After a long Winter, it’s finally the time of the year when Amusement parks around the world are opening their new rides for the general public. Over the weekend, Adventureland Long Island opened their latest attraction Mystery Mansion. Mystery Mansion is a unique take on the old dark rides of the past as riders sit…
The classic Jardin d’Acclimatation in Paris, France has descided to undergo a renovation. Along with new steampunk themes spread throughout the park, two new rides are also being added — Speed Rockets and L’astrolabe. The Speed Rockets coaster is a custom design of the Gerstlauer Bobsled wild mouse coasters. The ride will stand 36.1 feet…
Disney has finally provided fans with an update regarding the huge Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge expansion for both Disneyland and Disney World resorts. While we knew the lands were slated to open in 2019, exactly when wasn’t official until now. Today, Disney revealed that it’s Disneyland version will open in the summer, while the Disney…
Back in 2004, HersheyPark shocked the world by announcing Turbulence was coming in the Carrousel Circle section of the iconic park. Turbulance would have been the World’s first Frequent Faller ride from Interactive Rides. It was unique in that not only were riders suspended on the side of the track, the cars would rock back and…
In 2017, Parc Asterix located in Plailly, France – released Pégase Express, a family multi-launch Gerstlauer coaster. Now, it seems the park is planning to build something much bigger. Looking into the future, the park is planning to debut a new Intamin LSM launch coaster in 2021. This was revealed in an unusual manner, by means…
Alabama Splash Adventure has recently been on the rise since the park’s acquisition by the Koch family in 2014. The park previously announced the addition of the Splash Island, a waterslide complex that features 5 individual slides perfect for kids and an all new interactive play area with loads of splashing fun. However, the park had…
The classic Lakeside Park in Denver Colorado has revealed their latest “card up their sleeve” so to say. The park recently announced that they have acquired and assembled a Pinfari Zyklon Z64 for the upcoming season! The ride had many homes and names while previously operating at the defunct Hamel’s Park in Louisiana, the Saginaw County Fair in…
A few weeks ago, Cedar Point unveiled one of the most anticipated coasters of all time to the media. Now, just a few weeks later, there’s already some interesting developments near Magnum and Gemini. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrBcVikuqo On the stretch of land between the Monster and the entrance of Magnum, new flags have been placed throughout the…
Blackpool is known for their iconic attractions. However, it’s been 24 years since the park has last opened a custom designed roller coaster. That will all change on May 25th, when the park debuts their new Icon! Icon, a MACK multi-launch coaster is the park’s latest and greatest creation. Riders will be launched through 3,750…
Yesterday, Cedar Point unveiled one of the most anticipated coasters of all time to the media. However, there’s some interesting developments on the opposite side of the peninsula. Construction fences now surround the site of the former Extreme Sports Stadium. The fence extends from the entrance of Windseeker past the northern spike of Wicked Twister….
Cedar Point has been known for breaking record barriers with their world class roller coasters. Today, Cedar Point continued that tradition, by giving members of the press and select guests their first rides on Steel Vengeance—the world’s Tallest, Fastest, Longest, and world’s first hyper hybrid roller coaster. The re-design of Mean Streak was just a…
It’s only been a few months since Darien Lake announced they would be building “Tantrum”, a bran new vertical lift coaster in New York. The park recently released images showing off the current state of construction. Crews on-site are currently working on installing the supports of the vertical lift as well as the supports at…