It was an incredible debut season for Kings Island’s Banshee, the World’s Longest Inverted Roller Coaster, becoming a smash-hit for the Cedar Fair park. The most exciting addition to the park since 2009’s Diamondback, the lady inspired coaster screamed and scared up an impressive 2,000,305 rides in it’s first season! This is the first coaster at Kings…
Cedar Fair, the parent company of Cedar Point, Kings Island, Carowinds, and Knott’s Berry Farm, had increases in 2014. The publicly traded company, with the trading stock symbol “FUN” (how cool is that?), held a conference call last week in which Cedar Fair President and CEO Matt Ouimet provided a report for performances for their…
Just one season after adding Banshee, one of the best roller coasters in the world, Kings Island in Mason, Ohio is adding two new family rides, the largest Starbucks store in the Tri-State, and other improvements for next summer! The first of the new rides is Woodstock Gliders, a classic flying scooters ride from Larson International….
It’s getting very close to the time of the year when everyone in the amusement and attraction industry gets a little gitty.. It’s almost time for IAAPA! The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) is the premier global event for the attractions industry, held annually at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando,…
The “Best of the Best” in the amusement industry were honored this past week with the annual Golden Ticket Awards. This year the prestigious awards ceremony was hosted at Sea World San Diego. Calculated from an international poll conducted by Amusement Today, the Golden Ticket Awards are the results of a detailed survey that is…
On Friday August 1st, Kings Island gave it’s 100 millionth ride on the Racer roller coaster, which opened with the 364-acre amusement and waterpark in 1972. The rider was Angela Marshall of Chattanooga, TN, who received a Racer-themed airbrush t-shirt, a 2015 VIP tour for eight guests and a large sign proclaiming her as the…
Earlier today, Mike Brogan became the 10-millionth rider on Kings Island’s tallest and fastest roller coaster, “Diamondback,” which opened in 2009. Photo Courtesy Kings Island Mike Brogan of Cincinnati, Ohio, received a package of Diamondback souvenir items including T-shirts, hats, glassware, novelty items and a large sign proclaiming him as the coaster’s 10-millionth rider. Diamondback is…
Captain America, Iron Man and the mighty Thor took a break from superhero work and went for a spin on the Grand Carousel at Kings Island today! photo courtesy Kings Island The three Avengers met and posed for photographs with literally hundreds of park visitors during their visit to the 364-acre amusement and waterpark….