Disneyland celebrated the 40th anniversary of "it's a small world" (sic) this past Sunday. While the classic ride debuted at Disneyland in 1966, it actually made its grand entrance as ... Read More

As if Florida didn't have enough theme parks and attractions already, there's often speculation and grand schemes to build new ones. Generally, the focus is on the central or southern ... Read More

Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and that means it's the unofficial start of the summer season. Virtually all theme parks and amusement parks in North America will be open. ... Read More

In surprising and sad news, the media company VNU announced the closure of the venerable publication, Amusement Business. Company officials informed the staff that the May issue, which had already ... Read More

Since CBS announced a few months back that it intended to sell Paramount Parks, there has been speculation about what company might purchase the theme park chain. The speculation is ... Read More

In what may be either an absurd prank or a horribly misguided heist, thieves apparently stole a roller coaster. You read that correctly. We're not talking about a scale model ... Read More

Kingda Ka, the much-touted, record-breaking (world's fastest and tallest) coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey is temporarily closed--again. After sitting out most of its debut season last ... Read More

Paramount's Kings Island, near Cincinnati, is a hugely popular park. Coasters are king here, and the legendary The Beast, the world's longest wood coaster, is thrill machine royalty. The adjacent ... Read More

Have you always dreamed of seeing your face, larger-than-life, on the silver screen? Well, there are no guarantees, but if you head over to Cypress Gardens on Thursday, May 18, ... Read More

Primarily a Midwest phenomenon, indoor water parks have been making inroads in other parts of the U.S. New Jersey's first indoor water park, Sahara Sam's Oasis, is now under construction ... Read More

Two major indoor water park resorts are on their way to the Chicago area. Grizzly Falls Resort, featuring a 100,00-square-foot indoor water park (which will make it Illinois' largest--and one ... Read More

One of the seasons most highly anticipated coasters, The Voyage, just opened at Holiday World in Indiana. The early reviews have been glowing. (It's a good thing, since my pun-addled ... Read More

"Our President is Doing Something About Gas Prices," proclaims the bold headline for full-page ads that are running in The New York Times and USA Today. That should attract some ... Read More

As the Mouse House continues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Disneyland (which was actually last year), it reached another milestone when the 2 billionth--yes that's billionth with a "b," ... Read More

The controversial Mission: SPACE attraction at Walt Disney World's Epcot will be offering a toned-down version of the ride. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Disney plans to reconfigure the attraction ... Read More

There are some great coasters debuting this season, but many of the old classics, like The Comet at The Great Escape in Lake George, New York, still deliver thrill- scream- ... Read More

For a little fish, the star of the Pixar/Disney toon, Finding Nemo, sure generated a lot of movie and video revenue. Now, Nemo and his underwater pals are generating a ... Read More