Fish Sing for Scale at Walt Disney World
Tuesday January 30, 2007
A new high-energy musical production based on the beloved Pixar animated film, Finding Nemo, officially opened at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida, and I have a review. The lavish show ... Read More
The Thrill is Gone for Magic Mountain's Psyclone and Flashback
Monday January 29, 2007
I doubt any ride fans will be particularly upset or surprised to learn that Six Flags Magic Mountain is giving the heave-ho to its Psyclone and Flashback coasters. According to ... Read More
Universal to Float New Island at its Florida Park
Sunday January 28, 2007
I don't generally post rumors on my site, but I have some exciting, breaking news from a highly credible source to share. Despite plenty of speculation through the years about ... Read More
Step Right Up!Disney Opens the Toy (Story) Box
Saturday January 27, 2007
The Walt Disney parks continue to sprinkle Pixar dust onto their new attractions. Next up: Toy Story Mania, based on the Disney-Pixar Toy Story films. The interactive 3-D rides will ... Read More
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes--and Disneyland may Grant
Tuesday January 23, 2007
Snow White sang "I'm Wishing," Jiminy Cricket crooned "When You Wish Upon a Star," and Cinderella sang the plaintive "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes." The Disney songbook ... Read More
M-I-Sea You Real Soon...Well, You'll Have to Wait Until 2008
Sunday January 21, 2007
To celebrate Disneyland's 50th anniversary in 2005, the Florida-based Disney Cruise Line sailed west to offer cruises out of Los Angeles. Apparently, the West Coast sailings were a hit, because ... Read More
More to Sea at Six Flags Park
Saturday January 20, 2007
Coming on the heels of Six Flags' announcement that it would not sell Magic Mountain, the chain revealed a name change for its other California park. Six Flags Marine World ... Read More
Finger Lakes Region to Get More Water
Wednesday January 17, 2007
Lately, I don't think a week has gone by without an announcement about another major indoor water park resort. This week's news: Aquazonia Indoor Waterworld, part of the new Glacier ... Read More
Shop Till You Drop--On the Coaster
Tuesday January 16, 2007
More than a place for locals to shop, Minnesota's oversized, frenetic Mall of America is a tourist destination in its own right. It makes perfect sense therefore (sort of) that ... Read More
Blue Man Group Drumming Up Interest for Universal Orlando Auditions
Monday January 15, 2007
Contrary to popular belief, the performers in the Blue Man Group shows are not alien beings. Apparently they are not even necessarily men (despite the name). According to a notice ... Read More
Inner Water Park to Be Built Near Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Friday January 12, 2007
Let's add another state to the growing list of those that offer indoor water park resorts. Maryland will get its feet wet when the enormous Grand Isle Indoor Water Park ... Read More
Six Flags Down by Seven
Thursday January 11, 2007
As had been anticipated, Six Flags will be unloading some of its parks, including Six Flags Darien Lake near Buffalo, NY and Six Flags Elitch Gardens in Denver, CO, the ... Read More
Give Me a Break
Tuesday January 9, 2007
When most people think of "Florida" and "Spring Break," images of beer-addled coeds cavorting on the beach probably spring to mind. But for the past few years, the Orlando Convention ... Read More
A Lotta Water: Many Water Parks Claim to Be the Biggest
Monday January 8, 2007
Last week, I wrote about the Water Park of America in Minnesota. It's a lovely place, but I noticed something oddly familiar on its signs, brochures, and other materials. In ... Read More
You'd have to Be High to Board these Rides
Thursday January 4, 2007
Between its ostentatious casinos, oversized shows, and countless winked-at vices, Vegas is one strange city. Even its rides are kind of strange. Take the rides at the Stratosphere, for example: ... Read More
Slide into the Water Park of America
Tuesday January 2, 2007
The Water Park of America is one of the country's biggest indoor water park hotel resorts. Located around the corner from Minnesota's humongous Mall of America, its name both plays ... Read More
It's the Truth: The Park is Out There
Monday January 1, 2007
Out there in Roswell, New Mexico. The little city with the big rep for allegedly hosting--and covering up--an alien spaceship crash in the 1940s is considering building an alien-themed park. ... Read More