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The annual IAAPA Expo in Orlando is a few weeks away, but I wanted to go ahead and post some details of what to expect from our coverage this year. I'll start with the press events that will be taking place, even though the date and time of each event hasn't been released. The IAAPA Expo show...

Carowinds will expand to year-round operations beginning New Year's Day, 2023. The scheduling change introduces additional weekends to the calendar in January, February, and early March, with regular park operation continuing throughout the rest of the year. Yeah, it's not daily operations like...

Police are looking for the shooter who opened fire on three people during a fight between two groups of male youths Saturday at Kennywood. The individuals, including a boy, were transported to a hospital for treatment...

Joyland Amusement Park in Lubbock, Texas will be auctioned off if no buyers found by Oct 1st according to the Dean family, the current owners. Here is the full statement from the park, released on their Facebook page: I haven't visited the park in years when @Ian and I went on our Texas trip...

Not good. Raft overturned leaving four in hospital with three in critical condition. Second major accident on the ride in the last 5 years. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2021/07/03/adventureland-raging-river-accident-hospitalizes-four-altoona-iowa/7856851002/

After creating my coaster count spreadsheet (yeah, I finally got around to it) I realized how little I've ridden many of my top coasters and started wondering if others have done similarly. I also noticed that many of my favorites dropped quite a bit the more I rode them. Guess that's just...

So Cheetah, the CCI woodie at Wild Adventures in Georgia, has been retired. The coaster was closed all of last year and has been removed from the park's website rides page, but is still on the park map. Nothing about the coaster has been posted on the park's social media platforms, but the park...

Thought I would post this since @roomraider didn't even know anything about it, as plans to build an amusement park at Hac Sa Beach in Macao, China, have been unveiled. Set to debut in 2021, the leisure zone will offer family entertainment facilities and youth adventure and farming experiences...

We're planning on updating our Inversions page and need help creating inversion animations to post. Anyone interested in helping to create them please reply. Thanks

I could have sworn we already had one of these, but can't find the thread any more. Not counting the five coasters at La Feria Chapultepec Magico, because I do believe the park will open again at some point, I'm now at exactly 160 coasters that no longer exist. Now to find that coaster count...

A lawsuit was filed in the 2017 'Fire Ball' tragedy at the Ohio State Fair. The suit alleges Fire Ball manufacturer, KMG, designed a defective product and knew about it at least five years before the deadly malfunction. Attorney Mike Rourke, who represents Fire Ball victim, Tamica Dunlap, says...

Silver Dollar City has removed the Lost River of the Ozarks rapids ride to make room for a huge new 2020 project. No details about what the park is working on, but in addition to the ride, a very large area surrounding the attraction has been cleared. Compare this arial photo... with this...

In another step toward the new Coney Island envisioned under the 2009 rezoning, the city’s Department of Parks & Recreation released a request for proposals, or RFP, for the creation and operation of new rides, games and other attractions for the empty lots between the Cyclone roller coaster and...

VRstudios and Cedar Fair announced today that the virtual reality company will design and install a specialized VR experience at Knott's Berry Farm and the upcharge attraction will open the second quarter of this year. “Our collaboration with VRstudios to develop a new custom-built, immersive...

Hansa Park is adding a fully themed Gerstlauer Sky Fly called Kärnapulten to their ride lineup for 2017. The previously announced Der Kleine Zar kiddie coaster that was supposed to open during the 2016 season will also definitely open this year. Kärnapulten will be replacing the Torre Del Mar...

Today Kentucky Kingdom announced the addition of "Eye of the Storm", a 73 foot (22 m) tall Larsen Giant Loop ride, for 2017. The park is also upgrading its classic wooden coaster, Thunder Run, which will receive a new PTC train and track modifications at a cost of more than half a million...

The recent photo below shows that Särkänniemi has removed its kiddie river ride. Could a new coaster be on it's way? Edited to correct that it's the kiddie river ride that was removed. - ECG

Today a French guy posted a message on our Facebook page with a link to his Facebook page. I've seen a lot of people try building these in the past, but I think this "Crazy Mouse" could be the best attempt at building a backyard coaster yet. It uses an elevator lift and even has a fog machine...

Today Erlebnispark Tripsdrill opened the new family attraction "Heißer Ofen" (Hot oven). The ride features classic motorcycles with sidecars that move up and down as the ride rotates. The opening marks the completion the 9000 m2 "Karle Kolbenfresser" (Carl Pistoneater) area of the park...

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