Arthur's Theme Parks Blog October 2007 Archive

It was a few weeks after the Summer of Love in 1967 when the Moody Blues released its seminal orchestral- and prog-rock concept album, "Days of Future Passed." Forty years ... Read More

Parks have been supersizing the thrills with faster and bigger rides. It turns out that the riders have been getting bigger as well. Robert Niles over at Theme Park Insider ... Read More

Most parks used to call it a season soon after Labor Day. But, over the last few years, the majority has remained open for Halloween events. More recently, however, seasonal ... Read More

The Royal Pacific Resort, one of Universal Orlando's three on-property Loews Hotels resorts, is undergoing a renovation. With a princely budget of $8.5 million, the makeover will include new furniture, ... Read More

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Then stay the heck out of Southern California. But if you want some holiday hoopla along with some theme park fun, then head for the ... Read More

To continue its plan to balance its thrill-heavy parks with more family friendly attractions, Six Flags will be introducing a new Wiggles World area to The Great Escape (a Six ... Read More

Florida's theme parks are magical throughout the year. By adding an overlay of holiday cheer, the parks supersize the magic and fun between Thanksgiving and New Year's. There will be ... Read More

Spinning coasters, which use single cars that randomly rotate as they travel along their tracks, have become quite popular over the last few years. Next spring, Six Flags Over Texas ... Read More

For this week's edition of "Where's the Indoor Water Park Resort?" we turn to Tennessee's Smoky Mountains. The Wild Bear Falls at Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort is a 60,000-square-foot park ... Read More

Filled with a sense of enchantment and optimism, Disneyland is the standard-bearer for all theme parks. By comparison, the smaller Disney's California Adventure, which opened in 2001, seems more like ... Read More

In nearly every classic animated Disney film, a young character is separated from his family, often under tragic circumstances, and has to endure an heroic journey to reunite with his ... Read More

The theme park known for kid-sized attractions themed to the bright primary colors of plastic building blocks has plans to build an aquarium. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Legoland ... Read More

The country's largest chain of indoor water parks will be opening another location, this time in the eastern part of the U.S. When it opens in 2009, the Great Wolf ... Read More

While Six Flags is hyping the new coaster coming in 2008 to Six Flags Fiesta Texas, it's not exactly new. A clone of the Batman: The Ride inverted coasters (like ... Read More

The Florida version of Halloween Horror Nights is one of the country's premier haunts. I've posted a bunch of new HHN images (such as the multi-headed ogre pictured here) to ... Read More

Visitors to About.com's Theme Parks site often ask me for info about theme parks located on Hawaii--and seem incredulous when I tell them that there aren't any. It's true. One ... Read More

Six Flags has a lot of coasters themed to the DC Comics hero, Batman, including the groundbreaking Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America. Debuting in 1992, it was ... Read More

As senior editor for 18 years of the now-defunct industry trade publication, "Amusement Business," Tim O'Brien was the dean of park journalists. When he moved over to Ripley Entertainment as ... Read More

Visitors to my About.com Theme Parks site often ask me for advice about breaking into the industry. After all, there are no college degree programs in park design. So how ... Read More

Instead of going with a tried-and-true Warner Brothers cartoon character or a DC Comics superhero, the wooden coaster Six Flags St. Louis' will be debuting in 2008 will be themed ... Read More