- 9 years ago Sticky: What is your favorite amusement park?
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Traumatic License: An Oral History of Action Park
From 1978 to 1996, New Jersey hosted a ride-at-your-own-risk water park that earned it the nickname “Class Action Park.” By Jake Rossen.
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Disney Parks will offer a Virtual Reality Star Wars land this year
You may soon find out what Star Wars smells like.
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Rollercoaster leaves 24 people trapped 100ft in the air for hours
An amusement park left 24 riders stuck 30 metres in the air for three hours and 50 minutes. After stalling, the Joker’s Jinx ride left the people stranded at 100ft in the air until emergency services had to get passengers down one-by-one. ‘To me it’s always seemed like the scariest ride,’ Julia Valverde, who was stuck on the ride with her younger brother, told NBC Washington.
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Secrets Behind Shanghai Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean
Wondering how Pirates of the Caribbean Works? Shanghai Disneyland masterpiece is the most immersive ride on the planet. Discover its secrets.
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Tragedy at Dreamworld as FOUR people are crushed to death on ride
Four adults are reportedly dead after an accident on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld theme park on Queensland's Gold Coast.
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Dreamworld: Four killed on Australian theme park ride - BBC News
Four people are killed on a river rapids ride at the Dreamworld theme park on Australia's east coast.
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Superheroes brave roller coaster for a good cause
Volunteers from Kids Heroes Foundation, dressed as superheroes, participate in a marathon roller-coaster ride at Lagoon in Farmington on Monday.
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Inside Meow Wolf, the amusement park for people who want a weirder Disneyland
A high-tech storytelling gameworld has just opened its doors in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Get ready for summer: The tallest, fastest, wildest rides opening in 2016
Theme parks around the world are racing to open the next big thing.
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Raunchy, Raucous Coney Island
Perhaps for Freud, Coney Island was America—a realm where fantasy was made material and the pleasure principle ruled. So it is with the bountiful exhibition “Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008,” at the Brooklyn Museum through March 13. By J. Hoberman.
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Disneyland Secrets and History | Pirates of the Caribbean
Everything you may need to know about the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland and then some. And then some more, and then even more, and then... well it eventually ends.
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Virtual reality roller coasters coming to Six Flags theme parks
Partnership with Samsung's Gear VR matches visual with thrill ride movement.
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Cedar Point Hopes to Combine Roller Coaster Ride with Virtual Reality Experience in 2016
Park officials are hoping Cedar Point is one of two Cedar Fair properties chosen to debut the new ride technology, in which coaster riders wear virtual-reality headsets that display 3-D action with themed storylines.
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Ghosts of the Midway
“For an amusement park opened in the late ‘40s, Lakeview had it all: a dance hall, a Ferris wheel, a terrifying, rickety roller coaster, a classic ‘Pretzel’ funhouse ride, a bingo hall for adults where a win would get you a pack of cigarettes, and a true penny arcade complete with chickens pecking out songs on pianos and scantily-clad women removing articles of clothing for coins...” By Megan Shepherd.
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Amusement Park Outlook 2016: Top Coasters and Attractions For The Year Ahead
Last year was great for the amusement park industry, but the holiday season has people looking forward to 2016 and the top roller coasters and attractions expected to open next season.
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A 'Hunger Games'-style theme park is reportedly on its way to the U.S.
Film studio Lionsgate has set its sights on pursuing a theme park adaptation of their massively popular film franchise "The Hunger Games."
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Titanic Is Getting Its Own Amusement Park Ride in 2018
Buckle up…and never let go! A ride inspired by the famous 1912 Titanic shipwreck is set to launch at an amusement park in 2018.
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Celebrate Halloween at Theme Parks Around the World
Two weeks into October, and we are deep into the Halloween season at theme parks around the world. Here are three recent reviews of theme park Halloween events from Theme Park Insider writers in England, Illinois, and Ohio.
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Don't Miss These Top 10 Dishes at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival
The 20th annual Epcot International Food and Wine Festival is off to a bang. I went opening weekend and it was packed. I waited more than 30 minutes in the Brazil line alone. (Fastpasses, please?) Hopefully, the lines have simmered down, but trying to visit all 30 food booths is still a daunting task. So here’s my list of the top 10 dishes you MUST try while at the festival.
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To Screen or Not to Screen? That is the Question, for Theme Parks and for Fans
When I think of the most iconic dark rides, my mind always travels right to Disney. Say the name "Pirates of the Caribbean" or "Haunted Mansion" to a park enthusiast, and you'll see their face light up with excitement. Within moments they start to pine for the day they can board their ship or doom buggies once more.