There have been rumors circling for months that Silver Dollar City will be adding a new roller coaster since they began clearing land back in May of 2016. While we don’t know what the exact track layout will be, it’s rumored to have controlled spinning cars and inversions. Back at the IAAPA attractions expo in…
Today, construction crews at Carowinds placed a 53,000 pound frame to set the foundation for Electro-Spin, one of four new rides in County Fair. Workers also used a 550-ton crane to mount one of the ride pieces. It took crews approximately 10 hours to complete! Check out the video Carowinds shared this afternoon. Earlier this month, Rock N’…
It’s that time of the year again! Cedar Point has released their annual holiday video filled with a lot of seasons greetings! This year they sung along and danced to Happy Holiday! But one thing caught our eye at the 1:30 mark of the video.. the camera pointed to a laptop screen with the words…
SeaWorld announced today that a new SeaWorld park will open in Abu Dhabi (in the United Arab Emrates) in 2022, becoming the first SeaWorld owned park outside the United States. Following the announcement earlier this year to end the orca breeding program, this will be the first SeaWorld park without orca whales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4SOtfnyKUU SeaWorld is partnering…
Each year, IAAPA awards Brass Ring Awards to leaders within the industry. This year at the IAAPA Attractions Expo, Polin took home the Brass Ring for Best New Product for the Space Race Waterslide. This particular award is given to the best new product or service at a water park in Class A. That means…
Years of jokes about Animal Kingdom’s Avatar land opening may finally come to an end as Disney has announced it will officially open Avatar land in summer 2017. Disney also revealed more information about the story of the bridge that will connect Pandora to the rest of the park. Bob Chapek, Chairman, Disney Parks and…
Back in August, we brought you the news of the new County Fair coming to Carowinds and now we’re back to share what’s been going on at the park since it closed for the season! The new area of the park is set to open in 2017 and right now, Carowinds tells us that…
Universal has been pumping out new attraction after new attraction at record speeds, plus, the announcement of Volcano Bay Water Theme Park. Well, add another to that list! This morning, Universal announced their newest resort called Hotel Aventura, scheduled to open summer 2018. It is will be the resort’s sixth hotel, with 600 rooms, located adjacent to…
Water is Life. Life is Joy! That’s the carefree attitude the fabled Waturi islanders have embraced on their Pacific isle for centuries. Now you can live the Waturi way at Universal’s Volcano Bay! This is said to be the most advanced waterpark ever built and we just received more news about the parks new signature ride,…
Williamsburg Pottery is an outdoor marketplace in Williamsburg, Virginia, but that might be changing in the future! If the company’s Vice President Peter Kao has his way, Williamsburg Pottery will be transformed into a complete tourist destination. A website created in June has revealed that the Williamsburg Pottery management is considering new attractions for the…
Since the announcement of Cedar Point closing Mean Streak, not much more has been said about the direction of the ride. There’s been A LOT of speculation and rumors of Rocky Mountain Construction (known as RMC) doing a rehab on the ride, converting it to a hybrid machine, but nothing has been officially announced. Today,…
North America’s largest indoor theme park is coming to American Dream Meadowlands Complex in Rutherford, N.J. with five major themed areas including a Nickelodeon park, LEGOLAND, and DreamWorks area. The mega-mall developer, Triple Five, has teamed up with Nickelodeon to create a second Nickelodeon Universe theme park inside the American Dream Meadowlands facility in New Jersey….