Next year Knott’s Berry Farm will celebrate its 100th anniversary by having, “A Knott’s Family Reunion”. This will be one of the summer long promotions Knott’s does so very well and will pay tribute to Walter Knott and his family.
According to Cedar Fair, guests will be immersed in a once in a lifetime celebration that will include lots of festive decor, themed food and merch, plenty of entertainment, and more! Knott’s will release more details about this event as summer 2020 draws closer. I would personally expect by spring break they will have more information. If you have been to Knott’s previous summer events such as Ghost Town Alive and Knott’s Summer Nights, you know that Knott’s does an EXCELLENT job with all of their summer promotions so look for this one to be better because it is their 100th Anniversary promotion.
Also if you think that this is all they are going to do for their 100th, then you are certainly mistaken. Look for a massive expansion of a Ghost Town including multiple rides and a coaster to come for the 2021 season and to actively be under construction during 2020.
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Concept art of new water slide complex coming to South Bay Shores
Cedar Fair parks announced all of their 2020 projects yesterday and with that California’s Great America announced that their water park, Boomerang Bay, will be expanded and renamed to South Bay Shores.
The expansion will include upgraded food and beverage locations as well as six new water slides. The new slides are SharkReefPlunge which are four vertical drop slides. Next up is Feeding Frenzy which is an enclosed tube slide that will finish in a giant bowl element at the bottom of the slide. Lastly, Barracuda is a slide that will feature a tight constrictor style series of spins and end with a splashdown at the end.
Some other features to be added are a family play and pool area to be called Tide Pool and Pier 76 which is a new restaurant location.
What do you think of CA Great America’s expansion? Will you be visiting? Comment your thoughts below!
WDWNT continues to leak supposed Spider-Man ride concept art including the pre show area and some ride scenes and I am about to break it all down for you right here!
Pre show concept art from WDWNT
Here is the pre show area which continues the very industrial vibe of the attraction. It looks like guests will be given a tour of the W.E.B building as it seems they are hosting an open house of some sort.
Second pre show photo from WDWNT
This photo it looks like guests will be given a tour of the office and this is the place the premise of the ride itself will likely be given.
Ride Scene provided by WDWNT
Here is a photo of one of the ride scenes where it looks like a ship of some sort has crashed through the wall. It is also interesting to note that there is a track on the bottom which if accurate means the vehicles will not be suspended.
Another ride scene
In this scene it looks like were going past more sets in what increasingly looks like a training facility.
Moving along I don’t see a track here so maybe this is part of the queue area?
Now with multiple tracks going different places this could represent different ride experiences or maybe some maintenance bays for the vehicles.
In this scene it looks like someone or something spilled tons of paint everywhere.
This seems to be a dark room with more paint or oil on the ground.
Finally we have the exit of the ride where guests will walk past the Avengers logo and back onto the Avengers Campus outside.
Couple of things to note here: This is NOT official concept art by Disney, we will get that at D23, so take this will a grain of salt until more details are unveiled next weekend. Also if most of the scenes seem like there is nothing going on, it is because this ride is rumored to rely heavily on augmented reality within the ride vehicles themselves.
So what do you think of this rumored leaked concept art? Are you excited for this attraction? Why or Why not? Comment your thoughts below!
Well today is finally the day that Cedar Fair has revealed their announcements for their parks and most of it was not too exciting except for Orion here at Kings Island. It has been widely speculated that Kings Island will be getting a Giga coaster next year and the rampant rumors were right.
Orion will be the tallest and fastest coaster at Kings Island and also quite long as well.
Orion will have a 300 ft drop and will go as fast as 91 mph making it one of the fastest coasters on the planet. The coaster will anchor an revamped land to be called Area 72. The backstory to the ride and land is that scientist are doing a special research project in the area and Orion is a special prototype for the Project X initiative and volunteers are needed. The researchers are trying to develop a vehicle that can traverse through meteor showers.
Orion will debut in Spring 2020 and will be the world’s seventh Giga coaster. This is a very exciting and excellent addition to the park and I would LOVE to hear your thoughts below on this coaster! Also let’s get others in on the action as well by sharing this article and following this page!
After the success of Time Traveler, Silver Dollar City is announcing their next major addition, Mystic River Falls. Mystic River Falls will be will have the tallest raft drop in the western hemisphere. The ride will take rafters into the history Marvel cave which is where Silver Dollar City started about sixty years ago. Some cool new elements of the ride will include an 82 foot tall elevator lift hill, a six story elevated river channel, and a grand finale four and a half story drop.
