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Three Gorges Happy World, Wanzhou.…Roller Coaster — Qin Long family roller coaster Compiled by Jeffrey Seifert Tongguan Kiln International Cultural Center, Changsha.…Cavu Designworks Flying Theater Australia Wanda Movie Park, Huangdao.…New park designed by Legacy I GGE; multiple rides Dreamworld, Gold Coast.…Vekoma i-Ride Panoramic Flight Simulator including indoor roller coaster; spinning cars coaster; multi-dimensional cinema robotic Austria roller coaster from Premier Diesel, Edelschrott.…Steirarodl - Wiegand alpine coaster Weihai Rio Carnival, Weihai.…S&S Combo Tower Familypark, St. Margarethen.…Almjodier – Zierer freefall towers; Fairytale carousel — Window of the World, Kaifu.…S&S Worldwide compressed air launch coaster Wooddesign/Vermolen Rides Zhongnan Baicao Garden, Anji.…Gold Roller Coaster — Golden Horse suspended roller Bahamas coaster Pirate's Cove, Freeport.…Zip Line — High Extreme Tours 540-foot zipline Colombia Belgium Parque Del Café, Montenegro.…Yippe — Gerstlauer family coaster Aqualibi, Wavre.…700-square-meter water playground Cafamlandia, Bogotá.…ProSlide Kidz Mini River, Bowl 14, Twister, OctopusRacer, 4-lane Bellewaerde, Leper.…Son of Bigfoot — nWave 4D film ProRacer, Tornado 24 Bobbejaanland, Lichtart.…VR headsets on Dreamcatcher suspended coaster Piscalago Water Park, Melgar.…ProSlide Mammoth Walibi Belgium, Wavre.…Tiki-Waka — Gerstlauer bobsled coaster; Popcorn Revenge — Cyprus ETF/Alterface interactive dark ride Parko Paliatso Luna Park, Ayia Napa.…Looping Star — Schwarzkopf looping star Brazil Denmark Beach Park, Aquiraz.…ProSlide double Tornado Wave 60 Djurs Sommerland, Nimtofte.…Jungle Rally — Zierer Force Zero coaster; Safaribussen — Mirabilandia, Paulista.…Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang; Intamin eight-inversion coast- Zamperla Crazy Bus er relocated from Terra Encantada Fårup Sommerland, Saltum.…Golf Island — 12-hole mini golf course Parque de Praise, Brazil.…Soaring Eagle Zipline Knuthenborg Safaripark, Knuthenborg Allé.…Dinosaurskoven — Outdoor dinosaur T-Rex Campinas, São Paulo.…Dina Coaster — SBF Visa spinning compact coaster exhibit Bulgaria Legoland Billund, Billund.…Flyvende Ørn — Zierer Force Custom coaster; Refurbished Aquamanai Aquapark, Albena.…ProSlide RideHouse 200 Lego Canoe ride; Legoredo Town expansion China Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen.…Tik Tak — Mondial Shake R5; Winter in Tivoli; Chess - the Atlantis Sanya, Sanya.…New resort with 15 ProSlide attractions including RocketBlast, Musical Speed Slide, Tornado Spin — Behemoth Bowl 40/Tornado 60 hybrid; Tornado Tantrum England Chengdu Wanda City, Dujiangyan.…Intamin launch coaster Alton Towers, Alton.…Wicker Man — GCII wooden coaster Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Xiangzhou.…Zierer Force coaster; Zierer Force Two coaster Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England.…Icon — Mack Rides multi-element launch coaster Chimelong Water Park, Guangzhou.…Wiegand-Maezler Slide Wheel Chessington World of Adventures, Chessington.…Land of the Tiger — Endangered Tiger Colourful Yunnan Happy World, Jinning.…New park with multiple rides including Bolliger exhibit; Tiger Rock — retheming of Dragon Falls log flume & Mabillard wing coaster; Mack Rides coaster; Mack Rides supersplash; Golden Horse Fantasy Island, Canvay Island.