What New Rides Do Fans Want?
We've got news on some new ride systems, while we ask fans what they actually want to see in new attractions. Plus, our Halloween wrap-up.
Let’s kick off this brief respite between Halloween and Christmas by giving thanks (ahem) for new ride systems, both real and yet-to-be-built.
New Haunted House to Feature 'Revolutionary' Ride System: Are you ready for a spinner on top of another spinner? Efteling's replacement for Spookslot will feature a first-of-its-kind new ride system from Intamin.
Universal Files Patent for Vertical Dark Ride System: Universal's proposal would stack dark ride scenes on top of one another, instead of stringing them along a horizontal track. Here's how it would work.
What Makes You Want to Ride Again? Theme parks spend millions of dollars designing attractions to do one very important thing - to make you want to ride again. So what is it that makes you want to buy another ticket and go get back in line?
Halloween Ends? No, Not Really
Remembering Lost Attractions on 'Day of the Dead': To commemorate Day of the Dead, let's honor seven now-departed theme park attractions on our virtual ofrenda.
Universal Announces 'Chucky' for 2023 Halloween Horror Nights: The Halloween hype never ends. On the final day of 2022’s HHN, Universal announced that the killer doll Chucky will be coming to Halloween Horror Nights in both Florida and California in 2023.
Trip Report - Cedar Point's HalloWeekends 2022: Cedar Point does a really outstanding job of decorating for the season, but the park's HalloWeekends event has become a victim of its own success.
More Theme Park News
Universal Reports Record Theme Park Earnings: Universal's theme parks reported the highest earnings in company history for the third quarter of 2022, parent company Comcast reported. And the summer 2025 opening date for Epic Universe is holding, too.
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