Spinning Dragons Breathe Fire on Orient Express
Friday October 31, 2003
A spinning coaster will replace the Orient Express steel coaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, MO. Set to debut next season, Spinning Dragons will be a variation of ... Read More
The Race is On at Holiday World's Splashin' Safari
Wednesday October 29, 2003
The Indiana theme park will be adding Jungle Racer, a 10-lane, 5-story racing water slide complex next season. The new slides will be located next to the Zinga funnel ride. ... Read More
Take a Sneak Peek Under the Mummy's Wraps
Tuesday October 28, 2003
When it opens next spring at Universal Studio parks in Hollywood and Florida, the highly anticipated Revenge of the Mummy will be a "category-buster," according to its designers. Melding ... Read More
Hey Blockhead, Have We Got a Job for You!
Monday October 27, 2003
Were you the kind of kid who built massive dioramas out of Legos in your bedroom? Are you a closet Lego freak who still has a jones for the bright ... Read More
The Play's the Thing at Busch Gardens Tampa
Saturday October 25, 2003
The $6-million dollar project that will be the featured attraction next year at Busch Gardens Tampa will not be a new roller coaster, a themed ride, or an animal exhibit, ... Read More
How Many Roller Coasters will $18 Billion Buy?
Friday October 24, 2003
The government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is developing Dubailand, an $18 billion theme park project, according to AmusementBusiness.com. To be built in phases, initial plans call for ... Read More
Dracula Park to Rise from the Grave?
Thursday October 23, 2003
Here's an apropos news item for the Halloween season: just when it seemed that they had received the proverbial nail in the coffin, the developers of a proposed Dracula-themed park ... Read More
A Horrifying--and Excellent--Halloween Adventure
Tuesday October 21, 2003
From the moment you enter the alterna-universe of Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights, it's abundantly clear that this is not your father's theme park. That's not to say that ... Read More
When You Wish Upon a Starburst
Monday October 20, 2003
The new fireworks spectacular, "Wishes," at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom mines the rich Disney catalog and tells the story of making wishes come true through familiar songs, animated characters, ... Read More
This is One Twisted Roller Coaster Manufacturer
Friday October 17, 2003
You've heard of the Wild Mouse, right? The single-car roller coaster has been experiencing something of a renaissance lately with theme parks like Paramount's Kings Dominion recently introducing the edge-of-your-seat ... Read More
Cedar Point to Coast Along Next Season
Thursday October 16, 2003
After rolling out the record-breaking Top Thrill Dragster coaster this year, Cedar Point will be taking a breather next season. That's not to say that parent company, Cedar Fair, won't ... Read More
It's a Small Solar System After All
Tuesday October 14, 2003
From the start, the Disney theme parks have married technology and storytelling to whisk guests away to fantastic places. Now, Disney Imagineers have aspired to the sublime; Mission: SPACE, the ... Read More
Playland to Take You Higher Next Season
Monday October 13, 2003
Rye, New York's Playland Park will be adding a Flying coaster for the 2004 season, according to the Roller Coaster Database Web site. The as-yet unnamed coaster will replace the ... Read More
Kids Park it for Free with New Walt Disney World Promotion
Sunday October 12, 2003
If you're thinking of taking the clan to Walt Disney World, now might be a good time to book the vacation. Disney just announced an offer that includes free theme ... Read More
The REAL Wally World
Friday October 10, 2003
In the first (and by far, the best) "National Lampoon's Vacation" film, bumbling Chevy Chase and his doofus family travel across the country to revel at the mythical theme park, ... Read More
"Mission" Accomplished?
Thursday October 9, 2003
Ground control to Major Arthur: Commencing countdown, engines on. If everything is going according to plan, I'll be at Walt Disney World's Epcot today ready for my own space oddity ... Read More
A Picture's Worth a Thousand Whoops
Tuesday October 7, 2003
Nothing says "Halloween" quite like the menacing, blood-spattered faces of blue-haired demons hell-bent on reducing you to a quivering wreck, don't you think? Let's take a pictorial journey to ... Read More
Those Folks in Wisconsin Sure Like to Get Wet
Monday October 6, 2003
Yet another indoor water park is taking shape in Wisconsin, although this one isn't in Wisconsin Dells (the hub of the indoor water park universe), but in Sheboygan. The Blue ... Read More
Old Park, New Coaster
Sunday October 5, 2003
Tivoli, the Danish theme park that was among Walt Disney's inspirations as he was developing Disneyland, is celebrating its 160th anniversary this season. Not content to rest on its considerable ... Read More
Membership no Longer Has its Privileges
Friday October 3, 2003
Seniors can save some bucks when they shop at K-Mart and scoop some cheap tickets at the local movie theater. But, they'll have to pay full price at Cedar Point, ... Read More