Paris, France – Fuel up and start your engines for some four-wheeled fun, with Lighting McQueen and Mater, on the new Cars Race Rally, opening June 2007 at Disneyland Resort Paris during the yearlong 15th Anniversary celebration.

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Anaheim, Calif. – Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort will fill Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure parks with not-so-scary spook-tacular entertainment beginning Friday, Sept. 26 and continuing through Sunday, November 2.

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Skeletal remains were found on some cliffs by Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

Security personnel found the remains, which also had some clothing near them. The remains were not in any public area, said a spokesman for the San Antonio Police Department.

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Hard Rock Park announced on its Web site that it is closed for the season "to allow management to focus on restructuring efforts."

The announcement says the park will reopen in 2009. The announcement says the closure will help the park reduce debt and ensure it can stay around.

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Cincinnati, Ohio – As the internet becomes the primary source that people turn to for information, The Gravity Group today has launched the first blog & podcast for an amusement ride company.

Dubbed “Gravitycast – The podcast and blog of The Gravity Group,” this online presence seeks to inform, entertain, and educate guests with the behind-the-scenes happenings that take place at a roller coaster design firm.

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A group is planning on building a theme park between Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.

The group, One Dream, One Team, wants a 350-acre park near Florence. The group says the park, called Coyote Canyon, will be themed on Arizona history and geography and will include a roller coaster that goes underground.

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The date won’t be moved ahead in the trial of a girl whose feet were severed on a ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.

The family of Kaitlyn Lasitter requested the trial be moved earlier than Jan. 12, 2010, but the judge denied the request. Jefferson Circuit Judge Barry Willett said the date is reasonable, but he ordered the parties to attempt to resolve the claims before the pretrial in November 2009.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It’s that time of year again when the leaves turn, the weather chills, and the darkness falls more quickly than ever. If you have ever experienced the ghastly terror of a night at SCarowinds, be warned, with NEW sinister mazes, eerie scare zones, a disturbing show, and double the monsters, you are in for a rude awakening! Fourteen nights of fright await guests during SCarowinds’ ninth frightening season at Carowinds. SCarowinds’ Halloween Haunt is set to terrify guests on select nights this fall from 7 p.m. till midnight: Sept. 26-27, Oct. 3-4, 10-11, 17-19, 24-26 and 30-31. 

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~ Via Press Release Everyone who visits a Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland Resort theme park on their birthday in 2009 can get in free, as Disney Parks embraces a newly identified family-travel trend called "celebration vacations." (more…)

The Six Flags chain announced today additions and changes at many of its parks for 2009

Six Flags Over Georgia’s Monster Plantation will be renovated and renamed to Monster Mansion. The attraction, which opened in 1981, features music, animatronics and a family-friendly story. It will be changed to have new characters interactive elements and a new story.

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