Ernest Yale, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of TRIOTECH announced a new breakthrough in high-capacity interactive attractions with Team Battle™. This innovative experience features interactivity, both team and individual play, and ride elements with full 4D effects. Triotech partnered with Ubisoft, leading creator and publisher of interactive entertainment, to develop the first software to […]

In any industry there’s always hypothetical “what-ifs” that could have potentially created interesting scenarios. In the amusement park industry, there’s a ton of them: what if Michigan’s Adventure built their hyper coaster, what if Six Flags sold Magic Mountain, and what if Sea World Ohio never sold to Six Flags. However, the most fascinating what-if […]

To launch the celebration of its 30th anniversary, Kentucky Kingdom hosted a reunion last night for the members of “Save My Park,” a group of longtime supporters of Kentucky Kingdom who led the effort to convince state and local officials not to bulldoze the theme park when the former operator closed and abandoned the park. […]

Great Pumpkin LumiNights returns to Dollywood’s Harvest Festival this fall. This year’s event is bigger and better than ever with several new immersive displays, exciting activities and an expanded footprint that’s more than twice the size of last year’s event. The Harvest Festival itself is also growing in 2018 with six additional days added to […]

Say a prayer and think fast, because according to the Haunted Attraction Association (HAA), the surge of 2018 horror films will be the least of thrill seekers worries this haunt season. While horror films such as HellFest are expected to have an influence on haunts this Halloween season, many attractions are finding new ways to […]

Today, Busch Gardens Tampa continues to solidify its position as Florida’s thrill leader with the announcement of Tigris, a new triple-launch steel coaster and Florida’s tallest launch coaster, roaring to the park next spring, 2019. With an innovative experience, Tigris will catapult riders through an exhilarating array of looping twists with forward and backward motion, breath-taking drops, […]

Representatives from Kennywood Park and Idlewild & SoakZone traveled to the Show-Me State for the ‘Academy Awards’ of the amusement industry, bringing back honors to Southwestern Pennsylvania. Kennywood’s Noah’s Ark attraction was recognized for the ninth straight year as the world’s best Funhouse/Walk-through Attraction at Saturday’s Golden Ticket Awards ceremony, while Idlewild beat out impressive […]

Carowinds will mark a turning point in its evolution as a destination amusement park when it introduces Copperhead Strike in 2019 – the Carolinas’ first double launch coaster! Copperhead Strike will simulate the harrowing chase of getaway cars racing through rolling farmland, sending riders on two launches through a relentless winding ride over half a […]

 Six Flags Magic Mountain, has announced the latest addition to its unparalleled coaster dynasty — West Coast Racers, the parks 20th coaster and the world’s first racing launch coaster — slated to open in 2019. Unlike traditional coasters, this one-of-a-kind racing coaster will feature two side-by-side tracks with four individual high-speed launches. The race covers […]

Canada’s Wonderland is offering an action-packed Labour Day long weekend, highlighted by a stunning fireworks display on Sunday, Sept. 2. At 10 p.m. the night sky will light up with more than 6,000 fireworks in a unique, custom-designed display, choreographed to music. Reaching heights of more than 800 feet, the light show is guaranteed to […]