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Lance Hart, Master of (Theme Park, Amusement & Entertainment News), Writer for , odd humor, tech geek, husband and father of 3

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@screamscape
Screamscape
4 years
SeaWorld Entertainment has just announced they are letting 90% of their work-force go as part of a "temporary leave"... You can read the statement they sent to their staff here, leaving them without pay, without medical benefits, etc...
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@screamscape
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11 months
Not sure who's Pic but felt I needed to share...
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11 months
Bad news for Carowinds fans... FURY 325 is going to be closed for a bit... One of the supports has a severe crack near the top close to where it attaches to the track.
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11 months
Yeah I think FURY 325 could be closed for the rest of the year... B&M are going to want to inspect every inch of it, and may redesign and replace other supports if they feel it is needed.
@Ryab_FGC_
RyaB #SaveCoyotevsAcme #GayRights
11 months
@screamscape Can confirm. Here's the Crack
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2 years
Oh my, looks like Hurricane Ian caused a containment breach in Jurassic Park at Islands of Adventure... I hope everyone is safe and sound, but watch out for roaming dinosaurs this morning. 🦕
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@screamscape
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4 months
You know... I still think it would be fun for Universal to bring back the Back to the Future IP to the parks, but not by bringing back the old ride, but maybe with a fun indoor launched coaster. 88mph of course...
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4 years
Call me crazy, but I want to see a River Rapids ride done with rafts that seat all guests in a ring facing OUTWARDS instead of INWARDS to let everyone actually view the scenery. Anyone else?
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@screamscape
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4 years
New shipment of B&M track crossing the bridge between Kentucky and Indiana spotted, on the way to SeaWorld San Diego for Emperor.
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1 year
Hard to believe that the Rocket Rods track is STILL SITTING THERE after all these years. No attempt to revive it... no attempt to bring back the people movers, or to create anything new like the long rumored Star Wars Speeder Bikes or Tron Lightcycle attractions.
@Justin_Martin23
Justin Martin
1 year
Please come back… come back.
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@screamscape
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2 years
Quick Survey - What lost theme park attraction do you miss the most and why?
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@screamscape
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5 years
Would you believe that Screamscape turns 20 years old today?! Who would have thought? - Check out today's first update -
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@screamscape
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3 years
Just in... Effective tomorrow face coverings no longer required while outside at @UniversalORL . Only while indoors and in all queues, shops and restaurants.
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@screamscape
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11 months
Interesting things going on at Carowinds but don't think they're going to just reopen it like this. I'm thinking these are just here to hold things together for the moment.
@TP_Guides
Theme Park Recommendations 🎢
11 months
Look what I see… they just welded these steel plates into the support. 👀
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6 years
It is official... Our species is no longer advancing, but rather we are getting dumber and devolving with each passing year. I can't believe AMC had enough complaints that they felt they needed to post a warning like this. 😕
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@screamscape
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5 years
BREAKING NEWS - Kings Dominion Confirms that Volcano: The Blast Coaster IS NO MORE!! Please retweet and share the news with your friends. -
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4 years
This is awesome! Well done! And I'm kinda jealous...
@Attractions
Attractions Magazine
4 years
Can we hire this dad to build one in our backyard? #HomemadeThemePark -
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11 months
Bad news for Carowinds fans... FURY 325 is going to be closed for a bit... One of the supports has a severe crack near the top close to where it attaches to the track.
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@screamscape
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2 years
KUMBA - "So how were my test results Doc?" DOC - "Sorry Kumba, you've only got 6 months to live..." -
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7 years
So how would everyone feel if Rock 'n Roller Coaster were re-themed to Wreck-It-Ralph, where you would launch into a game of Sugar Rush?
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3 years
So glad to be oh so wrong, look what @SF_FiestaTexas is getting in 2022 from B&M
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7 years
BREAKING - Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster Confirmed for Six Flags Fiesta Texas in 2018 -
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3 years
Looks like they had a successful test of the STARGATE at Epcot the other night...
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1 year
How would everyone feel about bringing back the old Adventure Thru Inner Space ride at Disneyland with an Ant-Man Quantumania theme? Just dreaming...
