Kings Island confirmed the long rumored giga coaster for 2020 with the announcement of Orion. Standing 287 feet (87.5m) tall with a top speed of 91 mph (146.5 km/h), the B&M (Bolliger & Mabillard) built ride qualifies as a giga coaster due to its 300 foot (91.5m) drop. Click the headline for more information
Read More...In 2020, riders will be able to make a splash on the “tallest river raft drop in the Western hemisphere” when they take on Silver Dollar City’s new $23m mega attraction, Mystic River Falls at Silver Dollar City! The rapids ride will be the centerpiece of a new area called Rivertown. Click the headline for more information.
Read More...Universal announced that a huge theme park called Universal’s Epic Universe will be coming to Orlando. The park will be the fourth Universal owns in the area and will be located about a 10 minute drive from Universal Studios, Islands Of Adventure and the Valcano Bay water park. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Busch Gardens Williamsburg announced that Pantheon, an Intamin multi LSM launch coaster, will be coming to their park in 2020. Featuring four launches, including a swing and backwards launch and reaching speeds up to 72.5 mph (116.5 km/h), it will be the fastest multi-launch coaster in the Americas. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Candymonium was officially revealed as the centerpiece to Hersheypark’s massive new Chocolatetown development opening in Summer 2020. The park’s 15th roller coaster will be it’s tallest, fastest and longest at 210 feet (64m) tall, 4,636 feet (1,413m) long and reaching speeds of 76mph (122.3 km/h). Click the headline for more information
Read More...Steel Curtain, the first amusement park ride to be themed to a NFL team, opened at Kennywood. The custom inverting coaster is the tallest coaster in Pennsylvania at 220 feet (67m), its 9 inversions are the most of any coaster in North America, and it holds the world record for highest inversion at 197 feet (60m). Click the headline for more information
Read More...Maxx Force, an air launch coaster, opened at Six Flags Great America. Featuring five inversions, including the world’s tallest double inversion at 175 feet (53m) and fastest at 60 mph (96.5 km/h), it also has the fastest launch in North America going from 0-78 mph (0-125.5 km/h) in under 2 seconds! Click the headline for more information
Read More...Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth, the world’s tallest and fastest rotating pendulum ride, opened at Six Flags Great Adventure. This Zamperla Giant Discovery stands 172 feet (52.5m) tall and reaches speeds up to 75 mph (121 km/h), matching CraZanity at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Cedar Fair announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase two water parks from Schlitterbahn. The park chain will spend about $261 million to become the owner of Schlitterbahn water parks in New Braunfels and Galveston, Texas, with options on the property in Kansas City. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Pandemonium opened at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta. Standing 150 feet (46m) tall, the Zamperla Giant Discovery rotating pendulum attraction swings riders at speeds up to 70 mph (112.5 km/h) high above the park and is the first of three opening at Six Flags parks this year. Click the headline for more information
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