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Kings Island's WindSeeker opens
The tower swing ride WindSeeker finally opened yesterday, June 21. The ride holds 64 riders at a time with 32 swings holding two people apiece. It swings passengers at up to 30mph 30 stories above the ground. Once at the highest point riders can... [More]
Six Flags St. Louis to give free admission to military personnel
On July 1st through the 4th any active duty military personnel will get in free to Six Flags St. Louis. This will be the second year for 'Salute to Heroes', which honors the men and women who serve our country. Also families or 4... [More]
Musician Marvin Sapp to perform at Six Flags America
Marvin Sapp will be performing this Saturday the 25th for "Praise in the Park: A Gospel Explosion". Sapp, a American Gospel singer and songwriter, is a mutiple award winner with hit singles like "Never Would Have Made It". Also performing will be Baltimore local... [More]
New coaster in Japan to be 'world's steepest'
The Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park, located in Yamanash, is to unveil the record breaker on July 16th. The people at the Guiness Book of World Records have been called to ratify the 121 degree drop which would be the steepest in the world. The... [More]
The Grand Reef at Discovery Cove now open
The Grand Reef is a large expansion of the park Dicovery Cove in Orlando. It features shallow waters for those who just want to get their feet wet, to deep swimming adventures. There are white sandy beaches and you can go snorkeling among artificial... [More]
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Disneyland Resort ticket price increase
Alongside price increases at Walt Disney World, prices for Disneyland Resort tickets are also going up. One-day park passes will now be $80 for adults and $74 for children. Annual pass pricing has also increased to $199 for Southern California (SoCal) Select, $269 for... [More]
Disney World ticket price increase
Walt Disney World has announced that its pricing for a 1-day park pass has risen to $85 for adults and $79 for children, effective immediately. The pricing on Annual Passes has also increased, with the basic Annual Pass now priced at $519 and pricing... [More]
Six Flags Over Texas holding Walk in the Park fundraiser
Starting early Saturday morning people can enter Six Flags Over Texas for a walk to help raise money for local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Donations will be accepted and walkers that raise $50 will get a ticket to stay the day. There will be... [More]
Disney World's Enchanted Tiki Room to reopen in August
After waiting months to find out when the Tiki Room would return, Disney has announced that it will open in August. Many of the audio-animatronics suffered damage during the fire and subsequent dousing from sprinklers earlier this year in January. When fixing the attraction... [More]
Six Flags America's Skull Mountain to close
June 11 through July 10, 2011 will be your last chance to water ride Skull Mountain as it will be closing after this season. A new attraction will be taking it's place the the 2012 season. Guests can say goodbye during a Fare-thee-Well Weekend... [More]
Gatorland opening Screamin' Gator Zipline
Opening June 16th the zipline attraction has 1,200 feet of thrill that lasts over two hours. The experience starts out easy with a zip line speed topping around 15 mph but has lines that will propel you to over 30 mph during your ride.... [More]
A 'borderline riot' at Alabama Adventure
Police were called to Alabama Adventure in Bessemer Monday after altercations spread across the park. One witness, Felix Torres, described the situation as a "borderline riot" and said that he saw at least eight fights break out. Torres continued, saying that he saw chairs... [More]
Orlando's Wet 'n Wild's Summer BBQ Beach Bash to begin
Starting next Friday and Saturday the water park will have unlimited barbeque that will be offered during the day and a beachside grill will be available after 5 p.m. The tickets for the food are each sold seperately. Live entertainment will include DJs, acoustic... [More]
7 injured in Cedar Point WildCat crash
Seven riders recieved minor injuries after one of the WildCat's cars crashed into a stopped car at the loading station Sunday. Luckily no one suffered serious injuries but three of the passengers were taken to the nearby Firelands Regional Medical Center as a precaution.... [More]
Riptide Bay at Six Flags Great America opens
Six Flags Great America has just opened Riptide Bay, a huge 4-acre water park expansion located in Hurricane Harbor. Six Flags Great America is located in Chicago's metropolitan area. Some of the new additions include four new slides that the floor drops out of... [More]
Six Flags New England's Summer Concerts
Six Flags will have a bevy of concerts being held this summer. Some of the performances include a Festival Latino that will feature groups such as Groupo Mania, Tito Rojas, Canario, and Andy Andy. These artists will perform on June 19th and tickets will... [More]
Bay Beach's Zippin Pippin off to great start
The coaster is located at the Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It's a 70-foot-tall attraction that is also a replica of a coaster operated in Memphis Tennessee, known to be Elvis Presley's favororite amusment park ride. The city of Green Bay... [More]
Comcast to buy Blackstone Group's half of Universal Orlando
The deal is expected to be between 1 to 1.5 billion dollars and will give Comcast full control over the theme park. The cable giant had previously acquired 51% of NBCUniversal, the company that owns the other half of Universal Orlando, for $13 billion... [More]
Legoland Florida hiring 800
Opening on October 15th Legoland Florida has started to fill 800 job positions. Job canidates can now start apllying for positions in operations, retail, and food service. Pay starts at $7.75 an hour and many of the jobs are seasonal though there is potential... [More]
Wild Rivers Waterpark to close at end of season
After 25 years of operation, Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, CA will be closing for good October 2nd due to its lease not being extended. The Irvine Company, which owns the property, declined to renew it's lease when it ended in 2007. The land... [More]
Orlando wins race to 50 million tourists
There was a record 51.4 million visitors in Orlando last year beating New York City to the 50 million mark and making Orlando the number one visited destination in the country. This comes after New York's mayor was quoted as saying in 2009 "For... [More]
Plans for 500-foot viewing wheel in Las Vegas
Compass Investments has plans to build a 500-foot ferris wheel along the Vegas strip. Part of a $100 million privately funded project, the wheel would be accompanied with a roller coaster, and 200,000 sq. feet of entertainment, restaurant and retail space. The wheel will... [More]
Schlitterbahn aims for world record lesson
Schitterbahn's family of waterparks are set to host a series of swimming lessons, hopefully to be the world's largest. On June 14th, all four Schlitterbahn Waterparks will be host locations for the purportedly-world record breaking simultaneous swimming lesson. The lesson is to help promote... [More]
SeaWorld San Antonio to open an Aquatica
Announced yesterday by SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment a second Aquatica will be coming to SeaWorld San Antonio and will be replacing the Lost Lagoon. As stated on SeaWorld's site, Aquatica is an aquatic park with up-close animal experiences, high-speed thrills and relaxing, sandy beaches.... [More]
Legoland to open October 15th
Legoland will be coming to Florida this October at the fomer Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven, park managment announced today. Legoland had previously bought the property in January 2010. They had been hinting about the opening date the previous couple days via their Facebook... [More]
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