The Christmas season often involves colorful light displays, festive music, delicious hot chocolate, and of course a visit with Santa Claus. All these traditions come to life Busch Gardens® Christmas Town™ event on select days between Nov. 24 and Jan. 1, 2018. This year’s event is bigger and better than ever with a larger home for…
Tonight, Disney kicks off Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom. The annual event offers guests a magical way to celebrate the holiday season at Walt Disney World Resort! This special ticketed event is held on select nights at Magic Kingdom and allows guests to enjoy festive decorations, photo opportunities, holiday entertainment, snow on Main…
The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium will be offering guests completely free admission Nov. 18 through Nov. 30. The zoo’s marketing director said the #FreeForAll promotion is a way for the zoo to give thanks to its visitors for all of their support throughout the year. So, will you see all the animals in the cold? The…
Next week is the annual IAAPA Expo in Orlando and VRstudios recently announced that they’ll be demonstrating the VRcade Arena during the expo. This is the first time an arena-sized VR attraction has been demonstrated on the show flow at an IAAPA Expo. What is the VRcade Arena? It’s the first arena-scale, multiplayer, free-roaming virtual…
Today, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. reported its financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2017. Total revenues were $437.7 million, compared to $485.3 million in the third quarter of 2016. Net income was $55.0 million, or $0.64 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $65.7 million, or $0.77 per diluted…
Today, Dolly Parton announced an unprecedented entertainment lineup to ensure the spotlight remains solely on her Dollywood theme park. The performing icon unveiled her unwavering commitment to Dollywood’s family entertainment offerings with an extraordinary investment for 2018. Hailing the year as a “Season of Showstoppers,” Parton announced an entertainment lineup which represents an investment $1…
New York’s Darien Lake amusement park hasn’t added a new roller coaster since 2008, but that’s about to change! Rumors have been swirling the past few years about a new coaster being constructed at Darien Lake theme park. Finally, we can say there’s some truth to those rumors. According to recent plans submitted to the Genesee County…
Haunted attractions today are comparable to Hollywood movie productions, becoming more elaborate and more immersive than ever before! According to the Haunted Attraction Association, the haunted house industry is a $7 billion dollar industry with more than 2,500 haunted attractions spread across the United States. A recent poll showed that just over 25% of Americans…
Our annual Haunted House poll is back! We might be a theme park website, but we have a thorough background in haunted attractions too! Every Halloween season we hear about the BEST or SCARIEST haunted houses. Haunted attractions today are comparable to Hollywood movie productions, becoming more elaborate and more immersive than ever before! According…
Winnie is a baby White Rhino who was born earlier this month at Busch Gardens Tampa. Her mom, Kisiri is a 20-year-old Rhino also at Busch Gardens. By three days old, she already weighed about 140 pounds. Dr. Peter Black, a senior veterinarian at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay says that white rhinos can put on…
Halloween Haunt at Kings Island is well underway! We stopped by to check out everything happening at this year’s event. When you approach the park, you may notice the front gate looks a little different than during the summer. The front gate has been themed to Haunt as well and as soon as you approach the…
Three gruesome new experiences will debut at Halloween Haunt this weekend as Kings Dominion begins it’s 17th season. The new maze, Blood on the Bayou is themed after a haunted bayou where the swamps once ran red with blood, with whispers of curses and unnamed voodoo priests. Guests will wind their way through a swamp,…