What’s New This Year at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights?
With the popularity of Universal’s annual Halloween Horror Nights event growing each year, the park…
What’s New This Year at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights?
With the popularity of Universal’s annual Halloween Horror Nights event growing each year, the park is always finding new ways to up the scares and bring guests back to experience what’s new from last time. From year to year, some things remain the same. Halloween Horror Nights 33 follows the typical pattern of 10 haunted…
TOP 3 Reasons to Use a Travel Agent for a Disney World Vacation
Planning a Walt Disney World vacation can be a magical but overwhelming experience. With four theme parks, over 25 resorts, and numerous dining options the sheer number of choices can make organizing the perfect trip daunting. Even veteran visitors spend a lot of time making choices and familiarizing themselves with Disney’s ever-changing policies and programs….
Do You Feel Like ‘The Vibes are Off’ at This Year’s Halloween Horror Nights? Here’s Our Thinking…
Forget birthdays. Forget anniversaries. Forget Christmas. For horror aficionados, there’s nothing like Halloween Horror Nights. Nearly every year since 1991, Universal Orlando has transformed into a premier event that – even three decades later – still leads in a rapidly-expanding industry. Harnessing all might of Universal’s in-house creatives, storytellers, scenic designers, and owned & licensed…
The Weird History of Kennywood’s Oldest Cartoonish Dark Ride
As you first enter Kennywood park, one of the first attractions you pass is The Old Mill,a historic dark boat ride taking guests through an old wooden building powered by a large waterwheel visible from the queue. The ride is one of the oldest dark rides in the world and has been rethemed twelve times…
Are Theme Park Chaperone Policies Necessary?
The behavior of some unaccompanied minors has led to a growing trend of U.S. theme parks implementing chaperone policies especially when it comes to Halloween events. The large group of Six Flags parks, as well as Busch Gardens and SeaWorld have all implemented similar policies. These rules require teens, usually under the age of 16,…
Further Supports are Erected for Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift roller coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood
UPDATE October 11 – In an exciting new video update posted to YouTube by America’s Coaster Network we can see that further supports are being erected for the new Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift roller coaster. The video shows detailed footage of the site where there are currently two cranes working. At time stamp 3:20 we…
5 IPs we think deserve a themed area! Do you agree?
With immersive themed lands becoming the norm in popular theme parks, discussions have surfaced about some of the IPs that would make the best additions to park rosters. With Harry Potter, Star Wars, Avatar, and Marvel comics receiving their own themed areas, as well as the interest of park goers in these places, there is…
Trains are removed from the track at Cedar Point as Top Thrill 2 remains closed for the 2024 season!
UPDATE October 9 – Although news from Cedar Point has been fairly quiet since the announcement at the end of August that Top Thrill 2 would not reopen at all for the remainder of the 2024 season, there are now rumors of work taking place with the trains being taken off the track. In a…
Exciting Construction Continues On Falcon’s Flight, The World’s First Exa Coaster At Six Flags Qiddiya!
All eyes are on Six Flags Qiddiya and the world’s first Exa roller coaster, Falcon’s Flight this year as construction continues at a remarkable pace. In a recent video posted to YouTube from Six Flags Qiddiya City, we get to see the latest developments on Six Flags Qiddiya, including the headlining roller coaster, Falcon’s Flight….
Should “Disney California Adventure” Get a Name Change? Here’s Our Controversial Take…
By now, you know the story. In 2001 – the waning years of exiting CEO Michael Eisner at the height of his cost-cutting, budget-slashing era – Disneyland’s long-time dream of gaining a second theme park became a nightmare. Disney’s California Adventure was a mistake from the start. A self-referential, comical park designed with a “tongue-in-cheek attitude”…