 WEST MIFFLIN, PA
Back in early March, Kennywood announced the return of the Old Mill ride. Since then, things haven’t gone as planned for Kennywood or anyone for that matter. Millions of Americans are asked to stay at home as much as possible and large gatherings like concerts, sporting events and amusement parks have either been postponed or canceled. That includes Kennywood, which announced earlier this month the season will be delayed. Since preseason operations have been shut down they said they will not be ready to start the season on May 2, as originally planned. “While it’s too soon to confidently provide an opening date, please know we remain committed to opening Kennywood this summer for you to enjoy as soon as safely possible,” park management said in a statement. While we wait for Kennywood to reopen, the amusement park released the new logo for the "new" Old Mill. The logo shows the “retro western theme” that originally debuted for the ride in the 1970s and was maintained until it became “Garfield’s Nightmare” in 2004. FULL STORY
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 So it turns out that theme parks really did predict the future after all.
It’s been a long-standing joke among fans that theme parks do a really bad job of predicting what the future holds for us. Disneyland’s vision of a tomorrow with personal jet packs and commercial flights to the moon never arrived in the present before becoming a relic of the past. So which attractions accurately predicted our fate? The ones that didn’t really try. FULL STORY Hersheypark announces when they hope to open for 2020 summer season and news for season pass holders4/14/2020  HERSHEY, PA
Large gatherings of people are out of the question for some time in Pennsylvania, but Hersheypark is hoping they may be possible by early this summer. While Hersheypark had canceled their Springtime in the Park season in mid-March, as of last week, no decisions had been made regarding the 2020 summer season. Today, the amusement park released a statement saying that, while they are keeping the safety of their guests and staff as a priority, they are cautiously optimistic about opening the park for the 2020 summer season sometime near the beginning of June. FULL STORY  SANDUSKY, OH
Cedar Point 2020 Season Passholders will be valid through the 2021 Season according to pass type. For 2020 Season Passholders participating in the Easy Pay Program, monthly billing has been suspended as of April 8, 2020, and will remain suspended while the park is closed. When the park reopens, billing will resume. FULL STORY  HERSHEY, PA
One of the most notable attractions at Hersheypark suffered wind damage after a gusty storm tore through the area this week, according to a media report. One of the windows, shaped like a Hershey Kiss, is being replaced, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts spokesperson Quinn Bryner told The Sun. The tower, constructed in 1975, rises more than 300 feet above the park and offers a 360-degree view through the candy-shaped windows. It stands at the highest point in the park. FULL STORY  Apex Parks Group, LLC ("Apex" or "Company"), today announced that it is pursuing a comprehensive financial restructuring aimed at reducing the Company's current debt and, ultimately, enhancing operations to continue to serve guests and communities for years to come. As part of this process, Apex expects to enter into a stalking horse purchase agreement ("Agreement") with the Company's prepetition secured lenders ("Lenders") to sell substantially all of the Company's assets and operations and has filed for Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the District of Delaware to facilitate the sale. The Lenders will also provide financing to support the Company during the restructuring.
FULL STORY  After surprising amusement park fans with its level of realism and possibilities with its Smartphone version, Theme Park Simulator will be available on Nintendo Switch, exclusively in digital format, on April 17th.
Enjoy each of the eleven available rides in third or first person and manage its performance in real time: capacity, speed, direction, movement patterns, smoke and light effects... and watch the reaction of the visitors! FULL STORY  Are you ready to engineer your childhood dreams? Khan Academy and Pixar have teamed up with Walt Disney Imagineers to create "Imagineering in a Box", which is a free online course that provides an exclusive look into the theme park design.
It is true that times are trying, and the majority of us have to stay indoors to save the world which is not exactly a Disney script material. However, that shouldn't stop you from dreaming about your ideal roller coaster. FULL STORY  More than three weeks after SeaWorld’s parks shut down and lost money coming through the turnstiles, a Winter Park construction firm says the company owes nearly $225,000 in unpaid bills.
Wilsten Group sought three construction liens against SeaWorld for a trio of completed construction projects, according to Orange County Comptroller’s records filed Tuesday. FULL STORY  In 2016, Lagotronics Projects introduced their new ride concept ‘the GameChanger’: a rotating interactive dark ride, which is the first of its kind in the leisure industry! The first GameChanger worldwide opened in Shimao’s Max Wonder Park, China. Since then every year a new GameChanger has been installed, with the most recent installation of a Smurfs themed GameChanger in Shimao’s Dream City theme park in Shanghai.
The GameChanger is an innovative new kind of dark ride, with endless possibilities in set-ups and gameplay. After a successful patent application in the Netherlands, now the patent for the GameChanger amusement ride is granted in the USA as well. Patents in other regions like Europe and China are pending. CEO Mark Beumers comments; “After having been awarded with several patents for our unique Interactive technology and devices, the GameChanger is the first complete attraction Lagotronics Projects has received a patent for. Our company is and has always been focussed on developing and providing the best technology and experiences to our customers. Receiving this patent, especially in the US, is such a great recognition for all our people and the effort they put into the design of this attraction.” FULL STORY |
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