After a five-year hiatus, Kentucky Kingdom made a triumphant return in 2014. The park attracted nearly 600,000 visitors and sold 117,000 season passes in 2014. These numbers led the theme park’s owners to expand the park and invest in new rides for 2015. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said: “Kentucky Kingdom’s return “has had a significant…
After months of speculation, we finally received some info on the new coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. BGW made it “kind-of-official” that they will be adding a new steel coaster named Tempesto. The park hasn’t made an announcement to the public yet, but Busch staff received the news Thursday, September 18th, at an employee only meeting. The ride appears…
After months of rumors and speculation, Cedar Point has finally revealed their new addition for 2015! It’s the “last stand” for one of the parks steel scream machines. Rumors have been flying the past few months about Mantis being converted to a floorless coaster. But today, the park confirmed Mantis will indeed get squashed and be re-designed into an all…
Earlier this year Cedar Point announced that they would rename a coaster after Lebron James if the NBA player would return to the Cleveland Cavs. Well, Lebron inked a deal to play for the Cavaliers leaving Cedar Point with a promise to keep. After months of various rumors and speculations Cedar Point and the LeBron James…
After months of rumors and speculation, Cedar Point has officially announced their new addition for 2015! It’s the “last stand” for one of the parks steel scream machines. Cedar Point spokesman Tony Clark has been teasing the new addition on social media the past few days. But today the park announced that the Mantis will indeed…
Cedar Point is getting ready to announce their new attraction and boy are the rumors buzzing! We have heard the park will add everything from new rides, to a new coaster, a new boardwalk, and even a coaster re-design… Cedar Point spokesman Tony Clark has been teasing the new addition on social media the past…
We love racer style coasters here at Coaster Nation, but even more when that racer coaster is converted to STEEL with inversions! Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain was an icon. It was once the world’s longest and fastest wooden coaster. It was known as the “Screamin Meemie” in National Lampoon’s Vacation when Magic Mountain was used for…
The first hybrid coaster on the East Coast is coming to Six Flags New England in 2015! The historic woodie, known as Cyclone was closed earlier this year at the park to make room for the WICKED CYCLONE! The new coaster will re-use most of the foundation of the original Cyclone. This technological innovation will combine the classic…
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is all set to debut the most exciting coaster in the park’s 22-year history! BATMAN: The Ride will premier in 2015! Six Flags Fiesta Texas is the second park in the United States to get a “4th Dimension” coaster. The first was Six Flags Magic Mountain with X2. After being lifted straight…
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the world’s largest regional theme park company, has announced thrilling new offerings for each of its 18 parks for 2015. The upcoming season will include unique, one-of-a-kind attractions, sophisticated new interactive dark rides and, in signature Six Flags fashion, a selection of world-record-breaking rides from coast to coast. “Innovation is part of…
Carowinds is kicking off their 2015 season with a bang! Cedar Fair has invested in a $50 million dollar multi-year investment that will change the face of the park forever. Fury 325 will be a big part of that change, and will be a record breaking new Giga-Coaster that delivers the thrills Carowinds is known for. The new coaster by manufacturer…
Cedar Fair has had some “so called” mishaps over the past few years. Last year, Cedar Point’s Gatekeeper website was released before the announcement. Kings Island pulled a similar stunt releasing “The Bat’s page” before the Banshee announcement to create some hype. While many thought these leaks were mistakes, it was well planned marketing tools for bloggers……