Arthur's Theme Parks Blog November 2006 Archive

As a stunned SeaWorld San Diego audience watched, a killer whale dragged a trainer to the bottom of the tank and pinned him there. According to the Associated Press, the ... Read More

As you might expect for a park themed to country music icon, Dolly Parton, Dollywood offers plenty of live music and lavish stage shows. As you might not expect, it ... Read More

Florida's theme parks get all decked out for the holidays. Early December is often relatively quiet, but the week between Christmas and New Year's Day is typically among the busiest ... Read More

Ski resorts are only open in the winter. Outdoor water parks are only open in the summer. But a ski resort that builds an indoor water park can be open ... Read More

Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri will be getting a giant swing ride next season. The park's clever name for the new attraction: The Giant Swing. I guess the creative ... Read More

In a couple of days, folks in the U.S. will be gathering together to celebrate Thanksgiving. I thought I'd use the occasion to reflect and give thanks to a few ... Read More

Kansas' Wild West World, a new, modestly sized park, will have its debut season starting May 2007. Located along the Chisholm Trail in Park City (near Wichita), the park will ... Read More

The new WaTiki Indoor Water Park Resort in Rapid City, South Dakota bills itself as the largest indoor water park in the Dakotas, but by industry standards, it is a ... Read More

Things are heating up at venerable Coney Island, one of the birthplaces of the modern amusement park and something of a shrine to park fans. It has had more downs ... Read More

NOTE: Blizzard Beach is currently closed for refurbishment and will reopen on January 7, 2007. All of the seasonal water parks have closed, and most folks are getting ready for blizzards, ... Read More

Despite financial woes, Florida's Cypress Gardens is moving ahead with its plans to bring back the Starliner wood coaster. The classic woodie, which thrilled patrons at the now-shuttered Miracle Strip ... Read More

There are so many new indoor water park resorts in the pipeline, I've been adding one new property per week to my listings over the past few weeks--and there are ... Read More

Fire up the paint guns and pop open the bag of marshmallows. The PVC pipe-thumping characters known as Blue Man Group will be bringing their unusual mix of idiot-savant-garde theater ... Read More

Suspicious minds want to know: What happened to Elvis Presley's favorite roller coaster, the Zippin Pippin, after the Memphis amusement park, Libertyland, closed in 2005? According to the Commercial Appeal, ... Read More

It may sound counterintuitive, but how'd you like to celebrate the holidays in your bathing suit? In Snowland? In Michigan? The Great Wolf Lodge chain of indoor water park resorts ... Read More

The indoor water park juggernaut continues as New England gears up for its first major indoor water park resort. The CoCo Key Water Resort at the Sheraton Ferncroft in Danvers, ... Read More

It's a plugged-in, cell-phoned, iPod, Game Boy, WiFi, GPS, Bluetoothed world after all. Amid all the modern-day chatter and hype, a ride on Dumbo the Flying Elephant can seem, well, ... Read More