A local paper reported what we’ve all been expecting to hear, Hersheypark is petitioning for zoning exceptions and a variance to open something they are now calling “Attraction 2012.”
“Attraction 2012″ will be built in the Comet Hollow section of the park – a place that has long needed some fresh blood to balance all the [...]
Seems everyone wants to get a story on Knoebel’s new Black Diamond, but nobody gets a whole lot of details out about it. The lastest article to surface is in the times-tribune.com here.
This article states as others has that the track and trains will be the same, but the theme will move from gold country [...]
Since Kennywood promises the Sky Rocket to provide a comfortable ride so park guests can ride over and over, they have made the rule that riders over six feet tall are unable to sit in the last row. This is due to limited leg room in this area. If you’d like to see the full [...]
The Sky Rocket launched officially to the public June 29th. Here is an article from a local paper with the ride details and impressions from first day riders.
No, folks, it isn’t open yet, but soon – VERY soon. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article here today that gave a rider’s opinion and also supplied a video.
The Sky Rocket is scheduled to open Tuesday, June 29th. Get in line folks, get in line.
If you visit the Kennywood website, you will receive a red pop-up box that has a note about the sky rocket. The note says it is still undergoing testing but is expected to open the week of June 21st. Click here to see the note for yourself.
If you were hoping to ride Kennywood’s new Sky Rocket on opening weekend, you better reschedule your trip to June. An article in the Globe says the massive amounts of snow received during the 2009-10 winter caused contruction to be severly behind schedule. The opening date for the ride is tentatively scheduled for early June.
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If you are a fan of rides that take you up fast and drop you even faster, head to Dorney Park this summer to ride Demon Drop.
Originally housed at Cedar Point, this Intamin freefall ride is being installed at Dorney Park for the 2010 season. Dorney’s website shows no signs of the ride, but details on [...]
Fans of Kennywood and/or roller coasters will be happy to know there will be another coaster to ride at this Pittsburgh park in 2010.
Kennywood announced that it is taking out it’s turnpike ride – temporarily, to relocate it – and will be putting in a new steel coaster in its place.
You can read the Post [...]
We visited Knoebels today and they were testing out the cars on Flying Turns – nope, not open yet but looks like they are working hard at it. Here are a few pictures:
From what I’ve read, these are not the cars they will be using on this ride, they are for testing purposed only. [...]