For over 100 nights, guests can stay late and safely enjoy world-class coasters, electrifying entertainment throughout the park and more during extended hours at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay beginning May 28. On weekends and select dates, guests can look to the sky for the NEW “Spark! A Nighttime Spectacular” featuring an explosive NEW firework and special…
SeaWorld Orlando’s award-winning summer event, Electric Ocean returns May 28 with more hours of fun featuring new daytime experiences and nighttime favorites. Electric Ocean brings longer park hours and allows guests to voyage into an exotic underwater world filled with dazzling lights, electrifying dance music and a brilliant evening energy that sparks as the sun…
Silverwood Theme Park In Athol, Idaho stunned thrill seekers with the announcement of Stunt Pilot, the Northwest’s first single rail coaster. The ride was constructed over the winter, and on May 13th, the park conducted the first test run of the new coaster. The ride is a modified layout of manufacturer Rocky Mountain Constructions prototype…
A New thrill ride is coming to Six Flags! Harley Quinn Spinsanity will make its official debut this weekend at Six Flags America, located between Baltimore and Washington DC. The over-sized giant pendulum ride, named after the iconic DC Super-Villain Harley Quinn, promises to deliver epic, high-flying excitement as it spins and swings to breathtaking…
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, one of the Northeast’s largest and most tropically-themed waterparks, will kick off its 2021 season May 15. A two-week spring preview will feature many of the park’s rides, dining and shopping locations and offer “a taste of summer” prior to the official season launch Memorial Day weekend. This windswept paradise is located…
Enter an undiscovered world where LEGO creatures come to life with an all-new 4D movie, LEGO Mythica – Journey To Mythica, and an augmented reality (AR) experience opening May 27 at LEGOLAND Florida Resort’s Fun Town Theater. Full of adventures and mysterious creatures all waiting to be discovered, LEGO Mythica is an incredible parallel universe to ours. A universe that, unbeknown to us, has been created by the power…
Over the course of the last two years, Gene Staples of Indiana Beach Holdings LLC has become quite the high profile buyer in the amusement industry. In 2020, Indiana Beach shut it’s doors, as it’s parent company (Apex Parks Group LLC) was looking to offload the park. Gene Staples came forward, and managed to acquire,…
In the summer of 2020, a series of markers were placed around Kings Island that started beside Invertigo and stretched beyond the Timberwolf Amphitheater complex. The discussion of the markers later ceased as it was described by the park as being part of a “utility improvement”. During this past weekend’s Passholder Previews, work could be…
Over the last few years, many amusement park enthusiasts and locals were curious about the fate of the plot of land where the former Kings Island Resort and Conference Center stood for over 40 years. It now seems there are new developments for the site. In early 2021 a series of transactions began, starting with…
Silver Dollar City has recently re-opened for the 2021 season. The park, coming off the recent success of Mystic River Falls appears to have more projects in line. Construction walls have gone up around the exterior portions of Fireman’s Landing. The walls are crudely built, with trees poking through holes in the wall, perhaps in…
Back in 2005, one of the most devastating hurricanes in history touched down in New Orleans. One of the sites in its path of destruction was Six Flags New Orleans — which closed in August of 2005 in preparation for the storm and never re-opened after hurricane Katrina flooded the 250 acre theme park. After…
One of the highlights of any season of Kings Island is the numerous community events at the park. One such event was the annual One Walk event held by the park and JDRF. The event allowed for kids with Type 1 Diabetes to have a day at Kings Island and raise money to help fund…