Laff Trakk Construction Plows on at Hershey Park

It's been a while since we've heard anything out of Hershey Park and the construction of their newest dark coaster, Laff Trakk, but there's been progress being made over the past couple months!

Things are starting to go vertical on the world's first Indoor Spinning "Glow Coaster". From the newest pictures, we can see just where the ride building will fit in with things and the skyline a little bit more. Still, not much but at least it's getting there, right? If you're curious about just what Laff Trakk will be like to ride, check out our coverage of the announcement.

Anyway, here's a couple of shots that the Hershey PA Twitter account tossed up just a little bit ago!

Stay tuned for more updates from Hershey Park and everyone else that's building for 2015 by sticking right here or follow us on Twitter, Google+, Tumblr and Facebook for all the latest!

FuryWatch 12/4: Carowinds Tops off Fury 325's Lift Hill

Lots of new projects going on all over the US this off season and Carowinds is no exception with their record breaking coaster, Fury 325. Just earlier today, the park posted up pictures and video showing off some of the construction progress but more importantly, that of the top of the massive lift hill for their newest coaster.

Just to give you an idea, the top of the drop here is 20ft taller than the Statue of Liberty. Yeah, that's pretty high up there and makes Fury 325 the tallest "traditional coaster" in the world. It's another massive project from Bolliger & Mabillard and if it's anything like it's sister coaster, Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, it's going to be one helluva ride.

If you're curious about just what a ride on Fury 325 will be like, check out our coverage of Carowinds announcement just a few months ago.

Things are looking good from the site and definitely going to be one wild ride once they unleash this one on the public in the Spring of 2015. Anyway, enough babbling, let's get on with the pictures. But first, a little ride one of the sections of track as it makes it way to the top!


More after the jump!

Thunderbird Watch: Holiday World Caps Off Thunderbird Track with Piece Number 77

It's been just a little over 5 months since the announcement of Holiday World's first steel coaster, and world's first launched wing coaster, and they've really put the pedal to the metal getting this one done. How fast? Well, just the other day, the folks over at Holiday World posted images and video up of the final section of track going into place. Yep, that's right...the track is 100% complete now.

Gotta say, I'm pretty impressed with how fast this one went up and it looks like they'll be well on their way to getting everything in order for their scheduled preview night on April 24th, 2015. They've still got quite a bit of work to do and testing to get finished, but with just about 5months to go, it seems they'll be just fine in that department.

Let's get on with the pictures, but first here's the latest Hard Hat Chronicles from the park that shows the final track piece going into place. Pretty cool that the crew signed it as well.


Check out all the ride details, videos and other goodies from our coverage of the announcement or just keep on scrolling down for the latest pictures out of Holiday World, including a few fun snow covered pics.

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The National Aquarium Announces First Ever "Pay What You Want Day"

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Okay, this one is pretty cool and figure that for all of us up north, where no theme park is really open, could use a little distraction. +Carrie H.C. and I love aquariums and the fact that the National Aquarium in Baltimore is doing this is pretty damn cool.

On January 11th, 2015, they'll be having their first ever "Pay What You Want Day" to raise money for their conservation and educational efforts. That means you can drop as little or as much as you like to get to see what they have to offer.

What's even better? If you want to add in their 4D movie for the day, that'll only cost an additional $5 a person. Really not a bad deal at all. Even more so when you think of just how many options there are living up north in the cold month of January.  One thing to note, all the deals above are good only on site. That means no pre-buying tickets or anything like that, so you just have to show and shell out whatever you like.

For more information about the National Aquarium, head on over to their official website for directions, times and a ton more info about what they do!

Islands of Adventure- King Kong/Skull Island Construction

Image from Orlando Theme Park News

 "Skull Island" Building at Islands of Adventure is Getting Bigger by the Day!

 Every few days, new picutres are coming out and each time it seems like this new construction is just getting bigger!

Stuffed into the area behind Jurassic Park the project known as "Skull Island" and widely rumored to be the Orlando version of "King Kong 360" has got both vertical and massive. It also seems like themeing to the building is slowly being added with each additional photo coming to light. Likely, it won't be long until Universal Orlando makes an official announcement.

Stay turned for more information!

"Tempesto/Diavolo" Construction Goes Vertical at Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Well, Busch Gardens Williamsburg still hasn't made an official announcement about this one, but it's only a matter of time before they do. The main reason? The structure is going vertical and right now that's during their Christmas Town event, so it's starting to be noticed by more people who are in the park most likely. There's no official word on when they'll be releasing all the details, even if most of us out there know what they're up to already.

That said, construction is moving along and considering that this isn't exactly a huge project, they seem to be right on course for an opening to go along with the park's Spring 2015 opening date. Don't quote on me on that though, we'll just have to wait and see but it does feel that way to me.

Just how far along are they? Well, thanks to the ever awesome folks over at BGWfans.com, we can show you!

For those not familiar, the new ride is going into the Festa Italia section of the park and right up against Apollos Chariot. It's an odd placement, and many don't agree with it, but everyone here suspects that it's due to visibility from the road.

If you're curious as to what exactly the ride is going to look like or what it's going to entail, we've already covered that quite extensively in the past. And yes, we're still shaking our heads over why Busch Gardens would put something like this into the park and not something more substantial. Either way, there's no avoiding it, it's definitely coming.

So, enough rambling, let's get to a few more pictures form the BGW Fans folks showing off how the construction has come along since our last visit to the park. If you'd like to see more, head over to their site for all that and tons of talk about Busch Gardens Williamsburg. 


Now for a few more pictures!