Jeremy Thompson
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Writer & themed experience creative. Roller Coaster Philosophy. U.S. Marshals Museum. Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi. Lionsgate Entertainment World. WB Studio Tours.
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Tonight we did a Christmas light neighborhood drive around Pasadena / Altadena / San Marino.
The tour started with San Marino's St. Alban's Road, a short but beautiful drive decorated with towering Christmas trees.
The tour started with San Marino's St. Alban's Road, a short but beautiful drive decorated with towering Christmas trees.
Trying to plan out my next few months of coaster riding. Currently sitting at 997 coasters, and hoping to make the debut of Hollywood Drift my #1000. (After that I'll ignore any future "milestones", maybe unless I ever get to 2000.)
I need to find two more before it opens... whenever that might be.
I need to find two more before it opens... whenever that might be.
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Trying to plan out my next few months of coaster riding. Currently sitting at 997 coasters, and hoping to make the debut of Hollywood Drift my #1000. (After that I'll ignore any future "milestones", maybe unless I ever get to 2000.)
I need to find two more before it opens... whenever that might be.
I need to find two more before it opens... whenever that might be.
A lot written about how the Ice and Snow World is incorporating new technology like AI smartphone concierges.
Not a lot written about how the -20°F temperatures makes touchscreens a real pain with gloves, and tends to brick any battery-powered devices pretty quickly.
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Not a lot written about how the -20°F temperatures makes touchscreens a real pain with gloves, and tends to brick any battery-powered devices pretty quickly.
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Harbin Ice and Snow World reopens in China
Attraction offers a new innovative, story-led winter experience
blooloop.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A lot written about how the Ice and Snow World is incorporating new technology like AI smartphone concierges.
Not a lot written about how the -20°F temperatures makes touchscreens a real pain with gloves, and tends to brick any battery-powered devices pretty quickly.
blooloop.com/harbin-ice-s...
Not a lot written about how the -20°F temperatures makes touchscreens a real pain with gloves, and tends to brick any battery-powered devices pretty quickly.
blooloop.com/harbin-ice-s...
One of my favorite things I did this holiday season was to catch the Winter Wonderland show at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Eagle Rock. Insanely cute puppets and musical acts featuring insanely talented puppeteers.
December 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of my favorite things I did this holiday season was to catch the Winter Wonderland show at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Eagle Rock. Insanely cute puppets and musical acts featuring insanely talented puppeteers.
Tonight we did a Christmas light neighborhood drive around Pasadena / Altadena / San Marino.
The tour started with San Marino's St. Alban's Road, a short but beautiful drive decorated with towering Christmas trees.
The tour started with San Marino's St. Alban's Road, a short but beautiful drive decorated with towering Christmas trees.
December 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Tonight we did a Christmas light neighborhood drive around Pasadena / Altadena / San Marino.
The tour started with San Marino's St. Alban's Road, a short but beautiful drive decorated with towering Christmas trees.
The tour started with San Marino's St. Alban's Road, a short but beautiful drive decorated with towering Christmas trees.
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for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin's classic essay "see you in disneyland" and the legacy of 1990s disneyfied architecture and urbanism today
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December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin's classic essay "see you in disneyland" and the legacy of 1990s disneyfied architecture and urbanism today
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One thing I noticed is there is no new ride hardware announced. The removed rides are making room for themed walk-throughs.
Given Zamperla has all but cornered the kiddie ride market, and their delivery calendar is notoriously busy, this feels like a way to enhance the park on last-minute notice.
Given Zamperla has all but cornered the kiddie ride market, and their delivery calendar is notoriously busy, this feels like a way to enhance the park on last-minute notice.
Six Flags Magic Mountain announced a new Looney Tunes Land coming Summer 2026. TAZ-mania, Road Runner Ridge, Bugs Bunny Play Park, and Camp Duck Amuck mini-lands are set to retheme the existing kids areas.
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One thing I noticed is there is no new ride hardware announced. The removed rides are making room for themed walk-throughs.
Given Zamperla has all but cornered the kiddie ride market, and their delivery calendar is notoriously busy, this feels like a way to enhance the park on last-minute notice.
Given Zamperla has all but cornered the kiddie ride market, and their delivery calendar is notoriously busy, this feels like a way to enhance the park on last-minute notice.
The legacy Cedar Fair leadership making one of their first orders of business upon taking control of Magic Mountain to cull a couple of their kids coasters and thus handing the (North American) coaster trophy back to Cedar Point, is one of the more amusingly petty outcomes of the merger.
