Hard Rock Park Ready to Roll
Friday March 31, 2006
After years of negotiations, it appeared that plans to build a Hard Rock Park were falling on deaf ears. Well, it's time to crank up the amps, because it's now ... Read More
At The Great Escape, What Goes Around...
Thursday March 30, 2006
When The Great Escape opens for the season on May 13 and 14, guests will be able to purchase admission tickets for only $19. In order to get the discounted ... Read More
As Smooth as a Baby Goose's Behind
Tuesday March 28, 2006
There's only one word to describe Apollo's Chariot, the hypercoaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg: smooth. And exhilarating. And one of the best coasters anywhere. (OK, that's way more than one ... Read More
Hindsight is 20/20: VisionLand is now Alabama Adventure
Monday March 27, 2006
Originally owned and operated by a group of towns in Jefferson County, Alabama, VisionLand opened in 1998 and soon ran into financial difficulties. It filed for bankruptcy in 2002. An ... Read More
Coast-to-Coast Coastering
Friday March 24, 2006
This space has trumpeted the more high-profile coasters debuting this season, such as Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom and El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure, but there are ... Read More
Another Coaster on the Way for Kennywood?
Thursday March 23, 2006
Historic Kennywood Park has its eye on the future. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the classic trolley park has been scooping up land around its property and plans to build ... Read More
Disneyworld's Typhoon Lagoon is Shore Fun
Tuesday March 21, 2006
A pioneer in water parks (Walt Disney World's River Country--now closed--opened in the early 1970s, around the same time as the original water park, Orlando's Wet 'n' Wild), Disney took ... Read More
Channel Surfing
Monday March 20, 2006
It's officially spring today (even if it is still "wicked" cold here in the Boston area), and as sure as the crocuses that are poking through the soil, this year's ... Read More
The Dells are Alive with the Sound of…Water Parks
Friday March 17, 2006
The indoor water park craze that began in the Wisconsin Dells a mere 12 years ago (you can read more at the History of the Chlorination Capital) has spread throughout ... Read More
Free Six Flags Tix--but You'd Better Get Clicking
Wednesday March 15, 2006
Disney is continuing its Happiest Celebration on Earth through the end of this year at all of its theme parks in honor of Disneyland's 50th anniversary. On a much smaller ... Read More
Another Watershed Year for Water Parks
Tuesday March 14, 2006
The 2006 season preview continues with the Water Parks Ride Guide. Get set to get wet as water parks throughout North America debut a bunch of new funnel rides, bowl ... Read More
Looking for More Disney Rides? Stay Tooned.
Monday March 13, 2006
Unlike last year's contentious brouhaha over former CEO Michael Eisner, this year's annual meeting of Disney's shareholders was more of an and-they-all-lived-happily-ever-after pep rally. Among the revelations to emerge from ... Read More
Another Seaside Amusement Park Gets Cast Away
Friday March 10, 2006
New York City recently announced an ambitious plan to revitalize Coney Island. While the venerable park may lose some of its gritty, authentic charm to gentrification, at least it's likely ... Read More
Get 2006 Six Flags Ride Info in a Flash
Thursday March 9, 2006
Do you want to get the lowdown on what Six Flags is putting up this season? I've got a comprehensive state-by-state (and Canada too) guide to all of the new ... Read More
2006 Theme Park Ride Guide
Tuesday March 7, 2006
Can you feel it? Is spring in the air where you are? I believe the first seasonal theme parks in the U.S. to reopen for 2006 are Six Flags Over ... Read More
Theme Parks Crash the Oscars
Monday March 6, 2006
Only a theme park geek like me (and if you're at the About Theme Parks site reading this, you just may be part of the elite club) would have noticed ... Read More
Waving So Long to Winter
Friday March 3, 2006
Spring may be around the corner, but winter still has its icy grip firmly on New England. Here in Massachusetts, the mercury hasn't gone above freezing for days now, and ... Read More
California, Here We Come
Thursday March 2, 2006
The modern-day theme park, conceived and perfected by Walt Disney, made its bow over 50 years ago in California. While Disneyland is still going strong (and is in the middle ... Read More