‘News Flashes’ Archives
Theme Park Geekly Is Here »
Earlier this week, I launched Theme Park Geekly. It's an online community magazine for theme park fans with great editorial articles and interviews. More like a Rolling Stone or similar entertainment magazine, Theme Park Geekly won't focus on reporting the latest theme park news. Instead, it'll feature interesting takes on anything and [...]
Dollywood Unveils Wild Eagle Roller Coaster for 2012 »
Dollywood recently announced Wild Ealge, their highly anticipated 2012 roller coaster. Wild Eagle will be a $20 million Bolliger & Mabillard-designed wing coaster. It'll be the first of its kind in the U.S. with a new riding configuration that will put riders to left and right of it's steel track rather than on top or below it. Here's a teaser [...]
X-Flight Coming to Six Flags Great America in 2012 »
Six Flags Great America has announced their 2012 roller coaster, X-Flight. Here's a video with both on-ride and off-ride views: And, here's more from a Six Flags press release: Get ready to take flight! Six Flags Great America announces plans to add a state-of-the-art roller coaster for the 2012 season. X-Flight is a ground-breaking wing [...]
Win an “Eat Sleep Ride” T-Shirt »
Win one of my custom designed "Eat Sleep Ride" t-shirts! It's easy to enter, just like The Coaster Critic on Facebook, join Theme Park Hype, and send me an entry via my contact page. I'll accepting entries through Saturday, August, 27th. Read more about the giveaway here. See the "Eat Sleep Ride" T-Shirt, the "Roller Coaster Geek" [...]
Canada’s Wonderland Announces New Roller »
Canada's Wonderland recently announced a massive giga coaster for 2012 called Leviathan. It will be 306 feet tall and will push the its trains to the 90 mph mark. Leviathan will be Bolliger & Mabillard's first roller coaster taller than 300 feet. Here's a video showcasing the ride's elements: Read more of my thoughts on Leviathan at Canada's [...]
Could a GCI Woodie Be Coming to Carowinds in 2012? »
What's going on at Charlotte, North Carolina theme park Carowinds? First the "HUSS GF" survey markers or stakes showed up near Intimidator. And now CarowindsConnection has posted a picture of a "GCI 2012" stake near the park's racing wooden coaster Thunder Road. See a photo of the GCI survey marker. Source: Carowinds Connection via [...]
New Ferrari World GT Coaster Image »
The Coaster Critic's Blog has posted a new image from Ferrari World. Opening in the second half of 2010 in Abu Dhabi, the Ferrari-themed amusement park will be home to a racing launch coaster called GT Coaster. The ride's train cars are replicas of Ferrari F430 Spiders. Read more about the GT Coaster at: The Coaster Critic's Blog. Read more about [...]
Texas Giant to Become a Super Hybrid? »
Rocky Mountain Construction Group is redefining the term hybrid wood coaster with an innovative steel track system engineered to replace the current steel plated stacked board track system found on current wood coasters. This new system will cost less to install, require less maintenance and will offer an overall smoother ride while still [...]
Cedar Fair Bought by Apollo Equity Firm »
Cedar Fair was purchased today by equity firm Apollo Global Management for $2.4 Billion. It’s reminiscent of Blackstone’s purchase of Busch Gardens a few months ago. The New York Times has more: ”This transaction allows Cedar Fair unit holders to realize significant value from their investment in our company over recent trading levels,” [...]
Alton Towers Announces Thirteen for 2010 »
Alton Towers has started to reveal some details about their 2010 roller coaster, Thirteen. Billed as the world's scariest ride, the psychoaster could require riders to sign a waiver, be between the ages of 16 and 55, and limit rides to once per day. The Coaster Critic's Blog has more. Also, visit the official Alton Towers Thirteen web site.