This attraction will be the anchor to a new themed land called Rivertown filled with folks from the 1880’s. In 2020, the park will also have lost of events and entertainment throughout the year for its Diamond Jubilee 60th Anniversary. So what do you think of this new ride and themed area? Will you be going next year? Comment your thoughts below and do not forget to click the like and follow button for notifications on when new articles come out!
Hello all and welcome back for a quick Universal Studios Hollywood construction update. Today I will show you updates on the Secret Life of Pets, Super Nintendo World, and the Holidayz in Hell maze.
Secret Life Of Pets
First, let’s take a look at the Secret Life of Pets (SLOP) attraction being built next to the minions. Nothing really new has changed here since my last update as the building is still behind green scaffolding.
Secret Life Of Pets You can see some detail and arched windows through the scrimGrand Entrance
Super Nintendo World
Next up, I will show you some pictures of the under construction Super Nintendo World in the Lower Lot. You can see the Mario Kart foundations and track are really starting to come into focus and the layout should be completed in a couple of months. Some steel is going up near where the rumored Donkey Kong coaster is supposed to go (Side nearest to Jurassic World) so it will be very interesting to see how that area turns out.
The dirt curves represent the Mario Kart trackMario Kart track up top, rumored Donkey Kong on the dirt lot to the lower left Overview of Super Nintendo World
Holidaze in Hell Maze
I was with family and in a bit of a rush during this update so the only maze I was able to capture progress of was Holidaze in Hell. The only major progress I could see was they updated the facade to a really cool looking postcard like night time sky.
Holidaze in Hell Facade
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Holiday World in Indiana is looking to be and will be the water coaster capital of the world when their brand new water coaster Cheetah Chase opens up next year. Cheetah Chase will be the world’s first racing and launching water coaster and the first to be doing a complete circuit.
Riders will be launched 25 feet up a lift hill using ProSlide Blast Technology and will be zipping along at a speed of 27 mph along the 852 foot full circuit course. Each raft will fit up to three people and duel head to head to see who can win the race! What do you guys think of this new addition? Comment below your thoughts on this water coaster and your thoughts on the evolution of water slides in general.
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The ALS Foundation of Southern California has a couple of events coming up that I would love to sponsor, especially since the sponsorship money goes to ALS to help research ways to fight this disease! If you would like to help me sponsor a water station at the upcoming Ventura ALS Walk click here! I am almost halfway to my goal!
Okay so we may have our first look at the layout of Marvel Land coming to California Adventure next year. This image is provided by WDWNT and shows the outline of where the Spider-man attraction and the rest of the experiences are supposed to go. Let’s take a look at each of these experiences one at a time.
So the Spider-man ride is definitely placed correctly and it looks like the queue will be in the former tissue box building and surrounding area. Next up is where the Ant-Man Microbrewery is supposed to go and based on the latest Fresh Baked construction update, I would say that this new steel under construction looks to match the proposed design of the brewery.
Marvel Land construction image from Fresh Baked Disney
As you can see, there is lots of structural steel already up and in the coming weeks we can see exactly what this is going to be when Disney presents us with a model of the land at D23. Across the way from Spider-man is a gift store named WEB Suppliers which will be themed to the overall land. Adjacent to that is the Doctor Strange show which is anticipated to be like the current show on the Disney Cruise Line. The show on the cruise is a Jedi Training Academy style show themed to Marvel instead.
Last but not least is in my opinion the best part of this entire land because it foreshadows the future and that is the Avengers gift shop. Sure, it is just a plain ole gift shop but it will be themed to Avengers and its placement is exactly adjacent to where the rumored Avengers E-Ticket coaster is supposed to go for Phase 3 of Marvel Land. As a reminder Phase 1 was the transformation of Tower of Terror to Guardians of the Galaxy in 2017, this is now Phase 2 coming in 2020, and Phase 3 is supposed to come online by 2023.
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THEME PARK WIZARD SUPPORTS ALS AND YOU CAN TOO!
The ALS Foundation of Southern California has a couple of events coming up that I would love to sponsor, especially since the sponsorship money goes to ALS to help research ways to fight this disease! If you would like to help me sponsor a water station at the upcoming Ventura ALS Walk click here! I am almost halfway to my goal!
