Category Archives: Theme Park

Discovery Cove has announced their new expansion called ‘The Grand Reef’.  The feature attraction for this is an underwater walking tour using similar dive helmets to the sharks underwater viewing attraction in SeaWorld.  This portion of the park is scheduled … Continue reading →

Busch Gardens Tampa has officially announce their plans for the upcoming roller coaster named Cheetah Hunt. Cheetah Hunt Facts Type of ride — Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) Launch Coaster Launches — Launch 1: 30 mph … Launch 2: 60 mph … Continue reading →

Katina the killer whale gave birth to a calf on Saturday, October 9th.  The baby is 7 feet long and weighs about 350 pounds.

Busch Gardens Tampa has announced the first video clip of their next roller coaster.  Each week on Monday they will release a new code word for you to access the video.  I’ll be compiling all the code words here so … Continue reading →

Disney’s mobile app has a new feature.  It can check what restaurants have openings while you are in the park, and it’s tied to the GPS in your phone, so you can see quickly where you can eat while on … Continue reading →

Wired Magazine featured a short video on the not so wonderful first day of Disneyland. It’s well worth a watch if you’re a fan.

A section on one of the wooden coasters at Cedar Point caught fire recently. The fire department quickly put out the small blaze on the Mean Streak roller coaster, which was being worked on. They think the cause of the … Continue reading →

Ever wonder what Cedar Point would look like from a blimp? No, well, you can find out anyway.

Seaworld has added barriers to provide a wall between trainers and their killer whales.  These are considered temporary, but I fear they may not ever put the trainers back in the water with the whales, which will be a shame.   … Continue reading →

Theme Park Insider is reporting that the Rip Ride Rockit coaster in Universal Studios Florida is down for maintenance. The manufacturer released a service bulletin earlier in the month, but a Universal spokesman said this closure is for unrelated reasons.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg announced a triple threat on their blog today.  A drop tower, Water Slide, and a Roller Coaster. Excepts from their blog entry by John Reilly describing the new features. As you enter Oktoberfest next spring, you’ll see … Continue reading →

Busch Gardens Tampa Guide has published photos of the track for Cheetaka in a staging area close to Busch Gardens.  It’s a lovely shade of green.  The fact that it’s starting to show up is a good sign because the … Continue reading →

First, a little background regarding these tips.  My wife has a knee injury from a car accident 20 years ago.  During normally everyday walking, this doesn’t hold her back.  Put her in a theme park where you can walk all … Continue reading →

The theme park rangers at the orlando sentinel have posted some old publicity photos from space mountain in the Magic Kingdom. I loved looking at some of these concept drawings, and thought I’d link to them for others who may … Continue reading →

Universal has modified the Harry potter ride so it can accommodate larger guests. I haven’t seen an explanation as to how much of a difference this makes and whether the ride experience is different for these guests, but it’s still … Continue reading →