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Mall of America and Nickelodeon announced a partnership today combining the country’s largest shopping and entertainment destination with the number-one entertainment brand for kids. Under the new agreement, various Nickelodeon properties and characters will come to life in the first-ever Nickelodeon themed park, part of a re-branding of the Mall’s seven-acre amusement park. Fresh designs and exciting new rides and attractions, inspired by Nickelodeon’s popular shows and characters, are just a few of the anticipated changes.

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AURORA, Ohio, 2007 – Get ready for plenty of fun this summer on the shores of Geauga Lake.  With more than 40 rides and attractions, including eight roller coasters and a massive 17-acre waterpark, Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom has announced details about a wide variety of park improvements for the upcoming season.

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Six Flags announced today that Thomas Town, a newly-themed area based on the well-known Thomas & Friends brand, will open to the public on Memorial Day weekend at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and early summer at Six Flags New England.

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With the exception of Funnel Cakes, Six Flags Over Texas will have discontinued the use trans fat from its menu items when it reopens for the 2007 on March 10.

Trans fats are found in many processed foods and solid forms of fats, like shortenings and some margarines. The danger, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is that there is a direct relationship between consuming foods high in trans fats and elevated LDL — or "bad" — cholesterol. That can increase a person’s risk of coronary heart disease, the number one killer in the United States.

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Six Flags and Chase Card Services, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced a marketing and sponsorship relationship under which Chase will become a Six Flags Corporate Alliance partner and the Official Credit Card Issuer of Six Flags for all its U.S. parks.

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Since the middle of January, Bell’s Amusement Park in Tulsa, OK has been dismantling its rides and midway in preparation for a possible relocation.

The park’s most iconic attraction, the 39-year old Zingo wooden roller coaster, will be dismantled in a time frame of 12 weeks and an estimated five months to rebuild in its new location.

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As a last resort to halt the continuation of plans for a residential development in the resort district, Disney officials have filed suit against the city of Anaheim. This is the first time Disney has sued the city in which the iconic "grandfather" of theme parks first set roots over 50 years ago. (more…)

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GILROY, Calif., /PRNewswire/ — Bonfante Gardens, Inc., a non-profit organization and California’s only horticultural theme park, today announced it will operate as Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park. The corporate name change will be transitioned throughout the park’s seventh season opening March 31, 2007.

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Take a Virtual Ride on SeaWorld San Antonio’s Journey to Atlantis.

SeaWorld officials today revealed construction progress and a "virtual plunge," a virtual reality video of Journey to Atlantis, a combination roller coaster and water ride that splashes down at SeaWorld San Antonio in May.

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Via Press Release: BURBANK, Calif., – The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) plans to expand its successful cruise business by adding two new ocean liners, President and CEO Bob Iger announced today. Scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2012, the ships will more than double the passenger capacity for Disney Cruise Line to meet the sustained demand for Disney’s family cruise vacations. (more…)