Boomerang Flies from Ohio to North Carolina
Thursday July 31, 2008
Park chain Cedar Fair has doled out many of the orphaned rides from Geauga Lake, its recently shuttered Ohio amusement park. (The water park remains open.) For example, the standard ... Read More
Earthquake Rattles SoCal Parks
Tuesday July 29, 2008
The earthquake that hit California about 30 miles east of Los Angeles today at 11:45 a.m. Pacific Time gave area theme park visitors some unexpected thrills. Early reports indicate that ... Read More
Love Among the Coasters
Monday July 28, 2008
One of the most beautiful--and historically significant--theme parks in the world is Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark. When he was conducting research to develop Disneyland, Walt Disney toured the circa-1843 ... Read More
Take the Poll: What are Your Park Plans?
Friday July 25, 2008
It's the question I've been getting asked the most lately: How has the economy and the panic at the pump affected the park industry? Since park operators are notoriously ... Read More
Brendan Fraser Meets his Mummy at Universal Studios
Thursday July 24, 2008
The latest sequel in the The Mummy film franchise, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, opens in theaters next Friday, August 1. The klieg lights will be scanning the skies this ... Read More
Suit Up: Two New Water Parks
Tuesday July 22, 2008
OK, one park isn't exactly new. The park formerly known as Wyandot Lake, which Six Flags ran for awhile, closed in 2006 and reopened recently as Zoombezi Bay. The name ... Read More
Disneyland Sets Alarm Clock for Sleeping Beauty
Monday July 21, 2008
With a virtual kiss from the Disney Imagineers, a slumbering princess and her classic story will come back to life later this year. Inside the iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle at ... Read More
The Dark Knight Sees Light of Day at Six Flags
Friday July 18, 2008
Batman returns to the multiplex today, but he's been crusading nonstop at Six Flags for years. The comic book hero's presence varies from park to park and includes meeting and ... Read More
An Electrifying DVD Goes Behind the Screams
Thursday July 17, 2008
As the timeworn cars leave the loading station and crash through the swinging doors, its passengers are hyperaware of the foreboding surroundings. What monsters lurk in the darkness? What cacophonous ... Read More
Which Disneyland Attraction Crushes the Competition?
Tuesday July 15, 2008
To winnow the incredible attractions at Disneyland Resort's two theme parks down to a top-ten list is no easy feat. But I gave it a shot. Sure, Pirates of the ... Read More
Wassssuppppp with the Busch Parks?
Monday July 14, 2008
After initially fending off advances from rival brewer InBev, beer giant and iconic American stalwart Anheuser-Busch has agreed to be purchased by the Brazilian-Belgian company for about $50 billion. That's ... Read More
Disney Pins Hopes on New Bowling Mega-Center--and Announces Christmas in July
Friday July 11, 2008
The world of sports will be a little wider in early 2010, when Walt Disney World will open a 100-lane bowling center. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the Florida resort ... Read More
Coasting to the Front of the Lines
Thursday July 10, 2008
Quick, what's the most frustrating thing about a day at the theme park? If you said, "the @#$%?*& lines," you're not alone. (And, if you said, "the @#$%?*& lines," watch ... Read More
A Splash of Water for SunSplashed Arizona
Tuesday July 8, 2008
The weather report is calling for a sunny, hot day in the Mesa, Arizona area tomorrow. How hot? Try 107 degrees. That's hot. Get-me-in-some-water hot. SunSplash, a large water park ... Read More
Hershey Adds More Water to its Mix
Monday July 7, 2008
The Hersheypark folks still aren't calling their attraction-packed The Boardwalk a water park. But, with a bunch of water slides, a funnel ride, a bowl ride, a surfing simulator, ... Read More
Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Boo
Friday July 4, 2008
While folks in the U.S. celebrate the Fourth of July, theme parks are already hard at work making plans for another holiday: Halloween. Most seasonal parks used to close at ... Read More
Live Long and...Um, Never Mind
Thursday July 3, 2008
It's enough to make Mr. Spock--and theme park fans--cry. Cedar Fair has confirmed, as anticipated, that the Las Vegas Star Trek attractions will be closing. According to a statement on ... Read More
For Those About to Rock: Things to Do and See in Myrtle Beach
Tuesday July 1, 2008
With the opening of Hard Rock Park, park fans and new visitors have been flocking to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. But once they've rocked out on the music-themed coasters and ... Read More