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Hershey Park announces new coaster for 2012!

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Andrewopolis

Intamin AG of Switzerland brings us yet another awesome looking ride for Hershey Park, Skyrush! The 200 foot hyper coaster will feature new trains with 4 across seating where the two outside seats are floorless, and the two inside seats … Continue reading →

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Cedarfair Announces the Purchase of 61 Acres of Land for Carowinds!

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Andrewopolis

Today, August 1, 2011, Cedar Fair announced the purchase of 61 acres of land for Carowinds in Charlotte, NC. (Carowinds is actually on the boarder of both North and South Carolina). The plot of land is adjacent to the park … Continue reading →

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New ride from Funtime

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Andrewopolis

Video has been posted of a new ride from the Australian based company Funtime called Schwarze Mamba. This crazy looking ride can be found at the Wiener Prater amusement park in Vienna, Austria. Here’s the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRlVAP9Aga8&feature=player_embedded#at=41

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Cedar Point’s Wild Cat Coaster Crashes!

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Andrewopolis

On a Sunday night, Cedar Point’s Schwarzkopf Wild Cat coaster injures seven after crashing to the station, no serious injuries were reported. The park says that the ride will be shut down until they can be sure it will be … Continue reading →

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The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure POV!

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Andrewopolis

Theme Park Review just posted a video to YouTube of Disney ‘s California Adventure’s new dark ride! The animatronics in the ride are the most realistic Ive ever seen! Disney has really been on a roll with there amusement technology … Continue reading →

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2010 Steel Coaster pull results!!

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Andrewopolis

So, Mitch hawkers 2010 steel poll is out and it looks like this is Intamins year with 8/10 of the coasters in the top 10 being Intamins! Speaking of Intamin, Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion is in the number 3 … Continue reading →

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Have you filled out your steel coaster ballot yet?

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Andrewopolis

Well, have you? If you haven’t, then you can get it and fill it out at the link below. Ballot will be accepted until May 5, 2011. And tell me and others what your #1 is! http://www.ushsho.com/bestrollercoasterpoll.htm

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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Sky Screamer Contruction.

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Andrewopolis

Hello there, I was at the park for opening day and took some picture of there new star flyer  built by Funtime which is going to opening in May. There parts of the ride that are on site but couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Holiday World to once again delay Timber liners for the Voyage

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Andrewopolis

Holiday World( located in Santa Claus Indiana) is home to the Voyage, a very large Gravity Group wooden roller coaster which is said to be one of the best wooden roller coasters in the world. In 2010 was going to … Continue reading →

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The Results for Mitch’s 2010 best Wooden Roller Coaster Poll!

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Andrewopolis

Well, the results for Mitch’s 2010 wooden coaster poll are in, and it looks like there is a 2 way tye between Six Flags GAdv’s El Toro and Everland’s T-Express! In other news, The Voyage is not in the top … Continue reading →

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