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Disney is in the process of setting up a test trough for the forthcoming Lion King log flume in a backstage area next to the Adventure World expansion plot. On-site construction begins later this year. Source: DLPworks

Hersheypark is now opening Candymonium an hour early for all visitors in order to allevite crowd congestion at the front gate.

Lotte World in Seoul has announced a new dark ride based on Legendary Pictures’s Godzilla/Kong cinematic universe, set to open this December.

A stork was reportedly struck and killed by a train on Hals-uber-Kopf at Tripsdrill on April 14th, with news of the incident not breaking until this past week. Tripsdrill has since revised their operational policies to have staff locate and remove nearby stork nests each morning to prevent...

CdA is making moves now that they fully own the park. The company has appointed former Familypark Neuseidlersee director Filip De Witte to the lead position at Belantis, with previous director Bazil El Atassi leaving after seven years. De Witte oversaw multiple major installations at Familypark...

A very random announcement. Guess Miral offered Disney a deal they couldn’t pass up. Not sure how this will work in the Abu Dhabi climate if it’s all outdoors. There’s a reason the other Yas Island parks except the waterpark are indoors.

After some delay, Efteling’s steam locomotives now run on electricity as of today.

Looopings reports that Toverland is internally drafting up plans for a replacement to Maximus Blitz Bahn, as the ride apparently no longer fits into the park’s future plans due to low capacity and increased maintenance needs. Maximus has no closure date as of yet, as the park is working on...

Green light appears to have been given: https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2025/05/ready-to-go-cedar-points-top-thrill-2-will-open-today-weather-permitting.html (It reportedly still hasn’t opened due to poor weather, though) Edit: Did operate for brief intervals on Saturday and even had a...

Zamperla has been selected to get Rye Playland back into operating shape

The May Day strike has now been called off after a last-minute deal has been reached between management and the union. The new deal is set to improve wages, workload regulation, and recognition of employee seniority, among other benefits. A collective agreement for the resort’s 4,500 workers is...

Eejanaika is set to reopen tomorrow, May 1st

Re-opening has been set for this Saturday

Some rather radical changes to Adventureland and Port Discovery if come to pass (particularly what appears to be the complete removal of their version of Jungle Cruise), but intriguing nonetheless. It’s all apparently in very early stages, though.

Despite the strike this past Easter (which saw at least 500 workers participating and had the support of over 80% of the resort’s workforce according to the union), the disputes continue. PortAventura has now indefinitely postponed their 30th anniversary event, previously scheduled on April...

La Ronde’s Boomerang is receiving new-gen Vekoma trains for this season

PortAventura workers are going on strike starting tomorrow after negotiations on a new employment deal continues to stall since the last contract expired on December 31st. According to the worker’s union a whole 65% of PortAventura’s workforce earn minimum wage or less due to seasonal contracts...

The puzzle contest has ended and the official name of the park’s eighth coaster is… Cornwall Coaster. https://www.hansapark.de/best-kept-secret

An update on this: Efteling has now reportedly ordered three towers as opposed to two, for the sake of added capacity. An official announcement from the park is said to be forthcoming. https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/28683/Efteling-wil-geen-twee-vrijevaltorens-bouwen--maar-drie.html

With how accident investigations seem to be handled in Japan I fear Eejanaika is going to be down for a while, unfortunately. Shame that Takabisha was down at the same time for you, though.