Via Press Release: After breaking ground one year ago, Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, SC is about to kick open its doors and make history.  The world’s first and only rock ‘n’ roll theme park announced today its Grand Opening Extravaganza on June 2, including an exclusive two-day celebration featuring concerts and a star-studded celebrity golf tournament hosted by PGA TOUR professional Peter Jacobsen. (more…)

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Six Flags, Inc. announced today a partnership with nWave Pictures that will bring the excitement of Apollo 11 and the first walk on the moon to millions of park guests this season.

FLY ME TO THE MOON – 3D, a ride simulation based on the animated feature film releasing this summer, features the voices of Kelly Ripa, Christopher Lloyd and Nicolette Sheridan and will be the featured attraction at 3D theaters at Six Flags Great Adventure, in Jackson, NJ and Six Flags Over Texas, in Arlington, TX.

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Orlando, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2008) – Busch Entertainment Corporation (BEC), the family entertainment division of Anheuser-Busch Cos., today announced an agreement with Nakheel PJSC, one of the world’s largest property developers, to create the Worlds of Discovery – SeaWorld, Aquatica, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove – on The Palm Jebel Ali in Dubai.

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Via Press Release: For the 41st time, Six Flags Over Georgia will open its gates to kids and kids at heart on March 1, 2008, and for the first time, kids 48" and under can get in FREE with the purchase of an adult ticket available only through participating Publix supermarkets. The park has many new attractions and activities for the season, including the launch of Thomas Town, an exciting new Thomas & Friends-themed area that brings Thomas the Tank Engine™ and many of his friends to the Southeast’s largest regional theme park. (more…)

Via Press Release: Seventeen nights of concerts, two full gardening weekends and four days with Busch Gardens’ celebrity animal ambassadors are just a few of the can’t-miss special events taking place at Busch Gardens Europe this season. With so much going on, Busch Gardens Europe offers something for everyone. And with the Busch Gardens Fun Card, Virginia residents can pay for a day and experience it all this spring and summer. (more…)

Via Press Release: Morgan RV Resorts earlier this week announced the acquisition of Indiana Beach Amusement Resort in Monticello, Indiana. The purchase includes the northwest Indiana resort’s entire operations including the Indiana Beach Boardwalk Funway amusement park and water park, Indiana Beach Camp Resort, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort at Indiana Beach, The Beach House Inn hotel and motel, Lakeview Penthouse Suites, cottages at The Beach Club Resort and Hoosier Pointe, the Shafer Queen paddle wheel boat, The Fun Zone, a lakefront sandy beach, the Skyroom Restaurant, and multiple dining and retail operations. The resort complex will open for the 2008 season on May 3. (more…)

Via Press Release: SANDUSKY, Ohio – Just when you thought that they couldn’t possibly add any more thrills and wild rides to the shores of Lake Erie, Cedar Point amusement park/resort has announced that Skyscraper, a towering thrill ride, will debut this summer in the Challenge Park activity complex. (more…)

The Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is scheduled to reopen when the park opens today, a day after a fire on the popular ride injured one woman, officials said.

The ride was closed Sunday after the fire broke out in the engine compartment of one of the ride vehicles sometime between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., Disney spokeswoman Andrea Finger said. It is standard procedure to close a ride after an accident or malfunction.

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Late last week Carowinds posted some new photos of the construction progress for the new Bondi Beach wave pool in the Boomerang Bay waterpark.

As can be seen from one of the photos, the new wave pool will be only feet from the forward side of Thunder Road.

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