Beech Bend Amusement Park & Splash Lagoon is offering families of six a chance to rent the entire park for just themselves before its season ends. The park can be rented for up to eight hours with a two-hour rental costing $5,000. You better hurry because the offer ends Saturday. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Six Flags Darien Lake and the chain’s Great Escape park in upstate New York will not open this year due to COVID-19 restrictions and uncertainty over when they could be eased. Amusement parks are still classified by the state as “high-risk” entertainment, with no indication of when they could reopen. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Racing, the Flitzer coaster that has been thrilling riders for the past 48 years at the world oldest amusement park, Bakken, is to close. It is unknown what will replace the ride, or if it will appear elsewhere, but the park plans to give it good send off by decorating the ride and offering a reduced ticket price. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Six Flags canceled this year’s Fright Fest events and instead will launch the socially distanced Hallowfest at parks that are open. The events will run between September and October and feature outdoor scare zones, scare actors wearing face masks and a select number of attractions open for nighttime rides. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Victorian Gardens in Central Park may be closed for good according to Zamperla, who operates the seasonal amusement park along with Luna Park at Coney Island in Brooklyn. The pop-up park at Wollman Rink each summer, will not open for the 2020 season and may need to permanently close. Click the headline for more information
Read More...A German company that offers urban activities say they are working to revive the abandoned Spreepark amusement park as a meeting, cultural and recreation space. The park originally opened in 1969 before the fall of the Berlin Wall and was completely rebuilt before closing in 2001. Click the headline for more information
Read More...With all other major U.S. park Halloween events cancelled, Busch Gardens has confirmed that their annual Howl-O-Scream will take place this year with modifications such as improved health and safety protocols and a shift toward more open-air and socially distant experiences. Click the headline for more information
Read More...North American amusement park chain Cedar Fair announced that four of their parks will not be opening this year and another two will be closing at the end of the month due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The three parks remaining open have cancelled their Halloween events. Click the headline for more information
Read More...After months of speculation, Drayton Manor has confirmed its sale to the Looping Group. The Looping Group operate 15 attractions in Europe, including two other amusement parks in the UK. The news secures the future of the 71-year-old family theme park, alongside nearly 600 employees. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Elitch Gardens is the latest amusement park to join the ever-growing list of parks that have decided to cancel their 2020 season completely. SeaBreeze amusement park in Rochester, New York, made the same announcement just 24 hours earlier, also citing uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic as the reason. Click the headline for more information
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