Category: News
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The World’s First Real Madrid Theme Park?
Football, or soccer for any American viewers, is the most popular sport in the world. With such a wide audience, it has long felt like we would one day see a theme park or at the very least, a theme park land, themed around this phenomenon. That time has finally come and it’s got many…
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Cedar Fair + Six Flags Merger: The Positive View
As I’m sure you’re all aware by now the Cedar Fair company is set to merge with the Six Flags company to create one company, valued at $8 billion dollars. This company will operate a total of 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks and 9 resort properties across 17 states in the USA, Canada and…
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Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser – Disney’s Billion Dollar FAILURE!
The Galactic Star Cruiser, Disney’s immersive Star Wars hotel, is losing money and set to close just over a year after its opening. Following cancellations, half empty cruises and hefty discounts, this comes as no surprise. Yet only a year ago, then Disney-CEO Bob Chapek told Forbes that customer interest in the hotel was ‘phenomenal’.…
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Top 5 News Stories of the Week ….new coaster coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2022
1. New coaster coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2022 Six Flags Magic Mountain announced plans this week for Wonder Woman Flight of Courage. This coaster will become the tallest and longest single rail coaster in the world standing over 13 stories tall and more than 3300 ft in length. The coaster will reach…
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Top 5 News Stories of the Week… Peppa Pig Theme Park opening date announced
1. Two Major Sea World Coasters to close for refurbishment According to popular news site “Screamscape”, Sea World Orlando is set to close two of its major coasters in the coming weeks. Manta will close on October 18th and will remain shut until November 28th. Kraken will close on November 29th and will stay closed through to…
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Top 5 News Stories of the Week…. Shrek 4D closing
1. Shrek 4D closing Shrek 4D closing for good has seemed inevitable for a few years now and this week we have discovered that the attraction will close permanently in January 2022. This news was confirmed by a popular Twitter account, Universally Driven, posting a copy of a staff memo sent to team members in…
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Top 5 News Stories of the week… MagicBand + to arrive in 2022
MagicBand + set for 2022…. Each week we select the five biggest new stories impacting the global world of theme parks and give a brief summary of each story. The stories we can cover range from announcements regarding new attractions to the latest innovation by Disney. Week- 27th September to 3rd October 5. Walt Disney World kicks…