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Took another ride on my motorcycle to Coney Island yesterday. Track work is complete and the station concrete pour is taking place this weekend. Most of these photos were taken from the walkway that will cut underneath the coaster, but will likely have netting over it once the ride opens. Love...

Wish granted! Three years of operation - hopefully it will last longer at another park.

More financial figures reported:

Another one I haven't seen posted so far - Casino Pier on the Jersey Shore is adding a custom SBF Visa Big Air (hamster wheel) coaster called Xolo Loca for the 2021 season. For those wondering, Xolo is the name of Mexico’s native dog.

Two dozen rider SkyCoaster? Sure, why not?! US Thrill Rides announced the SkyScreamer: Hope no one thinks this needs it's own thread. :p

Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere, but Screamer from Scandia Amusement Park that closed in 2019 was sold to Traders Village in Grand Prairie, Texas. The Prairie Screamer, the tallest E&F Miler Industries Hi-Miler, will open this fall. Here's the full press release: Here's an old POV for...

There are many free-to-enter amusement parks in the USA (i.e Playland's Castaway Cove, Knoebels, Luna Park, Pacific Park, Kemah Boardwalk, Family Kingdom, Funplex, Trimper Rides, Steel Pier, Belmont Park, Adventure Park USA, Jenkinson's Boardwalk, Galveston Island Pleasure Pier, Fantasy Island...

Here's the construction site walkthru video, as promised. 🙂

More progress... As you can see, I had full access to the construction site, so I filmed a walkthru video as well. I hope to have it up on our Youtube channel in about 2 hours. I'll post it here once it's rendered.

It's one thing if it were in a park like a kiddie cred, but would you or @Peet really pay €7 for one ride on that?!

Is no one going to mention that ridiculous Banzai half pipe in the video? Who the f*&# would pay to ride that POS? skip to 1:50

So today the post was updated to not only include the new text, but also a link for the site (which I removed). :rolleyes:

Yeah. From what I've heard from friends who live in Orlando - it's nuts! Park reservations are full because of the reduced capacity, but there's long lines even though not as many guests are in the parks as before the pandemic. I would recommend waiting until other parks across the nation open...

Sorry if I didn't make that clear, but yes - the actual ride systems are done by a different company.

They design and manufacture everything from the animatonics to the 3D screens, right down to the shooting devices and scoreboards. However, the ride systems are done by other companies - including Oceaneering Entertainment Systems for the Justice League: Battle for Metropolis dark shooters.