2015 Attractions

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Kennywood Transforms into Phantom Fright Nights For 14th Year of Terror
ByDan Hower September 21, 2015January 2, 2016

The worst nightmares always keep coming back… Like the undead crawling out of their graves, Phantom Fright Nights is back at Kennywood in Pittsburgh, PA! The award-winning Phantom Fright Nights event creeps into Kennywood starting Friday, October 2. The Pittsburgh-area amusement park transforms into the ultimate Halloween experience with haunted mazes, scare zones filled with costumed…

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2015 Golden Ticket Award Winners Announced!
ByCoaster Nation Matt September 16, 2015September 16, 2015

The theme park trade publication Amusement Today held their 17th annual Golden Ticket Awards at Luna Park in New York City this past weekend to crown the Best In Class around the industry. Every year, Amusement Today conducts an international survey of knowledgeable and experienced theme park fans to get their votes on the Best in…

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Busch Gardens Brings Oktoberfest To Williamsburg With BIER FEST
ByDan Hower August 28, 2015August 29, 2015

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…

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Busch Gardens is Hiring Scare Squad Members For Howl-O-Scream Halloween Event
ByDan Hower August 24, 2015January 2, 2016

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,…

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Busch Gardens Williamsburg Reveals Unearthed Will Debut at Howl-O-Scream
ByDan Hower August 12, 2015January 2, 2016

Theme parks around the world are slowly releasing details about their new Halloween attractions for 2015. Busch Gardens Williamsburg is is kicking off their massive Howl-O-Scream event with more houses and terror than ever before! For this years Howl-O-Scream, Busch Gardens Williamsburg has joined forces with Robin Cowie, the legendary producer of the 1999 horror film…

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YaHoo Travel Names America’s Best Waterpark
ByDan Hower August 12, 2015August 12, 2015

With Summer winding down, YaHoo Travel has named America’s top 10 waterparks. While it was said to be a very tight race to number 1, they praised Busch Gardens’ Water Country USA for its cleanliness, kid-friendly attractions, and thrill rides like Colossal Curl and Vanish Point! Water Country USA topped the list as Americas Best! Check out…

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Kennywood Kicks Off 66th Annual Fall Fantasy Parades
ByDan Hower July 31, 2015July 31, 2015

Kennywood’s 66th Annual Fall Fantasy Parades will take place from August 8th through August 25th. Just like the inaugural event in 1950, Kennywood will step through the looking glass with “Alice in Wonderland” themed floats! Fall Fantasy begins high-stepping through Kennywood on August 8 with nightly parades and marching bands from 190 high schools and colleges…

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ProSlide Launches A New Hybrid Water Slide Technology!
ByDan Hower July 30, 2015July 31, 2015

Do you love both roller coasters and water slides? If you answered yes, you’ll love this! For the first time in its 30-year history, ProSlide has launched two world-first technologies together in a single hybrid ride. The first install of the new FlyingSaucer/RocketBlast attractions was introduced at Siam Park in Tenerife, Spain, earlier this month and…

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Cedar Fair Dark Rides: Past, Present & Future
ByCoaster Nation Matt July 29, 2015July 29, 2015

Cedar Fair CEO Matt Ouimet has announced plans earlier this year for their chain of parks to get a dark ride in the near future. As we told you back in April, Ouimet says that we should eventually see dark rides in all Cedar Fair parks. While this is no new category of entertainment for…

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Kennywood Debuts New 4D Theater Attraction in Pittsburgh, PA
ByDan Hower July 28, 2015July 31, 2015

Kennywood amusement Park in Pittsburgh PA has added 4D to it’s arsenal of attractions! The new 4-D experience fires on all cylinders engaging on five senses including touch and smell! Kennywood is opening it’s new multimillion-dollar 4-D Theater on July 29, when visitors can watch the animated short film “Ice Age: No Time for Nuts…

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Joyland Amusement Park Roller Coaster is Demolished
ByDan Hower July 23, 2015May 1, 2025

The family that owns and once operated Wichita’s Joyland Amusement Park is tearing it down. Joyland was an amusement park in Wichita, Kansas. The park operated for 55 years from June 12, 1949 to 2004 before closing permanently in 2006. Since its closing in 2004, it has been subjected to numerous incidents of vandalism and looting….

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Lake Compounce Opening New Phobia Phear Roller Coaster
ByDan Hower July 10, 2015July 11, 2015

Lake Compounce (the United States’ oldest theme park) has officially announced that the park will make it’s largest investment to date in a new 150-foot-tall roller coaster named Phobia Phear. For a few weeks the park did a great job running teasers via social media creating some excitement. They teased the new attraction on social media,…

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