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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.
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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?
Anyone else planning to make it out for the closing day next weekend?
October 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Something like 20 operating hours remain for Six Flags America. 😥
Anyone else planning to make it out for the closing day next weekend?
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! 🫎
October 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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.
July 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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.
I wish we had happier news this Christmas Eve but... 🙁
BREAKING: Kings Dominion's 1991, Arrow Dynamics-made, looping coaster, Anaconda, has already given its final rides and is slated for demolition ahead of the 2025 season. Full story below. 🐍🪦 kdfans.com/2024/anacond...
Anaconda Slated for Demolition
On Christmas Eve 2023, KDFans broke the story of Kings Dominion's forthcoming launched wing coaster—now known to be Rapterra—wide open. This Christmas Eve, we're back with another massive bom...
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December 24, 2024 at 6:39 PM
I wish we had happier news this Christmas Eve but... 🙁
Big news tomorrow. See you then.
December 24, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Big news tomorrow. See you then.
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...
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.
www.carowinds.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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...
www.carowinds.com/blog/2024/ch...
Not this time Chester & Hester, not this time.
December 11, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Not this time Chester & Hester, not this time.
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. 🙁
What I find completely unfathomable is the removal of Rivers of America. 🙁
December 10, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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. 🙁
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. 😖
December 6, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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!
December 5, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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.
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.
December 3, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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.
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.
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.
December 3, 2024 at 8:12 PM
"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.
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.
December 3, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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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Black Friday book special! Now through Sunday or while my supply lasts. Each sale helps us keep the website going:
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November 28, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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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! 😤
Gains > Enjoyment! 😤
Doing 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.
The inside story of Shrek 4-D at Universal parks - Theme Park Tribune
With the Orlando version of Shrek 4-D now closed, Theme Park Tribune has the inside story on how the attraction was created.
www.themeparktribune.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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! 😤
Gains > Enjoyment! 😤
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...
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...
November 28, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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...
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!
Our next document release will be publicized exclusively via @bsky.app! Tomorrow should be doable for publication, but no promises!
November 27, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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!
Our next document release will be publicized exclusively via @bsky.app! Tomorrow should be doable for publication, but no promises!
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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!
See more illustrated layouts at parklore.com/main/one-only!
November 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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!
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?"
"Universal Studios Florida Project 2027/2028 (?): New "Prolly-Should-Ride;" RIP Rockit?"
A 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.)
November 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM
New ParkFans.net thread title just dropped!
"Universal Studios Florida Project 2027/2028 (?): New "Prolly-Should-Ride;" RIP Rockit?"
"Universal Studios Florida Project 2027/2028 (?): New "Prolly-Should-Ride;" RIP Rockit?"
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
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
November 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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
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.
There's a ton to criticize #SixFlagsGreatAdventure for right now, but failing a first-pass site plan review isn't it.
November 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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.
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...
November 9, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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...
🎶 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,
🎶 #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!
November 8, 2024 at 2:26 AM
🎶 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,
🎶 #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!
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!
November 1, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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!
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!