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@screamscape
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9 months
Six Flags St Louis just leaked their own 2024 addition...
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@screamscape
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4 years
Now I'm really curious what 2021 will bring for @Dollywood
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10 months
Again... this is how you tease a new attraction! Classic!
@SeaWorld
SeaWorld
10 months
Prime Day shopping got a little out of hand.
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5 years
Well, that's one way to deal with overcrowded theme parks...
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@screamscape
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2 years
Emperor opens Mar. 12 at @SeaWorld San Diego
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8 years
While I don't care for either presidential candidate, I am horrified by the thought of a Trump animatronic in the Hall of Presidents.
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6 years
Someone tell me how @BuschGardensVA took one of the most technically advanced and wonderful dark rides in the USA outside of a Disney or Universal park and managed to flush it all down the toilet? YES, they have officially pulled the plug on Curse of DarKastle. Seriously.
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3 years
Gotta say that while the VelociCoaster at @UniversalORL is getting all the praise right now, DO NOT FORGET to see The Bourne Stuntacular. Holy crap was that an amazing show, saw things my eyes could not believe.
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6 years
CW Dive Machine detailed leaked by CBC news... Yukon Striker 75 meter drop (246 feet) and looks like 4 inversions. See the layout and details here -
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2 months
For those wondering, yes, the Jurassic jungle boat ride is still in operation for Better or For Worse
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4 years
I wonder if B&M may sell a few more Wing coasters over the next few years since the seating style is perfect for social distancing.
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5 years
Way cool model at Michael's, but wouldn't this make an awesome actual ride at a park like @holidayworld ???
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4 years
Silverwood to add STUNT PILOT, a new RMC Raptor Coaster in 2021 -
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2 years
Anyone planning to visit Islands of Adventure tomorrow? Getting word that Poseidon's Fury may reopen tomorrow...
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2 years
For the record, Screamscape is now boosted by Pfizer. No side effects other than a sore arm today. Ready to get some traveling on in 2022, time to end Covid-19.
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4 years
Seriously can someone tell me why the low-battery chirp on fire alarms in your house only seen to go off at night and never in the daytime when it's convenient to go buy new batteries?
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6 years
Who's ready for an exclusive new coaster rumor reveal?
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@screamscape
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3 years
Oh my... this definitely is an awkward ad graphic...
@USJ_Official
ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン公式
3 years
\👉ずっと友だち!/ E.T.サンデー ~チョコクランチ~👈 サンデーから伸びたE.T.の指に自分の指を合わせて、あの名シーンをやらずにはいられない!?😆 あなたが撮影した、E.T.ポーズも、コメント欄でシェアしてね✨ 詳しくはこちら→ #USJ #NOLIMIT #20th
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2 years
New ride coming to Hersheypark and new name and theme for the Sidewinder coaster.
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5 years
It's official Orion coming to kings island in 2020, 300ft Giga coaster.
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10 years
Speaking of Twisters, here's a Bill Paxton factoid for you. http://t.co/CZOaEFp60h
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3 years
New train testing again at NY NY in Las Vegas. Ask and you receive,our readers are the best.
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"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened... "
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3 years
Now that does look pretty epic! What a race back to the ground.
@IsaacWltr
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3 years
Kingda Ka and Zumanjaro can run simultaneously again, the coaster dueling with the drop towers look so cool.
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3 years
You know, there have been lots of books showing off Disney Imagineering artwork and attraction design concepts over the years, both built and those never to be, but isn't it about time Universal theme parks get the similar treatment?
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5 years
You know, I'm kind of sick of seeing stories about the guy who caught the phone on the coaster in mid air. Good catch and all, but I did the same thing with an entire lady's purse that went flying out of Magnum @cedarpoint about 20 years ago. Just the world never found out. 😁👍
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Catapult Falls officially coming in 2024 to SeaWorld San Antonio
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@screamscape
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5 years
Well well... SeaWorld San Diego named their dive coaster "Emperor".
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3 years
Epic Tweets today! Great stuff.
