Flagging Down Spring--Finally!
Friday February 29, 2008
Spring won’t officially begin for another few weeks, but tomorrow--hallelujah--is March, and this weekend--double hallelujah--some of the seasonal theme parks will reopen their gates. The temperature may still be bone ... Read More
KeyLime Cove Leaps into Indoor Water Park Fray
Friday February 29, 2008
The next time KeyLime Cove, the indoor water park resort that held its grand opening today in Illinois, will be able to celebrate its anniversary is 2012. That's the downside ... Read More
More Parks Brewing in UAE
Thursday February 28, 2008
A few weeks ago, I wrote that a Middle East-based publication had reported that $3 trillion worth of park and tourism projects were on tap for the Middle East region, ... Read More
Great Wolves Cannot Live on Water Alone
Tuesday February 26, 2008
The latest Great Wolf Lodge opened a few weeks ago in Grapevine, Texas. Like the rest of the resorts in the chain, the facility features an impressive indoor water park. ... Read More
Xtremely Good News for Magic Mountain's Coaster Fans
Monday February 25, 2008
There's another coaster on the way to Six Flags Magic Mountain. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, Six Flags honcho Mark Shapiro confirmed that the SoCal park will be ... Read More
What do Ellen DeGeneres and Hillbilly Jim Have to Do with Theme Parks?
Friday February 22, 2008
They'll both be featured at Universal theme parks. The WrestleMania Fan Axxess (sic) Tour comes to Universal Citywalk, the free-admission shopping/dining/entertainment complex adjacent to Universal Studios Hollywood this weekend, Saturday, ... Read More
Legoland Visitors Won't Have to Line Up Around the Block
Thursday February 21, 2008
Nothing can derail a fun day at a theme park more than humungous lines. To experience 3.5 minutes of park ride bliss, guests sometimes have to endure over two hours ... Read More
New Hampshire's Storied Theme Park
Tuesday February 19, 2008
Before Six Flags, before the introduction of water parks, and even before Disneyland, New Hampshire's Story Land, nestled in the picture-perfect White Mountains, opened the gates of its crooked house ... Read More
The Sky's the Limit at Cedar Point
Friday February 15, 2008
Known primarily for its wild roller coasters, the new rides that Ohio's Cedar Point had announced for the 2008 season had been less than thrilling. A refashioned Planet Snoopy area ... Read More
Playland's Zombies and Witches are Safe for Now
Thursday February 14, 2008
Last summer, the Rye, New York amusement park Playland announced that it planned to remove two dark rides, the 1930s-era Zombie Castle and the circa-1970 Flying Witch. According to the ... Read More
This Coaster Gets Right to the Point
Tuesday February 12, 2008
Cedar Point knows roller coasters. The park is loaded with them. But Top Thrill Dragster is a different breed of thrill machine. Like some mutant monster that emerged from a ... Read More
Family Kingdom Puts a Great Spin on its Rides
Monday February 11, 2008
The folks at Family Kingdom have to be among the best PR spinmeisters in the industry. The small seaside amusement park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina recently issued a press ... Read More
Goofy Won't Be the Only Dawg at Disney World
Friday February 8, 2008
Two cultural juggernauts will join forces when Walt Disney World introduces a new attraction based on the hit show, "American Idol." To be housed in the now-vacant ABC Theater (which ... Read More
Coaster Talk
Thursday February 7, 2008
Until their two-season run came to an end due to burnout from the rigors of producing the show, the guys at CoasterRadio, ably led by Mike Collins, used to provide ... Read More
California Dreaming
Tuesday February 5, 2008
Walt Disney's plans for New Orleans Square at Disneyland included a charming apartment above the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. He wanted a comfortable place where he and his family ... Read More
The Race Is On for Coaster Speed Record
Monday February 4, 2008
The world's tallest and fastest roller coaster, at 456 feet and 128 mph respectively, is Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. One of its records may ... Read More
Branson to Celebrate New-Old Ride
Friday February 1, 2008
The castoffs from Geauga Lake, the Ohio amusement park that closed last year, will be showing up at parks around the U.S. this season. For example, Celebration City in Branson, ... Read More