Hurricane Ian Closes Florida
More hard news than usual this week at Theme Park Insider, including that hurricane, plus a shooting and a state investigation of a broken roller coaster.
From the News Desk
Disney World, Universal Orlando to Close as Hurricane Approaches: A major hurricane, Ian, is forecast to hit Florida's Gulf coast today, before striking the Orlando area as a weakened hurricane or tropical storm on Thursday. As a result, all of the major parks have closed for two days.
Mass Panic Follows Shooting at Kennywood: Three people were shot in the leg, and an untold number of others injured in the panic that followed, on the first night of the Pittsburgh-area park's Halloween event.
State Investigation Will Keep Six Flags Coaster Closed Indefinitely: A New Jersey state investigation has ruled the El Toro roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure 'structurally compromised' and ordered an engineering review of the attraction.
Halloween Reviews
Knott's Scary Farm Returns With Two Great New Mazes: The Grimoire Knott's Scary Farm joins Origins and Dark Ride as all-time classic mazes that Halloween fans will not want to miss. We have walk-through POVs of the year's new mazes, plus other highlights.
Have Knott's New Policies Made for a Better Scary Farm? Knott's Berry Farm has implemented two big new admission policy changes for this year's Knott's Scary Farm event. So how did they go?
Fresh Energy at Six Flags Fright Fest: Let's see what's new - and what's worth seeing - at this year's Six Flags Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
New Rides Coming to SeaWorld
SeaWorld San Antonio Gets Launched Flume Coaster in 2023: The park is calling Catapult Falls "North America's first vertical lift flume coaster," which splits more hairs than a Marine Corps barber on the first day of basic training. Let's talk about it.
'Arctic Rescue' Coaster Coming to SeaWorld San Diego: The California park yesterday confirmed its new roller coaster for 2023 - Arctic Rescue, a triple-launch terrain coaster from Intamin.
More News from Universal and Disney
New Dance Show Fills Universal Orlando's New York Streets: We're getting "West Side Story" vibes from this celebration of Latin dance in Universal Studios Florida's New York section.
Hulk Debuts at Disneyland - But Is He Really Incredible? Hulk has made his meet-and-greet debut at Disney California Adventure's Avengers Campus.
Epcot Gets the Spotlight at This Year's IAAPA Legends Panel: Bob Weis, Jodi McLaughlin, Kartika Rodriguez, and Rick Rothschild will join Bob Rogers for this year's Legends panel at the 2022 IAAPA Expo in Orlando.
Disney Looks to Make Theme Park Rides More Accessible: An interesting new patent application from Disney seeks to address one of the ongoing challenges facing theme park operations - people who need extra time getting on and off rides.
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