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It's pretty obvious the land was supposed to be heavily based on Fantastic Beasts but got hurriedly changed after those films increasingly tanked at the box office. A pivot to nostalgia (and an era of Harry Potter films when the books' author wasn't busy torching her own reputation) probably...

I'm sorry, but what's the point of this outside of brief marketability? Why not make it its own cred and bring back the capacity lost by removing Vortex? I would hope this is just them throwing random ideas out there and not actually being considered.

Can't wait for this to appear briefly when the park opens and then either only be brought back for "special occasions" or never again.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eqt-taps-advisors-strategic-review-us-business-parques-reunidos-sources-say-2024-07-30/ Would be interesting to see if any other operator would even be willing to take on an asset buy of this size at this stage. Six Flags/Cedar Fair would be unlikely to...

Looks like it’ll be using LSM launches instead of tire drives https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-DQ-wwIWDf/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

X-treme Racers, Legoland Billund (2002) Rage, Adventure Island (2007) Manta, SeaWorld Orlando (2009) Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit, Universal Studios Florida (2009) Vilde Mus, Bakken (2012) Schwur Des Kärnan, Hansa Park (2015) Wildfire, Kolmården (2016) Valkyria, Liseberg (2018) Movie Park...

Walibi Belgium seems like it's got a good ladder going: Fun Pilot -> Tiki-Waka -> Calamity Mine -> Speed Boat -> Loup-Garou -> Pulsar -> Psyké Underground -> Cobra -> Vampire -> Kondaa Not sure what's going on with the Zerier Tivoli that's in storage since it would be a good "baby's first...

This isn’t why the previous Universal attempt was canned, though. They’d basically been given the go-ahead to use the site, but Universal saw a location in Paris as more attractive instead due to more favorable tax incentives. Then the whole thing was dropped because Euro Disney vastly...

Heide-Park was actually a good boy this year. My visit on July 16th may have actually been the best visit I've ever had to the park. Everything was running, and operations were fairly consistent. The log flume had a delay in the morning, but it was the only one that had any major issues and it...

Piraña reopened in late June with these new theming elements and effects, as well as with an exclusive gift shop called 'Cascada' https://www.efteling.com/nl/blog/nieuws/kom-een-ritje-in-de-vernieuwde-pirana-maken...

Geisterschloss is set to reopen on the 25th under a new name and storyline, now called Castello de Medici. A short film based on the new attraction is now available on Veejoy.

And extracts from the Dutch chamber of commerce reveals the new owner to be… Intamin! https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/26241/Intamin-is-nieuwe-eigenaar-van-Limburgse-attractiebouwer-ETF-Ride-Systems.html

The iconic I Corsari water dark ride at Italy’s Gardaland has been announced to close on August 18th, with the park promising ”a world of new immersive adventures” taking its place. https://www.gardaland.it/esplora-gardaland/gardaland-park/attrazioni/i-corsari-la-vendetta-del-fantasma/ (only...

ETF Ride Systems has been sold. The current owner is retiring at the end of the month but was apparently unable to find a successor within the company, and so it has been sold to a third party, which hasn’t been disclosed at this time...

Liseberg’s board of directors have approved to go ahead with reconstructing Oceana, with a new opening target of 2026. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/liseberg-oceana-byggs-upp-igen-klart-2026

This is the state of the construction site as of yesterday. The building has risen significantly and looks to have reached its tallest point. Meanwhile, multiple square gaps have been left in the concrete that don’t match the window shapes near the front so not sure what they’ll be for. Didn’t...

”Executive Producer” credits generally mean very little. All it really says is that the person credited contributed something to the production at some point in time, often either helped finance it or consulted on some things. Sometimes it doesn’t even amount to more than them putting their name...

Disney’s Hollywood Studios is now testing a single rider line for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. Apparently it skips several of the pre-shows including the rebel transport sequence, but it definitely has use for re-rides.

According to a park spokesperson, the cost for Danse Macabre has ballooned to over €35 million, owing to inflation and increased cost of materials but also an expansion in size of the project from when it was originally budgeted at €25 million...

I first got word of this from their newsletter a few days ago so I would assume it’s open, or at least close to it? Can’t find any other photos of it, though.