EA-owned PopCap Games is the latest video game company to make eyes at the amusement park business, announcing plans today to open a Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare attraction at the Carowinds theme park in next spring.

Walt Disney World, Disney is introducing "Silver," "Gold," "Platinum" and "Platinum Plus" passes, replacing the old Florida Seasonal, Annual, Premium and Premium Plus Annual Passes. It is also raising prices.

Disney Parks has officially released details on the new "Star Wars" experience at Disneyland Park in Southern California and Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida.

Austin Crecelius decided to pop the question to girlfriend Allison Boyle while riding on the Voyage, a wooden roller coaster, at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana.

The threat of high winds and torrential rain has prompted Sandusky-based Cedar Fair to close three of its 11 amusement parks Friday night. Citing concerns for the “safety of guests and employees,” Cedar Fair has opted to close Carowinds, located along the North and South Carolina borders, along with Dorney Park in Allentown, Pa. and Kings Dominion in Doswell, Va.

Wei Jiushan spends his day in a fantasy land, surrounded by rides, arcades, souvenir shops, bungee-jumping towers that look like six-story-high banyan trees and a small village of mushroom-shaped houses. A gruff, 52-year-old security guard, Wei says he's been working at the Dragon Fantasy amusement park for three years. The problem is that the park, a 165-acre development in Tangshan City about two hours' drive from Beijing, has no people.

An anarchic amusement park by street artist Banksy that mocked capitalism and consumer culture has brought an economic boom to a faded British seaside town.

10 said to be in critical condition after ride collapses; incident comes as millions of Palestinians celebrate Eid al-Adha

Cannonball Falls at Action Park, a water slide with one of the highest number of reported injuries in the state, was shut down last month after state officials learned of several similar injuries sustained on the ride.

The newest planned roller coaster at America's Roller Coast will break 10 world records when it opens in 2016.

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Ubisoft, the maker of video games including "Assassin's Creed" and "Just Dance," plans to build a games-themed amusement park in Malaysia.

Take a 360-degree spin on Valravn, the world's tallest, fastest, and longest dive coaster, coming to Cedar Point in 2016!

The Revolution roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain will have its farewell runs on Monday, then be updated and redubbed as The New Revolution in 2016, park officials announced today.

The theme park will bring "Bizarro" back to its origins, according to Six Flags spokeswoman Jennifer McGrath. The iconic steel coaster will be re-branded as "Superman: The Ride," similar to "Superman: Ride of Steel," the name is held from 2000 to 2009. While the ride's track and structure won't change, superhero music and other thematic elements will be added.

 Held up by an unforeseen tragedy last month, Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky,Ohio will unveil its newest attraction for 2016 next week, and industry experts say it will be a “dive” roller coaster. And there are indications that it will be the largest of its kind.

Martin's Fantasy Island received a big "Fun? Wow!" from a large group of roller coaster aficionados last weekend. The Grand Island amusement park hosted a national conference of members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts, known as ACE, who gave high marks to the park and to its wooden roller coaster, the Silver Comet.

THIS IS NOT A RHETORICAL QUESTION THESE DAYS. Theme parks have engaged in a dizzying quest for height in recent years that has spawned a number of roller coasters as tall as skyscrapers. Altitude rather than velocity has become such a defining characteristic that rides that take advantage of their soaring heights have been given a name befitting a mammoth frame: the giga coaster.

For generations across the Rochester region, the Jack Rabbit has been known as a roller coaster that was a steppingstone for children and teens, a ride with some serious dips and speed but an intermediary to the monster coasters that have dominated the amusement park scene in recent decades.

Sunday is National Roller Coaster Day, so we're taking the opportunity to remind readers that New Jersey is home to a wealth of thrill rides.