…Huss Frisbee and Huss Magic mine train Paulton's Park, Romsey.…Little Africa — animal enclosure; Queens Flying Coach — Daqian Happy World, Shizhong.…China Zhipao 6-ring roller coaster; Golden Horse family Metallbau Emmeln monorial; Grampy Rabbit's Sailing Club — Mack Rides boat ride roller coaster South Pier, Blackpool.…Crazy Coaster — Reverchon spinning relocated from Arcadia City Ever Grande Ocean Flower Island, Danzhou.…New resort with Vekoma Firestrom launched Thorpe Park, Chertsey.…The Walking Dead - The Ride — retheming of X Vekoma Enigma coaster; multiple ProSlide attractions including RocketBlast, SuperLoop with SkyBox, 3x coaster Tornado 24 hybrid, OctopusRacer, Tornado 24/Tornado Wave hybrid, Behemoth Bowl 40/ Finland Tornado 60 hybrid, Aquatic Play Structure Särkänniemi, Tampere.…Preston & Barbieri Wave Swinger Fantawild, Wenfeng.…Vekoma junior coaster France Fantawild, Handan.…Vekoma Hyper Space Warp Babylan-Amiland, Saint-Pierre-du-Perray.…Bûche Dansante — SBF Visa spinning coaster; Fantawild, Taiyuan.…Vekoma family boomerang; Vekoma Hyper Space Warp Jet — Schwarzkopf Jet Star from French traveling fair Fantawild, Wuhu.…Vekoma Hyper Space Warp Cita-Parc, Lille.…Dauphin Express family roller coaster Fantawild Asian Legends, Quingxiu.…New theme park with multiple rides including Asean Dennlys Parc, Dennebroeucq.…Squadron 13 — Technical Park Aerobat Express — Vekoma boomerang coaster; Jungle Trailblazer — Martin & Vleminckx/Gravity Didi'land, Morsbronn-les-Bains.…Baby Flum — Soquet junior flume ride; l'Apollo Side Car Group wooden coaster — Technical Park Sidecar; Cirque Rodéo — circus act Forise Changchun Water Park, Changchun.…ProSlide RocketBlast, 3x Pipeline, Twister Disneyland Paris, Marne la Vallée.…25th anniversary celebrations; major overhaul of Hainan Ocean Paraduse, Hainan.…S&S Combo Tower Phantom Manor Happy Valley, Beijing.…Family Roller Coaster — Bolliger & Mabillard family inverted Futuroscope, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou.…Through Thomas Pesquet’s eyes — 4K Imax Laser coaster; Music Roller Coaster — Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coaster production with 3D audio Happy Valley, Jinniu.…Western Regions Heaven— Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris.…Rockets — Gerstlauer bobsled coaster HiDream Indoor Theme Park, Songbei.…Beijing Shibolai sky loop coaster Kingoland, Plumelin.…Pistone Tower — SBF Visa Drop'n Twist Hot Go Dreamworld, Fushun.…Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster; Preston & Barbieri Le Pal, Saint Pourçain-sur-Besbre.…Yukon Quad — Intamin family launch coaster coaster; Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coaster LeFleury, Wavrechain-sous-Faulx.…L'épée D'odin — Zamperla Freefall Hot Go Water Park, Fushun.…ProSlide BehemothBowl 40/TornadoWave 60 hybrid, 2x Mer de Sable, Ermenonville.…New Mexican-themed area with Condor — Zamperla Family Tornado24 hybrid, BehemothBowl 40 Swinger; Tornado — Zamperla Sombrero Huayi Brothers Movie World, Wuzhong.…Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster; Golden Nigloland, Dolancourt.…Zabeilles — Zierer Roundabout; Eden Palais — Carousel and Horse family coaster; S&S Combo tower museum Kunming Colorful Yunnan Happy World, Kunming.…S&S Double Tower Parc Ange Michel, Saint Martin de Landelles.