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    Canada's Wonderland | Alpenfury | Premier Rides Launch Coaster | 2025

    This actually looks awesome. Could be a real winner for CW ad long as the elements hit.
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    Six Flags / Cedar Fair Merger Announced

    Haven't these passes always differed in pricing depending on the park? I looked at Carowinds and the Gold Pass + All-Park add-on is $188. CGA and Cedar Point are both $184 (the Gold Pass is cheaper at CGA but the all-park add-on is cheaper at CP). The 2024 Knott's variant is $285(!), but the...
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    Cedar Point to close Snake River Falls

    RTH is only designed to run two trains and has no mid-course brake run. Plus, the 550ph figure is inaccurate. That would mean a dispatch every 104 seconds, but this POV shows the second train leaving the station less than 90 seconds after the first: This puts the throughput closer to 650pph —...
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    Parc Astérix | Cétautomatix | Gerstlauer Spinning Coaster | 2025

    The central structure for the coaster has begun rising with concrete now in place Source: https://forum.coastersworld.fr/threads/parc-asterix-garage-pocatalitix-spinning-coaster-gerstlauer-2025.11843/page-9#post-400527
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    Universal's Epic Universe | Orlando USA | Theme Park

    It's pretty obvious the land was supposed to be heavily based on Fantastic Beasts but got hurriedly changed after those films increasingly tanked at the box office. A pivot to nostalgia (and an era of Harry Potter films when the books' author wasn't busy torching her own reputation) probably...
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    Cedar Point and Kings Island sending surveys for new coasters?

    I'm sorry, but what's the point of this outside of brief marketability? Why not make it its own cred and bring back the capacity lost by removing Vortex? I would hope this is just them throwing random ideas out there and not actually being considered.
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    Universal's Epic Universe | Orlando USA | Theme Park

    Can't wait for this to appear briefly when the park opens and then either only be brought back for "special occasions" or never again.
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    Parques Reunidos reviewing whether to sell/merge U.S parks

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eqt-taps-advisors-strategic-review-us-business-parques-reunidos-sources-say-2024-07-30/ Would be interesting to see if any other operator would even be willing to take on an asset buy of this size at this stage. Six Flags/Cedar Fair would be unlikely to...
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    Walibi Belgium | Unknown | Gerstlauer Family Coaster | 2025

    Looks like it’ll be using LSM launches instead of tire drives https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-DQ-wwIWDf/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
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    Rides you rode in the opening season?

    X-treme Racers, Legoland Billund (2002) Rage, Adventure Island (2007) Manta, SeaWorld Orlando (2009) Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit, Universal Studios Florida (2009) Vilde Mus, Bakken (2012) Schwur Des Kärnan, Hansa Park (2015) Wildfire, Kolmården (2016) Valkyria, Liseberg (2018) Movie Park...
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    What theme park has the best 'ladder'?

    Walibi Belgium seems like it's got a good ladder going: Fun Pilot -> Tiki-Waka -> Calamity Mine -> Speed Boat -> Loup-Garou -> Pulsar -> Psyké Underground -> Cobra -> Vampire -> Kondaa Not sure what's going on with the Zerier Tivoli that's in storage since it would be a good "baby's first...
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    Universal considering UK theme park in Bedford

    This isn’t why the previous Universal attempt was canned, though. They’d basically been given the go-ahead to use the site, but Universal saw a location in Paris as more attractive instead due to more favorable tax incentives. Then the whole thing was dropped because Euro Disney vastly...
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    YAY Merlin!

    Heide-Park was actually a good boy this year. My visit on July 16th may have actually been the best visit I've ever had to the park. Everything was running, and operations were fairly consistent. The log flume had a delay in the morning, but it was the only one that had any major issues and it...
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    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    Piraña reopened in late June with these new theming elements and effects, as well as with an exclusive gift shop called 'Cascada' https://www.efteling.com/nl/blog/nieuws/kom-een-ritje-in-de-vernieuwde-pirana-maken...
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    Europa Park's Generic Future Development's

    Geisterschloss is set to reopen on the 25th under a new name and storyline, now called Castello de Medici. A short film based on the new attraction is now available on Veejoy.
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    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    And extracts from the Dutch chamber of commerce reveals the new owner to be… Intamin! https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/26241/Intamin-is-nieuwe-eigenaar-van-Limburgse-attractiebouwer-ETF-Ride-Systems.html
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    Gardaland | Animal Treasure Island | I Corsari Retheme | 2025

    The iconic I Corsari water dark ride at Italy’s Gardaland has been announced to close on August 18th, with the park promising ”a world of new immersive adventures” taking its place. https://www.gardaland.it/esplora-gardaland/gardaland-park/attrazioni/i-corsari-la-vendetta-del-fantasma/ (only...
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    Small News From The Theme Park Industry

    ETF Ride Systems has been sold. The current owner is retiring at the end of the month but was apparently unable to find a successor within the company, and so it has been sold to a third party, which hasn’t been disclosed at this time...
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    Fire at Liseberg's Oceana water park

    Liseberg’s board of directors have approved to go ahead with reconstructing Oceana, with a new opening target of 2026. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/liseberg-oceana-byggs-upp-igen-klart-2026
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    Hansa Park | "New and very big" attraction | 2025(?)

    This is the state of the construction site as of yesterday. The building has risen significantly and looks to have reached its tallest point. Meanwhile, multiple square gaps have been left in the concrete that don’t match the window shapes near the front so not sure what they’ll be for. Didn’t...
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