Kentucky Kingdom today announced that the park has retired its T3 roller coaster. The park confirmed the news in an email to guests: Guests reported they received an email from the park stating after 30 years of thrill riders, the...
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Six Flags Announces New Attractions For 2023
Six Flags today announced a slew of new attractions and experiences that will open in 2023. Let’s take a look at their new-for-2023 lineup. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom A walkthrough experience — “The Rainforest Trail” — will feature a lush...
Continue reading...Six Flags St. Louis Announces New Family Coaster for 2023
Six Flags St. Louis today announced its ninth roller coaster — Rookie Racer. This family coaster, manufactured by Vekoma, will feature Formula 1 racecar-style trains and allow riders 36″ and taller to experience a max speed of 27 mph with...
Continue reading...Tron Lightcycle Run Review
“The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships, motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I’d never...
Continue reading...Energylandia’s New Sweet Valley Themed Area Opens Soon
Chocolate connoisseurs, cake addicts and dessert lovers of all types will soon have a new theme park land to devour. Energylandia, located in Zator, Poland, will soon unveil its newest area, Sweet Valley. (All photos and graphics courtesy of Energylandia)...
Continue reading...Trio of New European Coasters Now Open
Three roller coasters on our list of most anticipated coasters for 2022 outside of the United States have recently opened. Dino Dash – Tayto Park Location: Ashbourne, Meath, Ireland Manufacturer: Vekoma Length: 833.3 feet Height: 38.4 feet Speed: 28.6 mph...
Continue reading...Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Coaster Gets an Opening Date
Walt Disney World’s newest roller coaster finally has an official opening date, and it’s not far away. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, the groundbreaking Vekoma indoor launched spinning coaster, will open to the public at EPCOT on May 27th....
Continue reading...COTALand Planning to Add Circuit Breaker, North America’s First Tilt Coaster, in 2023
Austin, Texas’ Circuit of the Americas (COTA), known primarily for racing, is about to pop up on the radar of more roller coaster enthusiasts (or at least your crazy relatives who tag you in Facebook posts asking “Would you ride...
Continue reading...Hersheypark Retheming Boomerang, Adding New Family Ride in 2022
Hersheypark today announced that it will debut two Jolly Rancher candy-themed ride experiences in 2022. The park will retheme and rename its Sidewinder boomerang coaster and will open a family-friendly spinning flat ride. Learn more about the two new ride...
Continue reading...The Herschend Park You Probably Don’t Know About
When you hear the name Herschend, you automatically think of Dollywood and Silver Dollar City. These two parks are both stand out destinations that have put Herschend Family Entertainment on the map. They have allowed them to compete alongside the...
Continue reading...Fårup Sommerland Announces Fønix Coaster for 2022
Last week, Danish theme park Fårup Sommerland announced plans for Fønix (Danish for “Phoenix), a Vekoma steel coaster. Fønix will feature the world’s first stall loop, a near-vertical drop and a corkscrew inversion that flies through the coaster’s station. ...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: Stealth at California’s Great America
In the year 2000, roller coaster fans finally got to experience something that parks had touted for years but never really achieved: the true feeling of flight. On April 1, 2000, Stealth, the World’s First Flying Coaster, opened at Paramount’s Great...
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