Six Flags Magic Mountain will transform its current Bugs Bunny Land into Looney Tunes Land by next summer. But will the loss of a couple of kiddie coasters cost the park its overall coaster crown?
Six Flags looks to transform Magic Mountain's kiddie land
The California theme park announced this morning that it will transform its current Bugs Bunny Land into Looney Tunes Land by next summer. But will the loss of a couple of kiddie coasters cost the par...
www.themeparkinsider.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The legacy Cedar Fair leadership making one of their first orders of business upon taking control of Magic Mountain to cull a couple of their kids coasters and thus handing the (North American) coaster trophy back to Cedar Point, is one of the more amusingly petty outcomes of the merger.
Art directing on Middle Eastern cultural projects often ends up a lot like this:
a woman is making a funny face with the words " and " behind her
Alt: From Documentary Now's "Original Cast Album: Co-Op" singing "And the brown and the beige and the brown and the beige and brown!"
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December 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Art directing on Middle Eastern cultural projects often ends up a lot like this:
What little travel for theme parks I can plan is now mostly playing whack-a-mole with announced and anticipated park and ride closures. I drove by Wild Waves a year ago but it was just out of season.
Wild Waves' closure will leave the Seattle metro area without even a minor theme park. The park's operator blamed "millions in losses" since the COVID pandemic for bringing about the park's demise.
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Wild Waves near Seattle will close after 2026 season - Theme Park Tribune, theme park news
The Wild Waves theme park and water park near Seattle will close for good after its next season, citing "millions in losses" since the COVID pandemic.
www.themeparktribune.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
What little travel for theme parks I can plan is now mostly playing whack-a-mole with announced and anticipated park and ride closures. I drove by Wild Waves a year ago but it was just out of season.
Magic Mountain is removing the Magic Flyer coaster and Tweety's Escape spinning cage ride from the kids area. Two of the more uniquely historic rides at the park, but understandable given their restrictions.
At least that red check on Coaster-Count will no longer taunt me.
ktla.com/news/theme-p...
At least that red check on Coaster-Count will no longer taunt me.
ktla.com/news/theme-p...
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Magic Mountain is removing the Magic Flyer coaster and Tweety's Escape spinning cage ride from the kids area. Two of the more uniquely historic rides at the park, but understandable given their restrictions.
At least that red check on Coaster-Count will no longer taunt me.
ktla.com/news/theme-p...
At least that red check on Coaster-Count will no longer taunt me.
ktla.com/news/theme-p...
Upgraded to a Pixel 10 Pro during a Black Friday deal and I got to test out the camera for the first time at the Huntington Gardens this weekend.
Definitely an improvement given my phone has become my primary camera for the past few years.
Definitely an improvement given my phone has become my primary camera for the past few years.
December 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Upgraded to a Pixel 10 Pro during a Black Friday deal and I got to test out the camera for the first time at the Huntington Gardens this weekend.
Definitely an improvement given my phone has become my primary camera for the past few years.
Definitely an improvement given my phone has become my primary camera for the past few years.
I was disappointed at how little Romania's proposed "Dracula Land" theme park has to do with its source material.
But upon further reading, I think they nailed the concept of undead suave aristocratic bloodsuckers preying on the feeble-minded.
10/10 as far as vaporware money-laundering schemes go.
But upon further reading, I think they nailed the concept of undead suave aristocratic bloodsuckers preying on the feeble-minded.
10/10 as far as vaporware money-laundering schemes go.
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was disappointed at how little Romania's proposed "Dracula Land" theme park has to do with its source material.
But upon further reading, I think they nailed the concept of undead suave aristocratic bloodsuckers preying on the feeble-minded.
10/10 as far as vaporware money-laundering schemes go.
But upon further reading, I think they nailed the concept of undead suave aristocratic bloodsuckers preying on the feeble-minded.
10/10 as far as vaporware money-laundering schemes go.
Well shit. Probably the least bad outcome available, as it keeps the legacy film studios separate a little while longer.
RIP Netflix Houses, we barely knew thee.
RIP Netflix Houses, we barely knew thee.
Netflix announced plans on Friday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a deal that will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.
Here's what we know: nyti.ms/48Z5jbJ
Here's what we know: nyti.ms/48Z5jbJ
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Well shit. Probably the least bad outcome available, as it keeps the legacy film studios separate a little while longer.
RIP Netflix Houses, we barely knew thee.
RIP Netflix Houses, we barely knew thee.
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My new favorite term, "slopaganda". Thanks, I love/hate it.
