Canada's Wonderland - Wonder Mountain's Guardian Update!

Well, it's been a little while since we've looked at the construction progress of Wonder Mountain's Gaurdian and just yesterday, the photo above was posted up on Facebook by Canada's Wonderland. Handy coincidence, eh? The picture above is of the fully completed lift hill, and while we have no real clue what's going on inside in the mountain, they have to be working hard on getting everything ready. The ride is still set to open on May 4th, along with the rest of the park so they better be!

Along with the completed picture, they also shared a couple of other photos showing the work in progress as well:

I know that myself, along with +Carrie H.C. and +Alexandra F are looking forward to seeing what it's all about and letting you know what we thought of it a bit later in May when we visit the park!

Cedar Point Announcement for 2014- New 'Dark Ride' Attraction?

 Once again, Cedar Point is up to something.

 Rumors are flying left and right about a possible new "dark ride" style attraction being added to the park in 2014. The park is suppose to announce whatever this 2014 addition is on Tuesday, August 27th at an unknown time.

 Lately everyone has been gossiping about a dark ride, possibly going in above the arcade which is in the coliseum building. Located right on the main path through the beginning of the park, this is one of the biggest buildings left standing in the park today. One report found from Screamscape is "An innovative, interactive dark ride" which to me just screams another "shoot'em up" style dark ride, such as many parks are currently hosting.  Another report also states the park was looking for a family to announce the new attraction, so it's likely going to be a family style ride.

 However, one has to wonder if this building will be enough space for something truly 'innovative"?  It's unknown if the arcade will also leave and if it will take up both floors of the building or just the second story area. I know many parks of stuffed shooter style dark-rides into small spaces but that often limits the ability to theme an immerse environment, in my opinion. 




 We'll have to wait and see what the park announces about this newest addition coming in 2014!





InSanity lurks Inside will be reporting as more information becomes available!

Park Review- Knoebels Amusement Resort

Park Review of Knoebels Amusement Resort

Day: Wednesday

Date: July 24th, 2013

Weather: Perfect (Mid 70's and Partly Cloudy)

Overall Rating: Good

Ride Rating: Okay 

Opinion: Worth it within a 3-4 hour drive.

Staff: Carrie and Kitsune

Overview:  Knoebels is a small, family owned amusement park set in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania. It's not the most widely known park and tends to be frequented by folks from the area or those who know about this hidden little gem. While not known for building their own rides, Knobels has a rich history of taking other folks 'unwanted/old' rides and moving them into the park, giving them a new life for folks to enjoy. The park boasts three relocated roller coasters, a classic 'pretzel car' haunted house and carousel that still has it's brass ring. The parks biggest claim to fame (and also their current embarrassment) is that they are attempting to build a wooden bobsled coaster, which hasn't been done since the 1920's. They've won the Golden Ticket award in 2012 for 'Best Carousel' and in 2011 for 'Best Food' and 'Best Carousel'.

Park Review: Kings Island

Park Review of Kings Island

Day: Saturday

Date: June 22, 2013

Weather: Hot and Overcast with rain showers.

Overall Rating: Good

Ride Rating: Great

Opinion: Worth the Trip (Provided you ride)

Staff: Carrie, Kitsune, Alex and Tim

History: Kings Island is a former Paramount Park now owned by Cedar Fair. It was built in 1972 and covers an impressive 364 acres of land outside of Mason, Ohio. Home to an impressive number of rides (80) and 14 unique roller coasters as well as a water park called "Soak City". The park boasts 6 "themed" areas and has won the Golden Ticket award for 'Best Kids Area' for the last 12 years.

Universal Orlando Announces.. an Announcement!

Universal Announces.. an Announcement

Holy Shit on a Shingle, Spiderman!

Universal Orlando's Public Relations is finally breaking the mass seal of silence that's been held over the parks new construction projects.  This comes months after ground-breaking on several of their new constructions which has been mired in rumors and speculation since the masses got a glimpse of equipment being moved in.

The Big Announcement is November 1st, 2012 at 7:30pm EST and be viewed live from their Facebook page.

However, like most things theme park these are pretty much the worst kept secrets ever. Because people like me are nosy as hell, we snoop and listen to the rumors then look at the trends. We all know exactly what is under construction in Orlando even if some of us (read: ME) are in total denial about it and thus refuse to accept it until forced into said submission by an announcement.

Needless to say, Universal botched this 'secret' less then ten minutes after the count-down clock went up. A few industrious folks took a look at the coding and well.. secret blown!

If you DON'T want to know and wish to be surprised, avoid the picture below! I'd also recommend staying away from Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and any other form of social media if you follow theme park folks because we're all talking about it right now!

Credit to @_DanWest 

Smooth Universal, Smooth! 

But thanks for telling us so quickly!

Daily Distractions- Saturday 5/26

 

Saturday 5/26

Today's Distraction is a giant website full of ride goodness! Laff in the Dark is the complete website to all your dark ride and fun house desires. Filled to the brim with photo's and articles  on all your classic Dark Rides and Original Funhouses both current and now gone! I've easily spent hours just going threw and looking at the photos and cheese-filled details that make me giggle with pure delight!

So go and enjoy it yourself!

Laff in the Dark

Daily Distractions- Friday 5/25

Friday 5/25

Today's Distraction is something new!
This is an article that takes a look into the glorious dark ride history of a local favorite of mine, Kennywood Parrk in West Mifflin, PA.   As well as a quick look into the history of the park its-self and how things came to be!

The Dark Side of Kennywood