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TPoseOnTantrum

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Small picture update from Djurs summerland. Its reported that the six rides in Dinosaurland will have a capacity of around 2,500 people per hour.

The park still has a gross list of different rides they want and is also working on a new one for 2024 that they can't reveal yet.
Where did you hear this from? Just curious, is all.
 

KristofWB

Hyper Poster
So it seems Walibi Belgiums 2023 new family ride will get a wild west theme. And now we also know where this Side Car XL will be located in the park. The wild west area in the park was also rumored to become the new Worlds of Walibi in 2024: Adventure World.


The park has also opened a poll where you can vote for the name of the new ride: Silverton or Zephyr.

If you like to vote:

 

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Matt N

CF Legend
SeaWorld Orlando have removed the comfort collars from Ice Breaker:

The first changed train should be running from Saturday, and the train that is currently still running with comfort collars will soon have them removed.

I must admit that this has made me look forward to my potential first ride on Ice Breaker in June a bit more! I wonder if they will lower the height restriction again as a result of this change?
 

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New logos for Universal's Orlando parks were shown off today. What's notable is that the "'s" has been dropped from the "Universal" part of IoA and Volcano Bay.

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Lofty

CF Legend
Big fan of the new look - it's cohesive and clean! Great move.

It is also worth noting that Universal Parks and Resorts arm has been rebranded to 'Universal Destination & Experiences' and has been placed within the same branding family. This is supposedly so the new immersive experiences that they're developing can fit into the same bracket.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/univ...88?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
 

bratcurry

Mega Poster
Big fan of the new look - it's cohesive and clean! Great move.
Objection! Oppinions are different and all but those new logos are just plain ass. Why drop the 's so the grammar's incorrect? The image quality doesn't help either but imho their predecessors were so much more aesthetically pleasing.
 

ECG

East Coast(er) General
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I'm posting this here, as this has been tried many times before to no avail and doesn't deserve its own topic yet.

It looks like Six Flags New Orleans is back on track to get a new life after all these years. The city announced a building agreement between the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and Bayou Phoenix, with the city committing $1 million toward the building, maintaining, and securing the site. Bayou Phoenix was selected to redevelop the site after Drew Brees’ SHIELD 1 foundation backed out in October of 2021. Bayou Phoenix now enters an 18- to 24-month timeline to produce a master plan that will include an amusement park, water park, sports complex and hotel.

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Lofty

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Objection! Oppinions are different and all but those new logos are just plain ass. Why drop the 's so the grammar's incorrect? The image quality doesn't help either but imho their predecessors were so much more aesthetically pleasing.
For brand consistency, they're definitely better. They're much more flexible for roundels, print, and much more. You may not like them as much, but they're fundamentally much more flexible than their predecessors. Give me a design like this any day to add to a poster design etc. rather than the other versions that are so busy they become difficult.
 

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MagicLand (formerly Rainbow MagicLand), home to the Maurer launch coaster Shock, is apparently getting a new coaster within the next few years. No other details are known, other than it's part of an expansion plan that's going to include a water park.

MagicLand's new waterpark, MagicSplash, is set to open this year, with an entry price set at €14.90 and discounted tickets for visitors arriving after 2 P.M. The €15 million addition will include several slides, a 400-meter lazy river, a 2,000 square meter wave pool, and a 10,000 square meter beach area coated with 5,000 tons of white sand. The park will come with its own entrance and parking lot, but could also be accessed from MagicLand itself. The waterpark is the crown jewel of a multi-year expansion plan set in motion when MagicLand was purchased by the equity firm Pillarstone in 2019, and the company is apparently very pleased with the park's financial results over the previous year, promising it and the waterpark will lead to more expansions to come for the once struggling resort. No word on the coaster yet, but it's assumed to still be in the works.

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