Minimal Cars. Maximum Shiekras, er, Shrieks.
Tuesday April 29, 2008
North America's first diving coaster, SheiKra at Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa, Florida takes riders to the precipice in a single 24-passenger, precariously open "floorless" car, dangles them for a ... Read More
Own a Piece of RI Park History--for Not a Lot of Clams
Monday April 28, 2008
Amid the unrelenting tide of change, most seaside parks, where the nascent amusement industry took hold in the early 1900s, have closed. Rhode Island's Rocky Point Park dates back to ... Read More
It's Hurricane Season Again
Friday April 25, 2008
Most seasonal theme parks in North America have reopened their gates by now, but it's still a bit nippy in most areas for folks to plunge into water parks. Next ... Read More
Lost Temple Musical Found at Legoland
Thursday April 24, 2008
Most of the attractions at Legoland, California's quirky park based on the famous plastic toys, are post-linguistic. Even the characters in its 4-D films communicate via gibberish. This allows the ... Read More
Jonesing for Disneyland's Indy Ride
Tuesday April 22, 2008
In a few weeks, the summer movie season will jump start with the release of the new Indiana Jones film, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Disneyland visitors, however, don't ... Read More
Park Yourself in Front of a Magazine
Monday April 21, 2008
Because you're reading this, you've embraced About.com's Theme Parks site (and probably the Web in general) as a resource for info about the wonderful world of parks--and for that I'm ... Read More
Six Flags' Dark Knight Coaster Goes Dark
Friday April 18, 2008
After weeks of delays and speculation, Six Flags New England has confirmed that its 2008 marquee attraction, The Dark Knight Coaster, will not open this season. The park apparently jumped ... Read More
Which candidate has the most magic?
Thursday April 17, 2008
No, not those candidates. Take a break from the Hillary-Obama slugfest, and check out the candidates for the Chief Magic Official (CMO). Back in January, I wrote about Disney's search ... Read More
Lions, and Tigers, and Beer
Tuesday April 15, 2008
It's a thrill ride park. It's a zoo. It's a botanical garden. It's three parks in one! A bit out of the Orlando theme park nexus, it's worth the hour-and-change ... Read More
This Wednesday in the Boston Area: Meet the Guide and Enjoy the Ride
Monday April 14, 2008
Often, visitors to About.com are surprised to learn that real, live people (or "Guides" in About-speak) oversee each of the sites and, generally, write most, if not all of the ... Read More
New Quassy Ride may Make You Queasy
Friday April 11, 2008
Let's hear it for the little guys--small, family-owned amusement parks like Quassy in Middlebury, Connecticut. Celebrating its 100th season, the lakeside park is adding a Galleon Pirate Ship this season. ... Read More
Fire and Water at Schlitterbahn Water ParkSee the Video
Thursday April 10, 2008
A few days ago, I wrote about the new Schatze’s Central Park land coming to the original Schlitterbahn water park in New Braunfels, Texas (there are other Lone Star State ... Read More
SeaWorld's Claim that Aquatica is a New Take on Water Parks, um, Holds Water
Tuesday April 8, 2008
SeaWorld knows water. So it's not surprising that it has created a world-class water park adjacent to its Orlando marine life park. What might be surprising, however, is that Aquatica, ... Read More
New Oklahoma Coaster for Cowboys (and Gals)
Monday April 7, 2008
Frontier City is making a late entry in the coaster class of 2008 with the announcement of Steel Lasso. An inverted coaster, the trains will be suspended from the track ... Read More
It's Down to the Final Four…Theme Park Attractions
Saturday April 5, 2008
Which U.S. theme park ride ranks as the best? I have my own list of top park attractions, but my colleague Robert Niles, who runs the Theme Park Insider site, ... Read More
It's No Fish Story--New SeaWorld Coaster on Tap
Friday April 4, 2008
Busch Entertainment Corporation is having quite a week at its Florida parks. Today (Friday) marks the grand opening of the new Aquatica at SeaWorld Orlando water park, and on Saturday, ... Read More
Are California Coasters Heading Downhill?
Wednesday April 2, 2008
According to recent online popularity polls, no California steel or wooden coasters placed among the top 25. That got Golden State park fan and Los Angeles Times Funland blogger Brady ... Read More
Wanna Whole Lotta Love?
Tuesday April 1, 2008
The best things in life may be free, and love can come to everyone, but if you want to be the first to experience the soaring ups and downs of ... Read More