Posted January 11th, 2010 at 7:59 pm in News by
Ryan F
Residents of southern California will soon have a new water park in their backyard. The world’s first Lego water park will open at Legoland California this June.
The park will be situated on five and a half acres in the northern part of the park between the Adventurers’ Club and the Lego Factory Tour.
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Posted January 11th, 2010 at 4:23 pm in News by
Chip
For the sixth consecutive year, Bizarro, formerly Superman Ride of Steel, at Six Flags New England took the top spot in Mitch Hawker’s annual steel coaster poll. Voyage reclaimed the No. 1 position after being bumped to No. 2 last year by T Express at Everland in South Korea.
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Posted January 6th, 2010 at 6:22 pm in News by
Ryan F
In a move to try and bring some of their magic to the retail shopping experience, Disney has recently announced plans they will be transforming an old retail space in Times Square into a new interactive store.
With hopes to attract young shoppers and their parents to the store, Disney will include an interactive princess castle and a kids theater, complete with animation and storytelling. There will also be special activities, events, and celebrity guest appearances timed to major Disney movie releases.
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Posted January 2nd, 2010 at 3:27 pm in Special Features by
Steven
As we begin to close out 2009 and the decade, we look back at all the things that have occurred in a three-part series…
- General happenings and ThrillNetwork
- What happened with thrill rides — what’s new and what departed us
- The seemingly dwindling Biz of Fun
In this part, ThrillNetwork’s Leo C. talks about all of the bankruptcies, takeovers, mergers, and other changes among the amusement parks and park chains.
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Posted December 31st, 2009 at 6:58 pm in Special Features by
Steven
As we begin to close out 2009 and the decade, we look back at all the things that have occurred in a three-part series…
- General happenings and ThrillNetwork
- What happened with thrill rides — what’s new and what departed us
- The seemingly dwindling Biz of Fun
In this part, ThrillNetwork’s Chip looks at the changes among roller coasters and other thrill rides.
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Posted December 29th, 2009 at 7:57 pm in News by
Katie
Seabreeze located in Rochester, New York will be adding a Disk-O for their 2010 season. The 24 seat ride will travel along 140 feet of track with multiple 360 degree revolutions. The ride, made by Zamperela has arrived on site and has been partially assembled. The disk part of the ride will be assembled closer to opening day in May.
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Posted December 19th, 2009 at 12:10 pm in News by
Katie
On Friday, Disneyland announced it will be bringing back Michael Jackson’s character Captain EO in February, 23 years after the attraction debuted at the park. The film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and executive produced by George Lucas, will now be in 3-D.
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Posted December 18th, 2009 at 2:03 am in News by
Wes
On Dec. 17 I was given a sneak peek at Carowinds’ latest creation, and while it’s not really much of a secret anymore, I was still quite impressed with what I saw.
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Posted December 17th, 2009 at 7:00 am in News by
Wes
Yesterday Cedar Fair, L.P. announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, a leading global alternative asset manager.
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