Just one day after Six Flags held their quarterly conference call with investors where they had said that the company was looking to acquire or lease more parks in North America, Six Flags announced that they were welcoming Waterworld in Concord California back into their family of world class amusement and water parks. Six Flags has reached an agreement with…
The most wonderful time of the year is coming to one of the most immersive theme park experiences ever created. Universal Orlando has finally made it official that a new Christmas experience is coming to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter as part of its destination-wide Holiday celebration. But that’s not all! A brand-new parade featuring…
After a busy morning at the Mystic Timbers Media Day event, we headed back to Kings Island for the First Rider Auction. Guests who wanted to be among the first to ride the new roller coaster, Mystic Timbers, helped to raise money to benefit the Andy & Jordan Dalton Foundation. Each participant had to raise…
Kings Island has raised the bar of ride innovation once again with their new Mystic Timbers roller coaster! One of the most highly anticipated new attractions in the amusement/theme park industry, the 109-foot-tall wooden roller coaster features 16 airtime moments through wooded terrain along 3,265 feet of track at speeds up to 53 mph with an…
Carowinds will be holding an Easter Eggstravaganza from Saturday, April 8 through Sunday, April 16. During this event guests can enjoy the antics of Eggward the Easter Bunny and Snoopy the Easter Beagle as they hand out Easter eggs filled with goodies and snap selfies with park goers. Artsy guests can also leave their signature…
Earlier today, a horde of Viking invaders marched into Busch Gardens Williamsburg to christen InvadR—the park’s first wooden coaster. In typical opening ceremony fashion, David Cromwell, President of Busch Gardens spoke, but his speech was interrupted by a group of Vikings led by Magnus The Red. “It is a day for the brave! A day…
After months of speculation and curiosity, and with May 25 less than two months away, Universal Orlando has finally released the information on how to add Volcano Bay to your current Annual Pass, and also the price of a single day ticket! So just how much is a ticket? Read slowly as we explain the various options….
Opening May 25th 2017, Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay will be the most advanced waterpark ever built! With the power of wearables, there’s no standing in long lines, wrestling with tubes, or waiting for the fun to begin. It’s a tropical paradise just steps away from everything Universal Orlando Resort has to offer! With the most advanced…
Escape Rooms have become popularized in the entertainment industry over recent years and most take 45 minutes to an hour to solve. Haunted attractions have increasingly offered them to patrons seasonally or in year-round locations. Three to five minute Escape Rooms are the latest novelty which generates additional revenue in a space with a small…
This season you can take a trip back in time to the old county fair at Carowinds. There is no feel like that of an old county fair, and now Carowinds is recreating that atmosphere in the park with their brand new park section that opens for the 2017 weekend this Saturday March 25. The…
Cedar Fair Entertainment and VRstudios is opening the first permanent installation of a free-roaming, multi-player VR experience in a U.S. theme park. VR Showdown in Ghost Town; the new custom virtual reality aka VR experience, will officially make its debut on April 1st exclusively at Knott’s Berry Farm. “VR Showdown in Ghost Town” will be a custom,…
2017 marks the 20th anniversary for Midnight Syndicate, a Gothic music group based out of Cleveland, as well as their return to Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends. If you visited the park in 2014 during HalloWeekends, you may be familiar with the group. Midnight Syndicate Live! Legacy of Shadows, debuted at the 18th annual HalloWeekends event in 2014…