…Tourbillon — Gosetto spinning cars coaster Magic Forest, Rencheng.…multi-element roller coaster Parc de la Vallée, Massais.…Circuit Bobsleigh — Schwarzkopf City Jet relocated from Ocean Paradise, Lingshui.…New park with multiple rides including Intamin mulit-element Nigloland coaster; Intamin spinning cars coaster Parc Saint Paul, Saint Paul.…Wood Express — Gravity Group wood coaster OCT Nanjing, Jiangshu.…ProSlide Tornado 60, FlyingSaucer 45, BehemothBowl 60, Mammoth Parc Spirou, Monteaux.…New park with multiple rides including Zierer Force Two; Zierer Oriental Heritage, Changsha.…Vekoma Space Warp; Vekoma family suspended ESC 535; Zierer force zero; Zierer Kontiki Oriental Heritage, Cixian.…Vekoma Space Warp; Beijing Jiuhua family coaster Puy-du-Fou, Plailly.…Le Mystère de La Pérouse — new show for 2018 Polar Ocean Park, Pudong.…new park with multiple rides including Intamin LSM launch Walibi Rhône-Alpes, Les Avenières.…Dock'N Roll — Zamperla Rockin' Tug; Balloon Race coaster; Zamperla family coaster — Zamperla Samba Balloon; Hurricane — Zamperla Vertical Swing Quancheng Euro Park, Qihe.…Children Coaster — Beijing Jiuhua children's coaster Germany Shanghai Disneyland, Pudong.…Rex's Racer — Intamin launched shuttle coaster; Toy Story AltmühlBOB, Riedenburg.…Speedbob — Wiegand sport coaster (dual alpine coasters) Land themed area with three new attractions Bayern-Park, Reissbach.…Stadlgaudi 4D — Lagotronics interactive rotating Farm Fair Shengming Universal City, Yubei.…Suspended Roller Coaster — inverted roller coaster GameChanger; Farm Race — Metallbau Emmeln electric vehicle ride; Tractor Ride — Silk Road Culture Expo Park, Xiongguan.…Vekoma Boomerang; Beijing Shibaolai sus- Metallbau Emmeln electric track farm tractors pended looping coaster Eifelpark, Gondorf.…Log Flume Pirateninsel Sun Tzu Cultural Park, Guangrao.…Launch Coaster — S&S Worldwide compressed air Europa-Park, Rust.…Redesigned Eurosat with separate loading station for VR , Jim Button launch coaster; two 12-seat S&S combo tower rides Journey Through Morrow Land children's ride. Sunshine Dream Park, Xingyi.…multi-element roller coaster Ferienzentrum Schloss Danker, Haren.…Achterbahn — abc Rides tube coaster Sweetland Water Park, Dalian.…ProSlide HyrdroMagnetic Rocket, Tornado 18, CannonBowl 40, Octopus-Kracken Racer 4INTERNATIONAL WHAT'S NEW CONTINUED ON PAGE 47 May 2018 AMUSEMENT TODAY 47
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Freizeit-Land Geiselwind, Geiselwind.…Cobra — Interpark Wild Wind coaster formerly on Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen, Emmen.…Tweestryd — two Vekoma family boomer- German fair circuit ang coasters Hansa Park, Sierksdorf.…Barcos del Mar — Technical Park Sidecar; Son of Bigfoot — 4D Norway cinema Dyreparken, Kristiansand.…Spøkelses-Huset — haunted house attraction Heide-Park, Soltau.…Peppa Pig Land — new themed area; Schorsch Dino-Abenteuer — Tusenfryd, Venterbro.…Steampunk Hunters — VR on former Western Expressen Vekoma Metallbau Emmeln electric track vehicle ride junior coaster Holiday Park, Hassloch.…New indoor expansion with indoor pool and waterplay structure, Oman slides, 500-seat theater, Zierer Force Two coaster, Zamperla Windstarz Hawana Aqua Park, Dhofar.…New water park with waterslides, leisure pools, toddler's Karls Erlebnis-Dorf, Wustermark.…K2 — abc Rides family coaster pool and wave pool Kurpfalz Park, Wachenheim.