Coney Island in Cincinnati, is known to suffer from routine flooding from the Ohio River during the offseason. However, this season, the river has risen to it’s highest point in over 21 years—resulting in the startling imagery recorded by WLWT out of Cincinnati. However, even though the drone footage looks bad, Coney Island has been…
Over the last few years, Kings Island has expanded both in terms of the number of attractions and the number of eateries at the park. Recent county documents have indicate that Kings Island might be expanding again for the 2018 season. In late 2017, the structures that used to house both the Attitudes gift shop as well as…
With the ongoing testing of Time Traveler, coaster lovers have eagerly been awaiting news about the opening date of the new coaster. Today, Silver Dollar City has confirmed their new record-breaking coaster will debut when the park opens for the 2018 season on March 14th. The $26 million ride will be the park’s largest attraction as well as introduce…
Aquatica, SeaWorld’s waterpark, is building up for a new splashdown. Construction continues on Ray Rush, a water slide with manta-inspired elements and a few other firsts for the attraction. Since the October announcement of the Ray Rush addition to Aquatica in Orlando, amusement park enthusiasts have been anxiously awaiting their first glimpses of the unique…
Universal Parks has recently been viewed as becoming more family friendly, given the recent ride removals and additions. Starting today, Universal has launched their #GrowBolder campaign, which will try to remedy this belief. The launch of this campaign included a video featuring kids, exclaiming their ability to stand for themselves and save the world, immersed in…
Even though Hersheypark is entering the 2018 season with 2 epic new waterpark attractions, the future could be even sweeter if the park can obtain permission to move forward with their future plans. According to the Dauphin County Board Of Commissioners Commissioners’ Legislative Meeting on November 15th 2017, Hersheypark notified the board through its engineering…
Over the weekend, D23 Expo Japan provided insights into future changes coming to Disney Parks. The event, held in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Japan resort, included a plethora of announcements. The presentations by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek, started off by announcing Marvel Super Hero universe will come to Walt Disney…
Carowinds is preparing to open their new Camp Snoopy on March 24th — however, a batch of projects are already in progress for the 2019 season. Unlike many other Cedar Fair parks, Carowinds does not have a hotel on its property. This will change starting in 2019, as a new hotel will be constructed adjacent to the park. The…
Ever since Steel Vengeance was announced, the hype surrounding the world’s first hyper-hybrid coaster has been nonstop. While enthusiasts have been waiting for more information, the park’s PR guy Tony Clark, finally shared some updates regarding the new additions. One of the most noticeable changes is the entrance plaza for the coaster has been completely redone….
In case you missed our previous Voyage off-season re-tracking story, Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari is investing $3.5 million in new attractions and other improvements for 2018 including the Tembo Falls complex and Tembo Tides wave pool. However, the park recently provided us with an update on the new Tembo Falls complex. The new slide complex will be placed in-between…
Just two weeks after Busch Garden Williamsburg announced the permanent closure of Curse of DarKastle, its sister park Busch Gardens Tampa has announced that the entire Jungala section of their park has closed as well. The announcement was made in a quiet update to the park’s Ride & Attraction Schedules page: “The Jungala area rides and…
You can’t have a great party without great music! Live performances have always been a focal point of the Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras event. Universal has recently announced the complete lineup of live performers for this year’s event. The 2018 Mardi Gras event kicks off on February 3rd with a performance by Sean Paul. Then on February 10th, the…