Alton Towers’ new ride, Toxicator—a ride themed around toxic chemicals—closes unexpectedly on its opening day due to a sewage leak beneath the ride’s raised platform, prompting an evacuation of the ride area. (2025)

Disneyland builds an Olympic-sized swimming pool on Main Street USA in celebration of the Olympics. (2004)

Dollywood gets its own Hallmark Christmas movie. (2019)

Thorpe Park sets up an auction of its old ride memorabilia but forgets to set a maximum bid limit, allowing people to bid upwards of one trillion pounds. (2024)

Alton Towers twice intends to build an Arrow Pipeline coaster but cancelled the plans after riding the prototype and considering it “slow and boring”. This model never came to be and Nemesis was built in its place. (1990)

Swedish lads break a Dizzy Ducks flat ride after they spin it too fast. (2011)

President Nixon gathers 400 journalists at Walt Disney World’s Contemporary Resort in the midst of the Watergate scandal for his famous “I am not a crook” speech. (1973)

A group of German enthusiasts take over Top Spin at Serengeti-Park. The ride is put into manual operation mode and manages to achieve a total cycle of 107 flips. (2007)

The now closed Evermore Park sues Taylor Swift, saying her album ‘Evermore’ infringed upon their copyright. Swift’s team countersued after finding they were playing 3 of her songs in the park without proper licensing, leading both sides to drop their lawsuits. (2021)

Alton Towers gifts Prince William and Princess Kate a 24-caret gold plated Th13teen carriage in celebration of their royal wedding, claiming it will be kept away from public view and only brought out if they ever visit the park. They haven’t. (2011)

A discovery is made by fans that Cedar Point resembles Candace from ‘Phineas and Ferb’. (2021)