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…
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….
3. Oversaturation Once upon a time (the early 2000s), Disneyland was a pretty quiet place. Then, everything changed. Chaos theory makes it hard to pin a single reason why… In part, it’s because of the park’s revitalization ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2005 and the massive nostalgia campaign launched around it; the rise of…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
May 30 -As Top Thrill 2 continues to sit without operating at Cedar Point with no official update having come since May 12, we have been trying to locate further information as to the issue it is currently having and how long it is likely to be closed for. In a recent video posted to…
Is it time for Disney California Adventure to change its name? Brace yourself, but our answer is simple: no. Before you throw tomatoes, here’s our thinking as to why… 1. Imagineers have “made it work” before 2012 served as the official re-opening of Disney California Adventure, anchoring it in reverent and timeless lands recalling historic…
The story might begin in 2009 when EPCOT gained a new ride. Well… Kind of. Located inside the park’s now-demolished Innovations, Sum of All Thrills was a unique experiment in a cutting edge ride system: robo-arms. How does it work? In short, curl your fingers into your palm and imagine your fingers are riders. Then,…