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2 years
Never knew The Beast station at Kings Island used to be surrounded by water... Wow, that's crazy looking to see.
@KingsIslandPR
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2 years
#OTD in 1979 The Beast roller coaster made its public debut. #KI50
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6 years
Don't say I wasn't the first to tell you about this... But now confirmed, Mack Rides equipment is on site at @Carowinds for 2019.
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5 years
New coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in 2020 now being teased on the park maps.
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6 years
Oh... Kings Island is finally bringing back the antique cars,something rumored for the past year. But to troll everyone by announcing it on National Roller Coaster Day? Wow... They got a few too many hopes up. Still... Could be more announced for 2019 later...
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5 years
I've got to compliment @Carowinds on something that may go unnoticed... The area music in Blue Ridge Junction is awesome. Modern and classic rock tunes covered Bluegrass country style. Listening to Girls Wanna Have Fun now, after Final Countdown finished. #greatatmosphere
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It looks as if @SeaWorld San Diego opted to retire the problem child ride, Tidal Twister. -
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3 years
Sweeeet coaster train!!! Look at the VelociCoaster go!
@thrillgeek
ThrillGeek
3 years
🦖 VelociCoaster testing with the train lights on! #UniversalOrlando #VelociCoaster
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1 year
And i thought yesterday was a bad day for Six Flags Magic Mountain.... This is what the app is reporting at 12:09pm west coast time.
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5 years
Wow, I love this. Where can I get one?!
@NewsPlusNotes
NewsPlusNotes
5 years
This demon baby is quickly becoming the most popular attraction @DorneyParkPR ‘s Halloween Haunt. Watch out for when it spits up!
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@screamscape
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5 years
Check out the new S&S Axis Coaster and more in the latest news update posted to
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@screamscape
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4 years
Proud of my son Chase graduating high school and moving on to the University of Tennessee.
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4 years
In other news... apparently Indiana Beach has bought the famous Schwarzkopf Dreier Looping coaster. This coaster was in the news in a bad way in 2019 at La Feria Chapultepec in Mexico when two riders died on Quimera when the last car derailed due to poor maintenance by the park.
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4 years
So i got to thinking about @Dollyparton this morning. Dolly has a theme park and we love theme parks. Beyond music and entertainment Dolly helps with education, relief needs for the community and helped fund research for a Covid-19 vaccine. Maybe Dolly should be President. 🤔👍
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Screamscape
5 years
They really need to leave the rumors to me...
@MACC_Coasters
MACC_Coasters
5 years
DisTwits: Tiki Birds are gone Disney: “incorrect information from unscrupulous sources” DisTwits: They didn’t say anything about our Country Bears rumor! Disney:
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1 year
Now that's impressive... 68 train dispatches in one hour. That's less than one minute... Actually just under 53 seconds to unload/reload and dispatch each roller coaster train consistently for the entire hour.
@G_Prodigy
Gprodigy
1 year
Last night the operations team achieved the highest dispatches on #velocicoaster this year. They hit 68 dispatches!!!!!!! Next stop 70 👏
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5 years
#joking But wouldn't it be nice to ban ALL THE STROLLERS from parks? Gotta walk kids, if you get tired time to go home and leave the evening hours for all the adult childless couples out there to enjoy. Right? 😉😂
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3 years
It's official, announcement tomorrow
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2 years
You've probably seen him in a post or two in the past but our best buddy Ranger traveled across the rainbow bridge today. Love and miss you buddy, he was such a good boy.
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6 years
Just arrived at @Dollywood and all three kids immediate run for Lightning Rod. Raised them right. #proudpapa
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10 months
Catapult Falls officially delayed to 2024... Sorry San Antonio.
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4 months
How many remember walking through a flat parking lot, past the giant Hard Rock Cafe building shaped like a guitar, to get to the entrance of Universal Studios Florida? No CityWalk, no parking structures, no water taxis, no Islands of Adventure, no Volcano Bay and no resorts...
