On Wednesday, Canada’s Wonderland also announced their plans for 2018 – two new rides and an expanded splash area! The first ride, Lumberjack sends riders swinging on two axe pendulums. With feet dangling, riders are sent through 360 degree loops, 75 feet in the air. The combination of the loops and height will give riders…
Get ready to dive on the West Coast! Knott’s Berry Farm will welcome HangTime in 2018 – a brand new steel roller coaster and the only dive coaster on the West Coast. HangTime will tower 150 feet over the park’s Boardwalk area, showcasing gravity-defying inversions, mid-air suspensions and twisting dive tracks. HangTime will send riders…
Following months of speculation and extreme interest radiating within the amusement industry and from coaster enthusiasts around the globe, Silver Dollar City announces the World’s Fastest, Steepest and Tallest Complete-Circuit Spinning Roller Coaster with the spring 2018 debut of Time Traveler. The Branson, Missouri internationally-awarded 1880s-style theme park makes history again with this custom-designed, custom-engineered…
On National Roller Coaster Day, Carowinds announced the park will debut a newly expanded kids’ area called Camp Snoopy, in the spring – just in time for the 2018 season! Formerly known as Planet Snoopy, The re-imagined Camp Snoopy kids area will feature new rides, a climb and play area, and a more natural looking…
After months of hints and speculation, Kings Dominion has confirmed the addition of a new / re-imagined hybrid roller coaster and a Winterfest event! The announcement was made this morning on National Roller Coaster Day during a special media event at the park. The famed Hurler roller coaster will be re-imagined and reconstructed into a…
After a year of hints and speculation, Cedar Point has finally confirmed what’s been happening in frontier town. The announcement was made today (on National Roller Coaster Day) during a special announcement event at the park. Last August, Cedar Point announced that Meanstreak, known to be a rough ride, would be getting the axe.The ride…
Six Flags Fiesta Texas spilled the beans today on their 2018 plans with a surprise announcement. The park plans to add an entirely new type of roller coaster to their all star lineup of thrill rides complete with a Wonder Woman theme! Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster is being built by the hugely popular Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC)…
As most of you already know, Cedar Point’s Mean Streak has been closed since September for a major re-design. There’s been a lot of speculation about the ride, but very little info confirmed by the park. Yesterday, Cedar Point dropped a third Mean Streak teaser video via Twitter. This new video ends with the phrase “They’re Rollin’ in like…
Back in May of 2017, Busch Gardens Williamsburg did the infamous, “balloon test.” This is where a park will send a balloon to the height of a coming attraction or event such as fireworks. It’s a line of sight test in order to see if passerby’s can see it, and to put into perspective the…
Over the weekend we made a visit to Kings Dominion to check out progress on the parks Hurler project. Much like Cedar Point’s Mean Streak project, Kings Dominion has kept quiet about the construction taking place at the Hurler site. With a lot of speculation happening from coaster enthusiasts, we only actually have two facts thus…
Since last August’s announcement of Cedar Point closing Mean Streak, not much more has been said about details of the ride. There’s been A LOT of speculation about Mean Streak but the only facts we actually have are that Rocky Mountain Construction (known as RMC) is doing a rehab on the ride, converting it to…
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…