Ghost Town finally opens Cliffhanger coaster
More than a month after opening for the 2009 season, Ghost Town in the Sky's Cliffhanger coaster has been deemed ready to roll. The mountaintop Old West-themed park opened May 22 without its centerpiece ride, but the N.C. Department of Labor's Elevator and Amusement Devise Bureau Chief Jonathon Brooks and Tommy Petty, also with the bureau, have been at the park since Monday going through the final commissioning process. They gave the ride the thumbs up this afternoon.
Hail to the chief: Obama makes Disney debut at Hall of Presidents
The animatronic version of Barack Obama debuts at Magic Kingdom's revamped Hall of Presidents this week. Obama's figure stands front and center at the attraction, which has been under renovation since November. Although last-minute tinkering continues, Disney annual-pass holders received a sneak peek Sunday. The show officially reopens Saturday.
Visit Prehistoric Times With Museum's Interactive 3D Game
GestureTek created an interactive flying dinosaur experience for the Gondwana – Das Praehistorium in Schiffweiler, Germany. The interactive game display features GestureTek’s ‘Wii-like’ GestureXtreme gesture-based interactive game system along with a 3D visualization software engine that offers the best in virtual reality game play.
Vertigo Continues Progress towards Opening
Vertigo Theme Parks, Inc. a theme park company featuring Adrenaline Rush Adventures, today announced it continues to be persistent in its efforts towards opening its Vertigo Theme Parks-Buga later this year. These tough financial times probably make even the most optimistic person wince at the thought of starting a new business. That apprehension, though, may not be warranted. “An ugly economy doesn’t last forever,” reminds Jerry Merola, an ex-commercial banker and now chief financial officer of Amusement Entertainment Management LLC, in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
Universal Orlando Resort's Halloween Horror Nights 19 to Bring Modern Day Horror Films to Life
For the first time ever, guests at Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights will live a mega-horror movie before it even hits the big screen. They will also experience two modern day blockbuster horror franchises as Universal Orlando devotes its entire Halloween Horror Nights event to bringing horror films to life.
Future looks bleak for Terra Mítica
Información newspaper reports that the regional government does not want to spend any more money. It seems the efforts to try to avoid the financial collapse of the Terra Mítica attractions park in Benidorm could be at an end, with reports in the Información newspaper today saying that top members of the Regional Government have started contacts to try and sell the site.
Warwick Castle's dungeon attraction make 15 people faint
In the first month since the dungeon opened, 15 people have fainted and another four have vomited, apparently due to fear. Visitors to the medieval dungeon are greeted by fake blood and life-size models of victims on the rack. Guides demonstrate how prisoners used to have their tongues ripped out.
Frestyle plans for future; enough money to survive recession
Freestyle Park opened nine weeks ago. Park management is hoping for a good first year, and more importantly a strong future. Hard Rock Park blew into Myrtle Beach with a bang and shortly after fizzled to barely a spark. It went up for sale, eventually going to the new owners, FPI MB Entertainment, LLC. The company purchased the park for 25 million dollars, a real steal compared to the more than 200 million price tag Hard Rock shelled out to build the park.
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