A great read.
A great read.
Intensification - Kate Crawford - Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop
AI slop isn’t invested in the order of events or even looking like reality. The slop is not the territory: it just smothers it in synthetic goop. It’s flooding the zone with AI shit.
www.e-flux.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
My new favorite term, "slopaganda". Thanks, I love/hate it.
A great read.
A great read.
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Her breakdown of how Disney has shifted language from easy terms like “Tomorrowland” to goofy shit like “Galactic Starcruiser,” then forcing influencer marketers to use said terms, is so astute. And I admire how upfront she is that her customer service resolutions are bc she has a social following
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Her breakdown of how Disney has shifted language from easy terms like “Tomorrowland” to goofy shit like “Galactic Starcruiser,” then forcing influencer marketers to use said terms, is so astute. And I admire how upfront she is that her customer service resolutions are bc she has a social following
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Insane how much replay value Jenny Nicholson’s Star Wars Hotel video has. P much the ideal customer (even a former theater kid park employee!) meticulously breaking down how low Disney has sunk into aggressive IP language control, duplicity, and guest-hostile design makes it that much more cutting
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Insane how much replay value Jenny Nicholson’s Star Wars Hotel video has. P much the ideal customer (even a former theater kid park employee!) meticulously breaking down how low Disney has sunk into aggressive IP language control, duplicity, and guest-hostile design makes it that much more cutting
Nathan's thread really embodies the spirit of Thanksgiving. (Or at least the food porn...)
Still a couple hours to go before dinner on the west coast and I'm getting hungry.
Still a couple hours to go before dinner on the west coast and I'm getting hungry.
Well, I can't say this year's Thanksgiving plate was quite as photogenic as the ones from years past, but it was most certainly delicious!
The culmination of nearly two weeks of prep and cooking, I would say everything turned out quite nice indeed!
The culmination of nearly two weeks of prep and cooking, I would say everything turned out quite nice indeed!
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Nathan's thread really embodies the spirit of Thanksgiving. (Or at least the food porn...)
Still a couple hours to go before dinner on the west coast and I'm getting hungry.
Still a couple hours to go before dinner on the west coast and I'm getting hungry.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVIG - dashare.zone ADMIN
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVIG - dashare.zone ADMIN
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The Master is maybe the best American two-hander of the 21st century but for me the defining scene of it is this moment where one of Dodd’s most faithful believes in him so much she spots a discrepancy and in earnestly seeking to reconcile it this happens youtu.be/WPa_XrE6tbU?...
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The Master is maybe the best American two-hander of the 21st century but for me the defining scene of it is this moment where one of Dodd’s most faithful believes in him so much she spots a discrepancy and in earnestly seeking to reconcile it this happens youtu.be/WPa_XrE6tbU?...
Gonna eat a lot this week.
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Gonna eat a lot this week.
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I thought maybe they picked up the prototype RailRyder from the S&S plant, which would be a pretty big deal for this small park, but no it's a custom RMC Raptor!
Finally a reason to return to Myrtle Beach for the first time since 2008.
Finally a reason to return to Myrtle Beach for the first time since 2008.
Myrtle Beach's Family Kingdom surprised the theme park world at IAAPA Expo by announcing its new single-rail coaster.
www.themeparktribune.com/coaster-reve...
www.themeparktribune.com/coaster-reve...
Coaster reveals from IAAPA Expo include new RMC coming to Myrtle Beach - Theme Park Tribune, theme park news
The annual IAAPA Expo in Orlando is showing off new vehicles for 2026's biggest coasters and revealing a new RMC coaster coming to Myrtle Beach.
www.themeparktribune.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I thought maybe they picked up the prototype RailRyder from the S&S plant, which would be a pretty big deal for this small park, but no it's a custom RMC Raptor!
Finally a reason to return to Myrtle Beach for the first time since 2008.
Finally a reason to return to Myrtle Beach for the first time since 2008.
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a thing that has bedeviled me for some time now is how much space Netflix occupies and how little new it has contributed to our shared cultural language and that’s one of a few things I wanted to get at here
I went to Netflix House and had a very weird time, you can read about it here
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
Netflix Has Built Its Own In-Person Immersive Experience. It’s … Weird, to Say the Least.
What it’s like visiting Philadelphia’s Netflix House, a disorienting experience housed in a giant mall.
slate.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
a thing that has bedeviled me for some time now is how much space Netflix occupies and how little new it has contributed to our shared cultural language and that’s one of a few things I wanted to get at here