Busch Gardens is debuting an all new event this September titled Bier Fest! The new event honors the theme parks Bavarian heritage it’s own Oktoberfest celebration. This festival-style event spans two weekends and features live music, traditional German food and 75 draft and bottled beers that offer beer aficionados a robust palate of flavors to…
Kings Island has been big on giving back to special causes since the park came into the Cedar Fair fold in 2006. The mission of making an impact to the community was further emphasized when the Mason, OH-based theme park presented two checks on Sunday, August 23rd to three charitable organizations as part of their…
Busch Gardens is seeking a few good ghouls, zombies and creatures willing to go bump in the night for their annual Howl-O-Scream event. Every year, Howl-O-Scream terrifies guests with its collection of haunted houses, Terror-tories, and darkly entertaining shows. The Virginia theme park is looking for people to be a part of their behind-the-screams team,…
Cedar Fair has been on a roll this week with a slew of announcements from numerous parks throughout their portfolio. On Wednesday, August 19th, Kings Island unveiled Tropical Plunge, the 65-foot complex of six different water slides, that will be nearly seven stories tall. It’ll debut in the park’s Soak City section, as well as new toll…
Carowinds is preparing to reveal their next big attraction! Fans are all speculating, but we have a pretty good assumption of what is being installed… All hints point towards a new… waterslide complex. A previous Carowinds application for incentives from the city of Charlotte mentioned a $2.5 million waterslide as a part of the park’s future expansion. Carowinds sent out…
Today, Kings Island announced a new addition to their park for the upcoming 2016 Season. The 43 year old park’s Soak City waterpark will be opening “Tropical Plunge”, a complex of six different water slide experiences towering nearly seven stories. Three of the slides on the 65-foot tall complex will start with guests climbing inside an…
If you were traveling between Ohio and Florida over the past two days, you may have spotted a shiny new piece of coaster track being transported via flatbed. In 2016, SeaWorld Orlando announced they will be adding an all new 200ft roller coaster to their lineup of attractions. The track is being manufactured by the famed coaster manufacturers, Bolliger…
At the beginning of summer, during an employee meeting at SeaWorld Orlando, park execs made an announcement that coaster manufacturer B&M would be installing a new 200 ft coaster called Mako, at the park in 2016. B&M has started shipping pieces of track from their Ohio plant to Orlando. The park has launched a marketing campaign…
At the beginning of summer, Cedar Point began clearing out a large area of land where the former Good Times Theater used to be for a new attraction. Since they began excavating, a construction wall has blocked off the surrounding area. The park then hung up a sign on the construction wall that said “A…
Just a few months ago, during an employee meeting at SeaWorld Orlando, park execs made an announcement that a new 200 ft coaster would be installed at the park in 2016. With speeds exceeding 70 mph, MAKO will propel riders across a track that’s 4,760 feet long and encounter a 200 foot drop. It’s a “hyper…
Cedar Point executives indefinitely delayed a major announcement planned for Tuesday, potentially unveiling a new ride for next year. The decision, made on Friday came just one day after the Raptor roller coaster struck and killed James Young. (story here) The 9 p.m. Tuesday announcement was not only scheduled to be historic and record-breaking, but was…
We have some unfortunate news to report. 45-year-old James A. Young, of East Canton, Ohio went into a fenced off area of Cedar Point’s Raptor roller coaster and was struck by the ride. He was reportedly looking for a lost cell phone in the fenced-off area of the park when he was hit. Bryan Edwards, Cedar Point’s Public Relations…