Friday, Kennywood was honored by Life’sWorks of Western Pennsylvania as the recipient of The James F. Compton Humanitarian Award. Life’sWork President and CEO Everett McElveen and Board Chair Brian Heery presented the awards on September 18 during A White House Dinner in Pittsburgh, a fundraising gala to honor businesses and community leaders who have furthered…
After months of rumors and speculation, Cedar Point has finally revealed their new addition for 2015! It’s the “last stand” for one of the parks steel scream machines. Rumors have been flying the past few months about Mantis being converted to a floorless coaster. But today, the park confirmed Mantis will indeed get squashed and be re-designed into an all…
Earlier this year Cedar Point announced that they would rename a coaster after Lebron James if the NBA player would return to the Cleveland Cavs. Well, Lebron inked a deal to play for the Cavaliers leaving Cedar Point with a promise to keep. After months of various rumors and speculations Cedar Point and the LeBron James…
Freak things happen to all of us, even theme parks… Yesterday a power outage at Six Flags Great Adventure temporarily shut down all the park’s rides. Some rides still had guests on them leaving many customers upset and asking for refunds. Great Adventure spokesperson Kaitlyn Turi said a power outage occurred at 1:30 p.m. and…
It’s not quite Halloween just yet, but many theme parks and professional haunted attractions around the country have already opened for the 2014 season. Cedar Point plays host to one of the world’s best Halloween events, and we have all the scary details from our media preview visit! Highlighting the lineup of scares this year…
Six Flags Great Adventure’s Fright Fest Presented by Snickers is in it’s 23rd year at the world’s largest amusement park. The event features family-friendly “Thrills by Day,” while an amped-up “Fright by Night” will deliver more scare zones, terror trails and haunted houses plus nearly 200 zombies and Halloween-themed shows and attractions. Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson,…
Halloween is creeping up very fast and haunted attractions will be opening across the nation over the next few weeks. Cedar Point plays host to one of the world’s best Halloween events, and we have all the scary details! “Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble.” If the thought of a group…
A fire erupted on the famous Colossus roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain today while crews were trying to disassemble the ride. Police reports say that Los Angeles County firefighters responded to the park in Valencia at about 1:30 p.m. Local TV news stations aired helicopter video showing fire burning at a high point…
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…
After months of rumors and speculation, Cedar Point has officially announced their new addition for 2015! It’s the “last stand” for one of the parks steel scream machines. Cedar Point spokesman Tony Clark has been teasing the new addition on social media the past few days. But today the park announced that the Mantis will indeed…
Cedar Point is getting ready to announce their new attraction and boy are the rumors buzzing! We have heard the park will add everything from new rides, to a new coaster, a new boardwalk, and even a coaster re-design… Cedar Point spokesman Tony Clark has been teasing the new addition on social media the past…
We love racer style coasters here at Coaster Nation, but even more when that racer coaster is converted to STEEL with inversions! Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain was an icon. It was once the world’s longest and fastest wooden coaster. It was known as the “Screamin Meemie” in National Lampoon’s Vacation when Magic Mountain was used for…