All riders were safely evacuated from a roller coaster that became stuck shortly before 10 p.m Saturday at Carowinds. About 20 children and adults were stuck about 20 feet in the air on the Flying Ace Aerial Chase coaster before park staff was able to get them down according to Carowinds spokeswoman Laresa Thompson. Carowinds amusement park…
It’s Finally Spring 2015!!! [No matter what the weather says]. The BEAST, known as Rougarou, will be unleashed at Cedar Point in just 5 weeks!! The transformation of the Mantis roller coaster into the swamp werewolf that will be a floorless ride will be met with a highly anticipated debut to his new fans. Behind the scenes, Cedar…
Kings Island will be kicking off their 2015 opening day on Saturday, April 18th. Just one season after adding Banshee (one of the best roller coasters in the world) the Mason Ohio park is adding two new family rides, the largest Starbucks store in the Tri-State, interactive maps, and many other improvements. The first of the new rides…
Go Big, Go Backwards! For a limited time, Batman: The Ride, will be more intense than ever when riders dare to take on an all new experience… going backwards! SixFlags Great Adventure located in Jackson, New Jersey, will open Batman: The Ride in 2015 for the coaster’s 23rd season. Since opening in 1993, Batman The Ride reigns as one of…
A new coaster experience isn’t the only thing Cedar Point has planned for 2015. The park is also completely refurbishing Hotel Breakers from the ground up. Located along the mile-long Cedar Point Beach, Hotel Breakers is getting closer to completing its two-year transformation into the ultimate resort destination. For 2015 the hotel will feature new rooms, new decor, a…
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…
This is shaping up to be a breakout year for Carowinds with all their new additions to the park. Cedar Fair has invested in a $50 million dollar plan that is about to change the face of Carowinds forever. Fury 325 is a big part of that change, and is a record breaking new Giga-Coaster that delivers the thrills Carowinds is known for….
Let’s just get right to it. Here it is! The long awaited debut of the trains for Cedar Point’s 2015 floorless Coaster, Rougarou, have arrived! Rougarou is the newest attraction for Cedar Point’s 2015 season. The coaster was formerly known as Mantis (The stand up coaster). The park recently re-themed the ride, removed the stand up…
Carowinds is hosting year two of the Run and Ride series featuring some awesome running events and lots of air time on coasters! With a half-marathon, 10k, 5k, and 1-mile fun run to choose from, there is something for everyone to try! Runners will also be able to ride the all new Fury 305! Fury 325 fully embodies this same aggressive…
On Friday, February 13th, Factory of Terror Haunted Attraction in Canton, Ohio opened it’s doors for a special Friday The 13th / Valentine’s event. We were there to check out everything the “World’s Longest Haunted House” had to offer! Continuing their tradition of opening for every Friday the 13th, FOT hosted yet another successful evening of haunted entertainment, this time called…
Have you rode Millennium Force a million times? How About Raptor? Well, Cedar Point is watching closely and tallied up the numbers. This past week, Tony Clark, who is Cedar Point’s Director of Communications, released the 2014 ridership numbers for coasters and other attractions at America’s Roller Coast. The list shows some pretty significant capacity for their hottest coaster…
Produced by Hero ventures. The Marvel Experience is a first-of-its-kind city to city traveling attraction that features a 3-D stereoscopic Dome, a 4-D motion ride, and other fancy techno words like “augmented reality, multi-person gaming and RFID progress tracking.” Your journey will take you through a 360-degree, 3-D stereoscopic projection Dome, where you’ll get closer than…