Theme Park Tourist's choice of the 10 most exciting new rides and shows coming to theme parks around the world in 2013.

The US Patents and Trademarks Office has granted Disney a patent on a new ride system which resembles a floating version of the company's classic Omnimover rides. But are there active plans to use the invention, and where could it crop up first? Made famous by the Haunted Mansion rides at Disneyland

Some parents track their child’s growth with a carved notch on a doorframe; others take an annual photo in front of a landmark. But for the park-going crowd, a child’s maturity is most dutifully measured by his or her willingness to confront the “terrors” that await inside any number of ghostly

Could a grain of rice gain you access to a Disney theme park? We certainly wouldn’t recommend trying it. But technology contained in a device no larger than that grain could do that, and much more. Disney parks across the world have been testing the implementation of tiny RFID devices (hidden in

Theme Park Tourist's round-up of Halloween events coming to theme parks around the world in October 2010, including Universal's Halloween Horror Nights, Knott's Berry Farm's Halloween Haunt and Alton Towers' Scarefest. Halloween celebration at theme parks have grown into huge annual events, and 2010