In 2015 Hansa Park stunned the coaster community with Karnan. In 2019, the park is reaching new heights, both literally and figuratively, with Highlander, the world’s tallest and fastest Gyro Drop. Highlander will drop 24 riders from 393 feet up, while reaching speeds of over 75 MPH. The ride will also be the first Funtime […]

Triotech, market leader in interactive media-based attractions, recently installed its XD Dark Ride interactive theater for the first time in 4 new countries – Asia: Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan. The company counts more than 60 attractions in East and South East Asia deployed across several segments, from FECs to amusement parks or as stand-alone […]

The classic Jardin d’Acclimatation in Paris, France has descided to undergo a renovation. Along with new steampunk themes spread throughout the park, two new rides are also being added — Speed Rockets and L’astrolabe. The Speed Rockets coaster is a custom design of the Gerstlauer Bobsled wild mouse coasters. The ride will stand 36.1 feet […]

Back in 2004, HersheyPark shocked the world by announcing Turbulence was coming in the Carrousel Circle section of the iconic park. Turbulance would have been the World’s first Frequent Faller ride from Interactive Rides. It was unique in that not only were riders suspended on the side of the track, the cars would rock back and […]

In 2017, Parc Asterix located in Plailly, France – released Pégase Express, a family multi-launch Gerstlauer coaster. Now, it seems the park is planning to build something much bigger. Looking into the future, the park is planning to debut a new Intamin LSM launch coaster in 2021. This was revealed in an unusual manner, by means […]

Blackpool is known for their iconic attractions. However, it’s been 24 years since the park has last opened a custom designed roller coaster. That will all change on May 25th, when the park debuts their new Icon! Icon, a MACK multi-launch coaster is the park’s latest and greatest creation. Riders will be launched through 3,750 […]

Nagashima Spa Land has constantly been a dream destination for countless coaster enthusiasts. In 2019, it’s about to become an even bigger dream as the park is debuting a new coaster that is sure to be highly sought after by coaster enthusiasts. The park has hired Rocky Mountain Construction to perform an IBox re-tracking of […]

A few months ago, Coaster Nation reported on the Linnanmäki demolishing the Vonkaputous water coaster. However, Linnanmäki has revealed their largest coaster to date. Something exciting has been brewing at Linnanmäki Amusement Park during the past winter. The amusement park has been posting teasers in the social media implying that “Taiga is in the air”. […]

Vonkaputous, the last remaining Premier Liquid Coaster aka “water coaster”, will be soon be removed from Linnanmäki Park (Helsinki, Finland) according to park officials. The coaster, which had opened in May of 2001 at Linnanmäki in Finland, appeared as a boat—seating 10 passengers in 5 rows. Once departing the station, the car descended into a 90 degree turn […]

Following the success of the popular DrageKongen family inverted coaster, Djurs Sommerland in Denmark, has announced two new attractions for the 2018 season! Jungle Rally, will be the park’s second family coaster added in two years. The ride, a standard Zierer Force Zero, will reach a height of 13.1 ft, and will be 229.1 feet […]