"America's Biggest Indoor Waterpark," says the tag line on the Web site for the Water Park of America. According to the Wirth Companies, the developers of the project, the proposed ... Read More

When Superman: The Escape first opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, it caused quite a stir. The tallest, fastest coaster on the planet at the time, it was also among ... Read More

Scream- Ride out Loud, one of Six Flags Magic Mountain's many signature coasters, is among the best of its breed--a floorless coaster with some serious attitude. Floorless coasters, for the ... Read More

Despite its name, no divine intervention forestalled the demise of the Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City, Florida. According to the Tallahassee Democrat online, the owner of the 41-year ... Read More

After a long, hard, coaster-deprived winter, it's time to crawl out of your caves, store your parkas in the attic, and get back in line for some thrill-filled fun. Many ... Read More

Following the lead of Epcot's Illuminations and other Florida theme parks' end-of-the-day mega-shows, SeaWorld Olrando will be presenting Mistify this summer, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The 20-minute nightly show ... Read More

Go behind the scenes of the new Revenge of the Mummy coaster/dark ride hybrid at Universal Studios Hollywood with my exclusive photo gallery. I was lucky enough to get a ... Read More

Do you want to see what the new Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney's California Adventure looks like? You've come to the right place. The ride opens to the ... Read More

Just when you thought things couldn't get crazier atop the Stratosphere Tower, Screamscape.com reports that the sadists running the Las Vegas icon will be adding another thrill ride next year-- ... Read More

Speaking of Universal (see the Revenge of the Mummy Contest in the previous blog), the Orlando park, taking its cue from Walt Disney World, just raised its admission prices to ... Read More

Universal is giving away two grand prize vacations to the Universal Studios parks in either Hollywood or Orlando (winners' choice), plus a bunch of other Mummy-related prizes to promote the ... Read More

To follow up an earlier blog announcement, financially squeezed Six Flags sealed the deal and unloaded its Worlds of Adventure park near Cleveland, OH to competitor Cedar Fair. The new ... Read More

Another indoor water park is sliding into a hotel. According to the Indianapolis Star, The Holiday Inn Select North At The Pyramids in Indianapolis just began construction on Indiana's first ... Read More

Dracula Park will be rising from the grave. The project, originally announced in 2002 for a site near--you guessed it--Transylvania, had a stake driven through its heart when the United ... Read More

When the casinos burn a hole in your pocket, you can head over to Wet 'N Wild water park on the Las Vegas Strip to cool yourself down. Beware, however. ... Read More

Mom still gets her Day on May 9. But on May 21, after the flowers you gave her have wilted, Universal Studios Florida will unwrap its Revenge of the Mummy ... Read More

The beauty of motion simulator theaters is that, with relatively little expense, theme parks can reconfigure them and offer fresh, new attractions. A few days ago, I reported that some ... Read More