallest, fastest and longest single-rail...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Six Flags Park Planned For Saudi Arabia » On August 26, 2019, Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) unveiled the design for Six Flags Qiddiya, one of the key entertainme...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Top Thrill Dragster Reopens » Top Thrill Dragster had been shut down since the second week of August, awaiting a replacement part from the manufacturer...
Monday, August 26, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Copperhead Strike Reopened » Carowinds' newest roller coaster, Copperhead Strike , was closed after a guest injured their hand on the ride. The rol...
Friday, August 23, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Tallest, Fastest Wooden Coaster in Texas Coming To SeaWorld San Antonio » SeaWorld San Antonio offered a sneak peak at an unnamed roller coaster that the park claims will be the tallest and fastes...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Gwazi First Track Installed » Busch Gardens Tampa just posted its first image of the new track that it has installed on its upcoming RMC steel track mak...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Copperhead Strike Closed at Carowinds » The newest roller coaster at Carowinds, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been shut down for an investigation after a rider w...
Friday, August 16, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) New Coaster at Michigan’s Adventure in 2020 » Michigan’s Adventure, Muskegon, Michigan, will debut Camp Snoopy in the spring of 2020. Its “Peanuts-themed” children’s a...
Thursday, August 15, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) El Loco Reopens » El Loco , the roller coaster inside Adventuredome at Circus Circus hotel-casino in Las Vegas that shut down in March after...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) La Ronde’s Super Manège to Close » Six Flags has announced the upcoming closure of Super Manège at La Ronde in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The opportunity fo...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Pantheon to Launch at Busch Gardens Williamsburg » On July 30, 2019, Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia announced the details about Pantheon , a record-breaking multila...
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