…Wutzels Piratenflug — Zierer Wave Swinger Pakistan Legoland Deutschland, Günzburg.…Pirate Island Hotel — new pirate-themed lodging; Bahria Adventura, Karachi.…New park with multiple rides including Compact Dragon Ninjago 4D cinema; Mack Media VR on Project X - Test Strecke Coaster — Preston & Barbieri coaster; Golden Horse Fruitworm coaster Movie Park Germany, Bottrop.…Excalibur - Secrets of the Dark Forest — retheming of Onederland, Karachi.…KIA roller coaster — indoor spinning coaster park's river rapids ride by IMAscore, Leisure Expert Group and Tema Design Peru Rasti-Land, Salzhemmendorf.…Brückenturm (Bridge Tower) — new play area with sliding Granaj Villa, Lima.…Cuycolo — Zamperla twister coaster boards; water playground Poland Rodelmekka Pottenstein, Pottenstein.…Wiegand Hexenbesen suspended coaster Energylandia, Zator.…Hyperion — Intamin mega coaster; Speed — Intamin water coaster Schwaben Park, Kaisersbach.…Wilde Hilde — Ride Engineers Switzerland roller ball Holiday Park Kownaty, Torzym.…Majaland — new indoor themed area with Wickie coaster Coaster — Zierer Force Two Skiliftkarussell Winterberg, Winterberg.…Brandaeur alpine coaster; Wiegand alpine Legendia, Chorzów.…Bazyliszek — interactive dark ride from Alterface and Jora Vision coaster Portugal Sommerrodelbahn Ruhpolding, Ruhpolding.…Chiemgau Coaster — Wiegand alpine Aquashow Hotel, Quarteira.…ProSlide Tornado 45 coaster Qutar Therme Erding, Erding.…Big Wave — Wiegand-Maelzer combination slide with curve and Adventure Island, Doha.…Dragonfire — Premier Rides LSM launch coaster sidewinder Russia Tier- und Freizeitpark Thüle, Friesoythe-Thüle.…Njordland — Viking-themed children's Children's Park, Anapa.…Maurer Rides wild mouse relocated from Attrapark Moscow play area Dream Island, Moscow.…New indoor theme park with 29 attractions including Intamin Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten, Klotten.…Klotti's Adventure Farm — Playhouse for small launched coaster children (under 3) Golden Bay, Gelendijk.…ProSlide Tornado 24/Tornado 60 hybrid Zoo Safaripark Stukenbrock, Stikenbrock.…Alpen-Coaster — Schwarzkopf Wildcat relo- Play Ventura, Kursk.…Roller Coaster — I.E. Park indoor coaster cated from Schwaben Park Saudi Arabia Greece Al-Shallal Theme Park, Jeddah.…Soaring Eagle Zipline Olympia Aqua Park at Riviera Resort, Peloponnese.…New water park with multiple slides Dana Beach Resort, Al Khobar.…ProSlide Tornado 45, 4-lane OctopusRacer, CannonBowl from Polin Waterparks 40, 2x Pipeline, 2x Twister Indonesia South Korea Atlantis Water Adventure, Jakarta.…ProSlide SuperLoop with SkyBox Blue One, Gyeongju.…ProSlide 2x Kidz Twister, 4-lane Kidz ProRacer, Kidz Mini River Cartoon Network, Bali.…ProSlide RideHouse 300, Kidz OctopusRacer, Mini River, 4-lane Gyeongju World, Gyeongju.…Draken — Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster ProRacer Lotte World, Sokcho.…ProSlide RocketBlast, ProBowl, Twister, RideHouse100 Trans Studio Mini, Kubu Raya.…Crazy Cab Coaster — Vekoma junior coaster Ocean World Water Park, Gangwon.…ProSlide FlyingSaucer 45, Mammoth Trans Studio Mini, Kupang.…Vekoma junior coaster Robotland Theme Park, Incheon.…Zamperla Thunderbolt coaster Ireland Shinwa Water Park, Jeju.…ProSlide RocketBlast, FlyingSaucer 30, Double TornadoWave Tayto Park, Ashbourne.…Spinning cars coaster 60, 2x Tornado 32 hybrid, 3x Pipeline Italy Spain Gardaland, Castelnuovo del Garda.