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Don't know who in the industry needs to hear this, but I hope that the entertainment team members at Six Flags America find good homes in the industry. What they're consistently able to pull off with LITERALLY PENNIES is *REALLY* impressive. They've always punched WAY above their weight/budget.
Something like 20 operating hours remain for Six Flags America. 😥 Anyone else planning to make it out for the closing day next weekend?
Scoop: Rocky Mountain Construction is planning to build a 45ft tall Wild Moose prototype at their Idaho headquarters! This will likely be a small test track similar to what RMC built while developing the Raptor. No matter the scale, it will be exciting to see an ACTUAL Wild Moose in action! 🫎
SCOOP: Legacy Six Flags-style haunted house upcharges appear to be on their way to a number of legacy Cedar Fair parks this year. At minimum we have seen solid upcharge plans evidence for #CanadasWonderland, #Carowinds #KingsDominion, and #WorldsOfFun.
Yikes. Another unannounced attraction bloodbath out of the new Six Flags chain in '25. If it can happen at Carowinds—the center of a lot of focus & investment by Cedar Fair recently—it could happen ANYWHERE. Other parks should be shaking in their boots right now. 😬 www.carowinds.com/blog/2024/ch...
Changes on the Horizon at Carowinds
As part of a multi-year expansion, Carowinds will debut two new family rides in 2025 and a record-breaking water ride in 2026.
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The loss of "distraction and diversion-type" attractions like the Liberty Square Riverboat & Tom Sawyer's Island really harm the Magic Kingdom in my opinion, but at least I can understand the financial calculation. What I find completely unfathomable is the removal of Rivers of America. 🙁
Out at ZooTampa for my coaster count +1. I think Tasmanian Tiger is the largest Wisdom Rides coaster I've hit and... yikes. It really tracks spectacularly poorly. 😖
Dining at Disney's least-talked-about, least-appreciated table service restaurant in Florida tonight. Whatever you assume I was going to say, I bet it wasn't this one!
Another DHS hot take: The Twilight Zone IP does very little for Tower of Terror and it's reasonable for Disney to want to stop rights payments. THAT SAID, the tone, vibe, soul, and general setting & story of the current attraction can *and should* be saved long-term with a new, park-original story.
"Muppets Records Presents Rock 'N' Roller Coaster Starring The Electric Mayhem Band" Still quite happy with the plans for Rock 'N—just desperately hope that the project includes some preshow restructuring and, most importantly, a fleet of new Vekoma MK1212 trains. New trains would be a GAMECHANGER.
Hot take: Mama Melrose, compared to the sea of other bad Italian restaurants that litter Walt Disney World, really isn't THAT bad. I'd even say it's one of the better DHS table-service options (yes, another low bar). Give me Mama Melrose over Tutto Italia or Brown Derby any day though.
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Yeah, but I can do AMRAP in one cycle with the E-Liminator X Blaster and really bulk up those concentric finger muscles. Combine that with the treadmill action on MinionBlast and you got a prime HIIT thoosie couplet bro. You could never get jacked and swole on Shrek 4-D. 💪 Gains > Enjoyment! 😤
Theme Park Tribune@themeparktribune.bsky.social · 2y agoDoing Minion Con again really makes me miss Shrek 4-D. Check out our 2022 article with the inside story about attraction’s creation, straight from the film’s director and writer.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 🦃 Before you sit down for dinner, how about an appetizer? Here's the full site plan for USH Project 515, a massive new resort coming to the entrance of #UniversalStudiosHollywood! Want more? What is USH Project 294? Check out our full post, here: parkfans.net/threads/univ...
Time to start luring folks over from X with the 🥕! Our next document release will be publicized exclusively via @bsky.app! Tomorrow should be doable for publication, but no promises!
