Disney’s Hollywood Studios is about to change the park forever with the removal of the giant hat, but in the meantime, why not begin with good coffee! February will see the official opening of Walt Disney World’s fifth Starbucks inside the new Trolley Car Cafe. The Trolley Car Café is themed to a classic trolley car station along…
Tonight Disneyland held a special after-hours press event to finally reveal plans for the long awaited 60th Anniversary celebration. The diamond-infused celebration will begin May 22, 2015 with no announced end date. Disneyland will be adding an all new parade and new fireworks show, using modern technology to light up the nights for the 60th anniversary….
Six Flags is re-vamping one of the most decorated roller coaster ever for 2015. Wood meets steel as an iconic woodie gets twisted at Six Flags Magic Mountain! Rocky mountain Construction is in the process of revamping the Colossus roller coaster into a twisted wood and steel hybrid masterpiece. Park president Bonnie Rabjohn said: “At Six Flags, innovation…
Cedar Point, The amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio is known for being the home of many record breaking roller coasters. In 2015 the park is adding another set of wings.. Already known for great wings thanks to its ultra-popular GateKeeper wing coaster, Cedar Point will be home to wings of the edible kind when the park opens…
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is adding a new record breaking roller coaster in 2015. Batman: The Ride will debut as the “World’s First 4D Free Fly Coaster”. S&S revealed the new train at the 2014 IAAPA Expo in Orlando Florida. We were in attendance for this record breaking debut and took a walk around the new train!…
Looking for a Job in the amusement industry near Central Florida? Merlin Entertainments, the second largest attraction operator in the world, has expanded into Orlando with the launch of three of its top global brands at I-Drive 360: The Orlando Eye, the iconic 400-foot observation wheel, unparalleled celebrity wax attraction Madame Tussauds Orlando and…
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 you’ve ever been to…
Gwazi the dual track wooden coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa has had a rough ride the past several years, literally. The coaster opened to rave reviews in 1999 as one of the largest and fastest dual wooden coasters in the country. After it got “broke in” it then became known for one of the roughest…
Skyscraper, the world’s tallest roller coaster’s plans were revealed on Monday! The coaster will tumble, twist, loop and dive from more than 500 feet above International Drive when it opens in 2017. A 4-minute computer animation of the attraction was released by Orlando-based US Thrill Rides. The video shows the takeoff from inside the Skyplex…
A spectacular new interactive 4-D attraction is coming to the Boardwalk at Knott’s Berry Farm next year. Surfacing in spring 2015, Voyage to the Iron Reef adds high-tech fun for everyone! The new 4-D shoot ’em up attraction will take over a long-neglected location in the Boardwalk section of the park that was once…
Holiday World is introducing the World’s first launched wing coaster in 2015 called Thunderbird. (Check out our announcement article with specs here). Construction has been moving along rapidly and the park has been keeping us well informed of how the ride is shaping up. The coaster’s vertical loop and Immelmann inversion are already complete. The next element that will…
T3 – TERROR TO THE THIRD POWER is well underway of it’s changes at Kentucky Kingdom! The park is about to introduce coaster fans to the NEXT GENERATION OF FEAR! – T3 a suspended looping coaster with five gravity defying inversions that’ll be sure to make you flip head over heels, literally! The park is adding 5 new rides…