Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the world’s largest regional theme park company and the largest operator of water parks in North America, today announced that it has appointed Mike Spanos as President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 18, 2019, and as a member of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Spanos will be relocating…
Dreamworld shocked the world with the opening of Tower of Terror in 1997, the first coaster to break the 100 MPH speed record. The ride, along with the attached Giant Drop, soon became the iconic attraction of the Gold Coast park. Today, the park has revealed, that the Tower of Terror coaster will permanently close…
Our annual Haunted House poll is back for the 5th year! Every Halloween season we hear about the BEST or SCARIEST haunted houses. Pro 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 haunt industry is a $8 billion…
Busch Gardens Williamsburg will debut Pantheon, a record-breaking multi-launch coaster in 2020. Featuring a total of four launches, this coaster located in the park’s Festa Italia village will reach a top speed of 72.5 mph, making it the fastest multi-launch coaster in North America. Here’s an up close look at the record breaking coaster. So far,…
This weekend, Kings Island’s Vortex will celebrate its final rider milestone. Sometime during the amusement park’s Halloween Haunt and Great Pumpkin Fest the steel coaster’s 46 millionth ride will be given. Ridership increased when Kings Island announced in September that Vortex, currently in its 33rd season, would permanently close on October 27. Most coasters of this…
Today, Universal Orlando Resort revealed that The Bourne Stuntacular will debut at Universal Studios Florida in spring 2020. This cutting-edge live-action stunt show based on Universal Pictures’ blockbuster Bourne film franchise will blur the lines between stage and cinema in a hybrid form of entertainment that has never been seen before. The Bourne Stuntacular will…
The cornstalks are out; the pumpkins are picked, and the candy bowls are filled: it’s time for Kennywood’s Happy Hauntings! Happy Hauntings begins its third season of kid-friendly Halloween fun Saturday, October 5, continuing Saturdays & Sundays throughout October. Highlights of the event include Thomas Town at Kennywood, redecorated for the fall and including a…
Fall is finally here! Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night in October (beginning Friday, October 4), Kentucky Kingdom will host Halloween weekends from 6:00 p.m. till midnight! The children’s area of the park, King Louie’s Playland, will operate each evening from 6:00 until 9:00. Aside from the rides, kids will enjoy receiving Halloween treats and…
Hersheypark amusement park, a 121-acre theme park with more than 70 rides, a water park and a zoo, today unwrapped the details of the new culinary and shopping experiences planned for the new Hershey’s Chocolatetown region at Hersheypark, where guests can play, eat, shop and gather starting in summer 2020. Inspired by the vision of…
Kings Island confirmed this morning that Vortex, the park’s six inversion roller coaster would be removed. The announcement was made over a blog post. Final rides on Vortex will begin tonight when Halloween Haunt opens at 6 p.m. The ride’s final day of operation will be October 27th. Both 2019 and 2020 Gold and…
Your worst fears are set to come to life at the 15th annual Halloween Haunt at Canada’s Wonderland, opening this Friday, Sept. 27. Canada’s largest Halloween event returns with hundreds of monsters, more than 25 haunted attractions including nine mazes, seven immersive scare zones, four live shows and an all-new dance and laser party zone….
Get ready, dark forces will be unleashed and wildest nightmares will come true beginning this Friday night, when Kings Island’s Halloween Haunt returns for its 13th season. Voted “Best Theme Park Halloween Event” in the country in 2018 by USA Today readers, the annual event runs Friday and Saturday nights from September 20 through…