This week's #LayoutTuesday is a look inside Disney's Hollywood Studios' Rock 'n' Roller Coaster – an enclosed, LSM launched, triple-inversion thrill ride soon to trade Aerosmith for another '70s pop culture icon – The Muppets. #ParkLoreArt See more illustrated layouts at parklore.com/main/one-only!
New ParkFans.net thread title just dropped! "Universal Studios Florida Project 2027/2028 (?): New "Prolly-Should-Ride;" RIP Rockit?"
Alicia Stella@alicia.social · 2y agoA notice of commencement was recently filed for work at Universal Studios Florida that shows roller coaster manufacturer Intamin as the contractor. (This is separate from the one previously filed for the maintenance building expansion happening at Hagrid’s in Islands of Adventure.)
Monsters Land looks GREAT & I love The Muppets for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. ONLY issue is Muppet*Vision 3D—and the solution is SO SIMPLE. Disney can make this a 100% positive story by announcing that a remastered Muppet*Vision 3D with an improved theater & new effects will take over Sunset Showcase
PSA: Failing plan reviews is a SUPER common occurrence for any sizable project and is frequently the result of small clerical errors, not any sort of incompetence or the like. There's a ton to criticize #SixFlagsGreatAdventure for right now, but failing a first-pass site plan review isn't it.
Following the outcry on social media, per EthanHershaft on 🐦, SeaWorld has confirmed that meeting Santa will not be an exclusively upcharge experience after all! The park's website has been updated to reflect that change as well. More: parkfans.net/threads/seaw...
News - SeaWorld Paywalls Santa Claus (Reverted!)
This is seriously beyond parody at this point. Imagine running a Christmas event where kids have to get their parents to pay $20 for 5 minutes with Santa. I hope they have a big countdown timer on the...
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ParkFans@parkfans.net · 2y ago🎶 Silver & Gold, 🎶 Silver & Gold, 🎶 #SeaWorld Sells Santa for Silver & Gold! And no, this isn't an optional line skip option. Per the SeaWorld website, to see Santa you gotta pay up. Legitimately insane, downright 🤡-like behavior. Props to SWneedshelp on the 🐦 site for spotting & calling this out!
🎶 Silver & Gold, 🎶 Silver & Gold, 🎶 #SeaWorld Sells Santa for Silver & Gold! And no, this isn't an optional line skip option. Per the SeaWorld website, to see Santa you gotta pay up. Legitimately insane, downright 🤡-like behavior. Props to SWneedshelp on the 🐦 site for spotting & calling this out!
Update on the #KentuckyKingdom "tower ride" project! Background: bit.ly/4fuK8Qk Last month the Kentucky Airport Commission gave their stamp of approval for the project on the site next to Thunder Run & Tornado with a final, approved, above ground level (AGL) height of 120 feet!
Very intrigued by the possibility of #SixFlagsGreatAdventure's 2024 project being a Vekoma Super Boomerang. Worried about capacity, but other than that, a large, new-gen Vekoma in the states would be killer! Discussion: https://parkfans.net/threads/7718/page-4#post-292143
Found this while digging around in Silver Dollar City's website for last minute Project 2024 leaks. Feeling really called out right about now... 🫣 Well played Silver Dollar City, well played.
A patent application from Universal for a carousel ride system was recently updated. Unlike the prior trackless concept, this is likely closer to the actual ride type we can expect for "Constellation Carousel" at Epic Universe, at least according to rumors.
LOVE that Dorney Park's newly-announced dive coaster, Iron Menace, features the inclined loop Intim305 theorized in his pre-creation. This thing looks like an EXCELLENT addition for Dorney! 😍 Full details: https://parkfans.net/threads/dorney-park-project-2024-iron-menace-dive-coaster.7576/
I'm obsessed with the "Top Thrill 2" leak. Only possible explanations: A) Someone at Zamperla is GROSSLY incompetent—to a nearly unheard of degree. B) There's an unprecedentedly clever, cross-company marketing campaign ongoing (REMARKABLY unlikely, to be clear). I find either thoroughly amusing.
