Monthly Archives: September 2009

Halloween Screams

Disneyland has a new halloween show that looks simply amazing.  The master of ceremonies is Jack Skellington. View the vide of it at http://www.viddler.com/simple/c9a665bf/

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Official Disney Blog

Disney is launching an official blog for it’s US parks.  It looks like they are trying to bring some of the traffic in from the Disney blog and Mouse Planet.

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Star Tours II video

Disney has released a video trailer for the new Star Tours update.  It’s from the pod race in Epidsode 1, which is perfect for this type of ride.

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Six Flags opens after flooding

I’m surprised with how quickly the employees were able to get everything going, but they opened on time with all major rides running. since Halloween is an important season, I knew they would not want the floods to hurt their … Continue reading

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Six Flags over Georgia Floods

Six flags over Georgia is trying to imitate New Orleans with floodwaters literally submerging many of the rides. it’s been a while since I was at Six Flags in Georgia, but that looks to be the Great American Scream Machine.

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Robocoaster video

I had heard that the new Harry Potter ride was going to be a robocoaster and wondered just what a robocoaster was, so I turned to my trusty friend google and found this video from their manufacturer.  From the descriptions … Continue reading

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Xcelerator Accident

Here’s video footage from where a cable snapped during launch of the Xcelerator roller coaster.  The 12 year old in the front had minor scratches from it and the Dad was in a panic.  It sounds like this was the … Continue reading

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Wizarding World of Harry Potter walkthrough

Universal has released a virtual walkthrough of the wizarding world of Harry Potter.  It’s looking really interesting and I can’t wait for it to open.  This video takes a while to watch, but it’s worth it. The NY Times also … Continue reading

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Myrtle Beach renames Hard Rock Parkway

Horry county officials are changing the name of the road leading to the former hard rock park from the ‘Hard Rock Parkway’ to ‘Fantasy Harbour Boulevard.  This actually makes a lot of sense since the area had been known as … Continue reading

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Best Amusement Park – 2009

Amusement today named Cedar Point the best amusement park in the world for the 12th consecutive year.  Several other Cedar Fair parks also won awards.  Kings Island got an award for the best childrens’ area and Worlds of Fun got … Continue reading

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Magic Kingdom upgrade

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Disney is planning a major update for the Fantasyland portion of the Magic Kingdom at DisneyWorld.  They are doubling the capacity of Dumbo by adding a second copy of it, which is great since that … Continue reading

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Now Hiring Disney Moms

Disney is looking to hire 10 people to answer questions on their web forums.  The drawback is no weekly paycheck.  They do, however, send you to DisneyWorld for four days of training, so you essentially get a free vacation out … Continue reading

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