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Kentucky Kingdom Announces New 2016 RMC Roller Coaster!

A few weeks ago, Rocky Mountain Construction posted an online job listing which revealed that three Rocky Mountain Construction roller coasters will be built in 2016 in three separate states. One of the listed states was Kentucky, and rumors immediately …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Amusement News

New Details of Shanghai Disneyland Revealed + My Thoughts on the Resort!

Quick Non-Disney News Update – Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announced that ROAR will be closing on August 16th. This almost confirms rumors that Six Flags Discovery Kingdom will be the California park receiving a 2016 RMC coaster.

Recently, Shanghai Disneyland …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Adventureland Iowa

Adventureland Iowa Announces New 2016 Roller Coaster!

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Adventureland, a small park outside of Des Moines, Iowa, will be investing $9 Million into a new roller coaster in 2016, which will be known as, “The Monster.”

“The Monster” will be the park’s first roller coaster since the 1996 …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Lake Compounce

Lake Compounce Announces New 2016 Roller Coaster!

Today, Lake Compounce announced their 2016 plans to build “Phobia,” a Premier Rides launched roller coaster.

The roller coaster will feature three launches. One forwards launch, one backwards launch, and another forwards launch. The maximum speed will be 65mph. The …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Amusement Parks

A Visit to Carowinds and Fury 325 Review! (7/7/15)

On July 7th, we got up early yet again, got in the car, and began our two hour drive to Carowinds. We went to Carowinds to ride its newest creation, the Fury 325 gigacoaster. We also went to ride one …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Kennywood

Theme Parks and Travels goes to Kennywood (7/2/15)

On Thursday, July 2nd, the TP&T team woke up nice and early, got in the car, and began our four and a half hour drive to West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, the town where Kennywood is located. Kennywood is a park with …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Efteling

Baron 1898 Dive Coaster Opens at Efteling

This week, Efteling in The Netherlands, opened it’s newest roller coaster, Baron 1898. The B&M dive coaster is one of the best themed roller coasters I’ve ever seen, especially by B&M.

The ride features a 123 foot drop at 90 …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Disney Springs

DisneyQuest is closing to make way for a new NBA Experience

DisneyQuest is a five story interactive experience that opened at Walt Disney World’s Downtown Disney in 1998. It has several arcade games and themed experiences.

Yesterday, cast members working at DisneyQuest were informed that it will be closing within the …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Amusement Parks

A Visit to Kings Dominion and a Quick Theme Park News Update

To start off this article, here’s some news I wasn’t able to cover this week due to being sick:

-Disneyland stopped the California Screamin roller coaster when a rider pulled out a Selfie Stick

-Disney is considering investing $1 Billion …

By Andy, 10 years ago
Amusement Parks

Are the Locations for 2016’s Rocky Mountain Constructions Projects Revealed?

Rocky Mountain Construction is the manufacturer of some of the greatest wooden coasters and wooden hybrid coasters. They’ve built Outlaw Run, Twisted Colossus, Wicked Cyclone, and several other fantastic coasters. Next year, it has been rumored that they are building …

By Andy, 10 years ago

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