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A large fire broke out at Karl’s Erlebnisdorf in Rövershagen this morning. Apparently the source of the flames is the tractor ride. The extent of the damage is unclear as of yet...

The third announcement, made last week, is that Djurs will open Denmark’s first ”adventure trail” in 2025, which will take up the former mini-golf site and spill over into Juvelen’s final turnaround, which has been temporarily removed to allow constrution to proceed. The highly intricate...

Signs have appeared advertising a summer 2026 opening for ”a whole new themed area” beneath Daemonen. A lot of the Chinese decor beneath the coaster has been stripped out entirely, so I guess Daemonen is eventually getting a re-theme. Source

That would be a bizarre choice for a kid’s area in a major theme park that already has much more intense inverting coasters. Maximus makes sense where it is since Legoland as a whole aims much more kid-friendly than Alton, so there it stands out. Not to mention Maximus has a 1.2m minimum height...

Djurs Sommerland is in the middle of doling out their 2025 announcements every Sunday until Christmas, and while only two official announcements have been made so far, a third announcement strongly hinted at is an expansion to the park’s Mexicoland area, where the Funtime drop tower El Grito...

Pretty sure this isn’t supposed to happen…

Disneyland confirmed yesterday that the Red Car Trolley at California Adventure will cease operation on February 8th of next year to allow for construction of the previously announced Avengers Campus expansion. One trolley will be permanently stationed in the park’s Buena Vista Street area as a...

For anyone heading to Phantasialand in the coming days/weeks, F.L.Y. has been down since Wednesday after reports of a loud bang being heard from one of the launch tracks. The park website currently lists the coaster as under maintenance: https://www.phantasialand.de/de/rookburgh/fly/

According to the park’s website Daemonen’s daily operation at the moment is delayed by four-and-a-half hours on weekdays (park opens at 11 A.M. but the coaster opens at 3:30 P.M.) so the construction beneath can proceed. https://www.tivoli.dk/en/rides/the-demon

One step forward, three steps back. More like Remove-A-Ton Towers, amirite?

And as if Great Adventure hasn’t had a bad enough year already, Harley Quinn Crazy Train partially derailed on Saturday, causing some damage to the station platform.

All I can say about some of those transitions is ow. That turnaround and the exit out of the loop seem especially jank.

Not sure if this counts as ”small” news, but courtesy of parkfans.net plans have leaked for a large resort hotel to be built in front of Universal Studios Hollywood’s main entrance: https://bsky.app/profile/parkfans.net/post/3lbzt2tvq622h...

Another day, another ART Wild Swing pops up. Avonturenpark Hellendoorn in the Netherlands has submitted permits to have one open by 2026. https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/27388/Nieuwe-attractie-in-Avonturenpark-Hellendoorn-wordt-12-meter-hoge-wild-swing.html

Sources to Looopings claim Walibi Belgium is in active talks with Rocky Mountain Construction on giving the Iron Horse treatment to the park’s Vekoma wooden coaster Loup-Garou. The coaster is set to remain operational throughout the 2025 season, but come 2026 may be closed to allow a conversion...

FWIW Disney said they are exploring ways to preserve Muppetvision in some form: https://blogmickey.com/2024/11/disney-is-exploring-ways-to-preserve-muppetvision-3d-experience/ And The Jim Henson Company later released their own statement saying they ”look forward to Muppetvision 3D’s next...

Gardaland has confirmed that I Corsari will be transformed into Animal Treasure Island for the park’s 50th anniversary in 2025. The €10 million makeover will maintain the current ride system but see the ride inhabit a completely new story and its many setpieces redone into a brand-new ride...

Liseberg is opening a Huss Breakdance 5 dubbed Kraftverket (”The Power Plant”) in 2025. The ride will be tucked underneath Valkyria’s turnaround next to the southern park entrance, where the former ”Sagolandet” dark ride used to be located. https://www.liseberg.se/kampanjer/kraftverket/

Over Georgia’s Goliath is shedding its orange in favor of ocean blue:

Looks like there'll be a large inversion going right over the park entrance: