Alabama Adventure And Slash Adventure has been on the rise since the park’s acquisition by the Koch family in 2014. Today, the park has announced some substantial improvements for 2019 including 3 new attractions! Twister Slide FreeFall Slide Galleon Pirate Ship Rampage track improvements Improved park pedestrian pathways Park beautification Pirate High Dive Show returns with some…
Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood has revealed that a brand-new nighttime show, called “Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle,” is coming later this year! This exciting all-new light projection experience will cast a mesmerizing display upon the stone walls of the castle. Illuminating the darker side of the Wizarding World, this spectacle of music…
New concept art has been revealed for the highly anticipated Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, coming this summer to the Disneyland Resort and this fall to Walt Disney World. The new images and concept art give us a closer look at various locations throughout the Galaxy’s Edge, including merchandise shops, dining locations, and more. Check out…
The TODAY Cafe will soon make its way to Universal Orlando Resort’s neck of the woods. The cafe will bring together a highly-themed environment designed to feel like stepping onto the iconic TODAY show set along with specialty food and beverage options. NBC’s TODAY informs, entertains, inspires and sets the agenda each morning for Americans. Now,…
In 2016, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was decapitated on the Schlitterbahn waterslide in Kansas called Verruckt (German for “crazy”) — when the raft he was riding went airborne and hit a metal pole that supported a netting system meant to keep riders on the slide. Two women who were with him in the raft were seriously…
A live taste of the Old West is coming to Cedar Point this summer! In addition to Forbidden Frontier on Adventure Island, an interactive and immersive storytelling experience, guests of Cedar Point will have more to explore for the 2019 season. The park is introducing new ways to dine and a summertime street celebration in…
Today, Universal Orlando revealed the name and opening date for the highly-anticipated, new coaster coming to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter this summer. Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure will feature the most highly-themed coaster yet! For the first time ever, guests will fly with Hagrid on a thrilling roller coaster ride that plunges into…
This past Saturday, February 16th, we stopped by Kentucky Kingdom for their annual off season tour; King Louie’s Winter Walk-Thru. This allowed us to see the park in the off-season and get an exclusive look at the construction of Kentucky Flyer, the new Gravity Group woodie opening in 2019. We kicked off our visit with…
Amusement park guests young and old, are demanding sweet treats that are indulgent yet better for them than high calorie ice cream and sugary ice pops. Now, guests no longer need to choose between healthy or indulgent products. For 2019, Totally Bananas is offering SIX delicious banana novelties, all coated in a rich dark chocolate!…
John Hildebrandt, the former general manager of Cedar Point, wrote a book a few months ago about his decades of work at the park, titled “Always Cedar Point”. Always Cedar Point, a Memoir of the Midway gives the reader a rare insider’s view of the operations of one of the world’s greatest amusement parks, Cedar…
SeaWorld San Diego captured some AMAZING time-lapsed footage of a Japanese spider crab – largest arthropod in the world in terms of leg span – molting out of its shell. It’s about 30 seconds (the entire molt process actually took about 6 hours) and it’s really cool to watch! While viewers of the video might…
You might be facing dangerously cold temperatures this week, but us humans aren’t the only ones affected by the dropping temperatures. Rescue teams in Florida are starting to see the effects of low water temperatures on the state’s manatee population. Late yesterday, a 725 lb. sub-adult male manatee arrived at SeaWorld Orlando’s critical care animal…