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6 years
I've often wanted to officiate some kind of thrill ride endurance contest where we put riders through the ringer until they eliminate themselves by barfing... Until there is only one remaining. Who's ready to play my game? 😁
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2 years
Head on over to the site for the latest theme park news and rumor update just added -
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2 years
Though it is just Christmas Eve here, I just wanted to wish everyone of you out there a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or whatever joyful Holiday Season you celebrate. We are all theme park and ride lovers at heart, so we can all agree on that. Ride on and love from Screamscape
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@screamscape
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5 years
19 years ago we said "I do". Happy anniversary to my awesome wife @MrsScreamscape and to many more years to come.
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2 years
But why a single rider line for Jersey Devil? Everyone already rides solo...
@AmusementInside
Amusement Insider
2 years
Medusa is officially back at Six Flags Great Adventure with a Gold Rush-era backstory. Single Rider Lines will also be added to Jersey Devil Coaster, El Toro, Nitro and the re-themed Medusa @SFGrAdventure
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6 years
Interesting inspiration for @Carowinds latest 2019 teaser poster.
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3 years
I made my choice and took my step forward to the future today. Smooth easy process.
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5 years
You guys! You guys! You do not want to miss Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure! Easily the best ride in Universal Orlando right now... So much fun! Going back for more rides tonight.
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2023 could be a very good year to visit California theme parks with big coasters rumored for both of Cedar Fair's west coast properties plus Super Mario Kart at Universal Studios Hollywood and Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway at Disneyland.
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3 years
I didn't expect this kind of delay for a ride that was mostly built in early 2020. I wonder how many other rides Six Flags announced for 2020 that we were now expecting in 2021 could be delayed to 2022.
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5 years
In the fallout of the Area 51 takeover attempt, we now have this brewing. 😂😁
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6 years
It's like it's April Fools Day or something. I really doubt Six Flags would buy the SeaWorld parks, the animation of a "Steel Beast" coaster going around is nothing more than a "coasterboy" dream, oh, and Magnum is still not sinking... 😂
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5 years
Another fun idea, turn rock n Rollercoaster into a Big Hero 6 themed coaster, change Hollywood to San Fransikyo
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3 years
I felt I needed to fix this... and now it's a proper Six Flags delivery.
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7 years
Ok, cat's out of the bag. I'm at Europa Park for the first time. First international park outside N.Am actually
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4 years
I made a thing tonight... Rice Krispy Treats with Fruity Pebbles.
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1 year
Wow. SFFT has been very vocal about adding a third train to their RMC, but I had no idea SFOG was adding a 3rd train to Twisted Cyclone. So say hello to the new Blue train, joining up with Red & Black this year.
@HELLOMNISteven
HELLO, My Name Is Steven
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@screamscape Some pictures from @sfovergeorgia 's Opening Day. First, the new train.
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Just like we thought, Cedar Point confirms Top Thrill 2 for 2024 -
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2 years
Why has no one ever made, "I survived Disney's River County Water Park" T-shirts?
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5 years
Am i the only one who thought this was some kind of awesome new dessert with waffles at first?
@HolidayWorld
Holiday World
5 years
Here’s an early look at our new Skyline Snow Globe. This is the clay mold ... it’ll be full-color when it’s finished.
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5 years
Everyone can calm down now... Cedar Fair said "Nope!" to Six Flags.
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2 years
Arctic Rescue construction at @SeaWorld San Diego inside the old simulator bay location from the former Wild Arctic ride.
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5 years
My work day is officially shot... getting nothing done at all. All I can think about is Ghostbusters coming to #HHN29
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4 years
I hate to say this, but Luna Park in Sydney has got the most terrifying theme park mascots I've ever seen in my life. Agree or have you seen something more nightmare inducing elsewhere?
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6 years
Had a thought... Why has no one turned the cars on a dive machine around to run backwards yet? That would be awesome...
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3 years
Impressive views, but assuming it won't be long before nets ruin it. Why? Because people... People ruin everything. 🤣🤣
@AmusementInside
Amusement Insider
3 years
The most anticipated Bridge POV ever. #velocicoaster . Holy crap the views @UniversalORL #orlando #universal #studios
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