Small News From The Theme Park Industry

[Absimilliard]

Boomerang at La Ronde reopened today with its Vekoma upgrades. Beside the obvious new mk-1212 train, the station was redone with a new roof and flooring. Magnetic brakes in the station were also installed and the top half of the vertical loop replaced.

 

[ECG]

Hossoland Amusement Park in Brojce, Poland, delayed its May 31 opening to finalize attractions and conduct testing. The park will feature 50 rides and is expected to draw more than 1 million visitors annually. Source

 

[CanobieFan]

Apparently Blue Bayou / Dixie Landin in Baton Rouge has closed permanently after only one week of operating for the 2025 season.

Park was meh back in 2012 and I never felt the need to return. Guess nobody else did either.

 

[Coaster Chall YouTube]

Some potential new Valhalla merchandise...

Pleasure Beach Resort Shopping on Instagram: "The end is near… but the legend begins ⚔️ #ValhallaAwaits #LimitedEdition"

38 likes, 5 comments - pleasure_beachshopping on June 5, 2025: "The end is near… but the legend begins ⚔️ #ValhallaAwaits #LimitedEdition".

www.instagram.com

 

[Niles]

A company called Magic Tecture has introduced "coaster in a box" coasters they hope to sell to people for their gardens, announcement video below.

Click here to see their products

Having a look the basic model with a car will set you back $195,000 before shipping, the vehicles are self propelled and layouts are quite compact but you can get a custom unique layout if you want.



2-3 people required to build as it comes flat packed in shipping containers.

Here is a POV of one of their custom coasters.

So, who's going to get one?

 

[cookie]

Movie Park Germany has begun experimenting with single rider queues for Studio Tour and Jimmy Neutron’s Atomic Flyer. This currently isn’t being advertised outside of a sign up front, and it’s unclear if the park plans to expand this system to other attractions.

Movie Park Germany experimenteert met wachtrijen voor single riders

Bezoekers van Movie Park Germany kunnen sinds kort gebruikmaken van speciale wachtrijen voor single riders. Tot nu toe beschikte het Duitse pretpark...

www.looopings.nl