So this past weekend I went to the Midsummer Scream Halloween Convention in Long Beach. It was my first time going and I had an absolute blast and will be attending every single year from now on. Midsummer Scream is a relatively new (3 or 4 years old) Halloween Convention and is where Universal and Knott’s have panels announcing their Halloween mazes.
My original intent was to go to the Knott’s Scary Farm panel, but I ended up missing it because I didn’t realize how much else there was to do there. The convention is separated into a few different parts. There is the Grand Ballroom, where all the biggest panels happen, and there are several smaller ballrooms where different events are happening at all times of the day. Then there is the main exhibition area will hundreds of vendors offering everything from masks to VR. Lastly, there is the biggest and in my opinion the best room in the convention called Hall of Screams. This room is entirely dark and eerie and resembles what you would see at Halloween Horror Nights and even has six mini mazes for guests to go through.
My friends and I in front of a graveyard in Hall of Screams
I am being hanged at the Rosehill Haunt
10 points if you can guess where this sign is from!
Main exhibition hall
All in all, I must say I had a wonderful time and cannot wait to go back next year. Have you been to Midsummer Scream? Let me know your thoughts below about your experience and be sure to click the follow button and share this article!
Well Universal teased all of us with a huge announcement for Thursday and it finally came. Universal announced their fourth gate in Orlando and it is going to be called Epic Universe. Universal took a jab at Disney during the press conference stating, “That a universe is bigger than a world” and quite a universe it is with multiple theme parks and multiple hotels and entertainment options. This new complex will be located on 750 of the 1,000 acres Universal purchased last year. This new property is located a few miles south of the existing resort which leaves me wondering if Universal will install some sort of transportation option between the two complexes.
Map of Universal Orlando Resort
I have a piece of concept art here with all of the rumored worlds labeled and I would like to break it down completely in sections below for you.
Concept art of Epic Universe and proposed worlds
THE HUB
As soon as you enter the park you will be on the main central spine of the park which is called the Hub. This area looks beautiful with lots of water features and even up by the hotel is a World of Color style amphitheater show which looks to be very cool. There is also lots of glass and a couple large glass enclosures which I think can fit a ride or restaurant or just large gift shop. There are two pathways guests can take one for the right side of the park and one for the left side of the park.
THE HOTEL
One of my favorite things about this new park is that Universal is taking a cue from Disneyland Paris and Tokyo DisneySEA with the addition of a in-park hotel. By this concept art, it looks like the hotel is interacting and part of the architecture of the park. Not much is known about the height or how many rooms the hotel has, but I am guessing it is plenty of rooms since it looks truly massive.
SUPER NINTENDO WORLD
This is the world everyone knows the most about thanks to it coming to other Universal Parks around the world. Orlando’s version will include all three rides which include Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Coaster, and Yoshi dark ride.
CLASSIC MONSTERS WORLD
This is a very cool addition to the park in my opinion. The whole world is set in 1930’s Europe and it will be so awesome to walk around in that setting. Two things to note about this world, Dracula and the stadium. Based on previous documents submitted to the City of Orlando last year, there will be a replica of Dracula’s castle with an ultra immersive dark ride to be inside, which I will be looking forward to immensely. The other thing to note is the giant stadium that is attached to the world. To be honest, this is the last place I would expect this large of a stadium, but it leaves me excited for the potential nighttime monster entertainment that we can get out of this stadium.
FANTASTIC BEASTS
This world is bound to be ultra popular considering how successful the various Harry Potter lands are across the world. This world is very urban (1900’s New York) and the facades are at least five stories high so it feels like you will be very immersed in the world. Next to the paths and shops are either one very large or two massive show buildings no doubt hosting some very immersive ride technology similar to the other Harry Potter rides. I am super excited to see what rides those will be.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
Last but not least, there is the How to Train Your Dragon World which includes a couple coasters and some fantastic water features. The main attraction here seems to be two dueling roller coasters (yellow and blue track) that potentially could be to racing dragons through the forest. Just below those coasters seems to be a smaller coaster that goes by the water features and looks to be more child friendly.
OVERALL THOUGHTS
I think this is going to be an amazing park and will be the park of the future and I am excited to go and visit in a few years. I am also excited about the potential expansion areas (Forested green areas near worlds) and what IP will go there or if Nintendo or Fantastic Beasts will be expanded.
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Theme Park Universe 