…I Corsari: la Vendetta del Fantasma — retheming of Ferrari Land, Salou.…Junior Red Force — SBF Visa Group race coaster; Zamperla Mini Jet, I Corsari boat ride; Peppa Pig Land — new themed area with swinging ship and balloon Speedy Coaster, Balloon Race; SBF Visa Fly Over ride Parque de Atracciones de Madrid, Madrid.…Twist and Splash ride Luneur Park, Rome.…Spinner — Eos Rides spinning cars coaster Siam Water Park, Tenerife.…ProSlide Mammoth Movieland Park, Lago di Garda.…Pangea, The World of Dinosaurs — outdoor truck ride Sweden through a dinosaur forest Daftöland, Västra Götaland.…Skutan — family coaster Osteria Ai Pioppi, Treviso.…Catapulta — park-built shuttle coaster Furuvik, Gävle.…Spökjakten — new interactive dark ride from Sally Corp. Japan Liseberg, Gothenburg.…Valkyria — Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster Shirakaba Resort Family Land, Koshoku.…Shirakaba Wood Coaster — steel shuttle Switzerland coaster Conny-Land, Lipperswil.…Catapul — Space Shot Tower; Lost World/Dino Attack — Universal Studios Japan, Osaka.…Final Fantasy XR Ride — VR on Space Fantasy The Ride Lagotronics upgrades to dark ride to make it interactive Malaysia Trinidad & Tobago 20th Century Fox World, Genting Highlands.…Rebranded Genting Theme Park with mul- Chaguaramas Waterpark, Chaguaramas.…ADG wave pool tiple rides including Alien vs Predator — Dynamic Attractions steel coaster; Wings Over Tunisia Rio — Setpoint suspended coaster; Sons of Anarchy & Weyland Yutani — twin-tracked Carthageland, Hammamet.…Spinning cars coaster from Eos Rides coaster; Ice Age-themed coaster Turkey Big Adventure Waterpark, Desaru.…ProSlide Tornado 60, 3x Tornado 24 hybrid, Tornado Land of Legends Theme Park, Antalya.…Mack Rides hyper coaster; Gerstlauer family 360 18, CannonBowl 30, RideHouse 500; Kidz Mini river, Bowl 14 Tornado 12, Twister, 2-lane coaster; SBF Visa race coaster racer, 4-lane racer United Arab Emirates Borneo Samariang Water Park, Kuching.…Proslide Mammoth, 2x SuperLoop with SkyBox, Aqua Fun, Abu Dhabi.…Floating Wibit Sports obstacle course 6-lane ProRacer, 2x Pipeline, CannonBowl 30, RideHouse 200, Kidz Twister x2, Kidz Atlantis The Palm, Dubai.…ProSlide Aquatic Play with multiple Kidz slides; ProSlide MiniRiver, KIDZ ProRacer, Kidz Bowl 14 Twister Legoland Malaysia, Johor Bahru.…The Great Lego Race — VR addition to former Project Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi.…Mission Ferrari — Dynamic Attractions special X roller coaster effects coaster Movie Park Animation Studios, Ipoh.…Intamin 10-inversion coaster Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi.…New park with multiple rides including Tom Mauritius and Jerry Swiss Cheese Spin — Zamperla spinning coaster (indoor); Intamin inverted Casela World of Adventures, Cascavelle.…Wiegand alpine coaster coaster Netherlands Ukraine Attractiepark Rotterdam, Rotterdam.…Shuttle Loop — Schwarzkopf flywheel shuttle loop Ocean Plaza Shopping Center, Kiev.…Vekoma family coaster relocated from Toshimaen, Japan; Nauta Bussink Evolution Vietnam DippieDoe Attractiepark, Best.…Dolle Pier (Mad Earthworm) — Big Apple/Wacky Worm Kittyd & Minnied, Châu Thành A.…Dragon Flight Roller Coaster — Golden Horse spinning style coaster coaster Drouwenerzand Attractiepark, Drouwen.…KMG Freak Out Sun World Danang Wonders, Đà Nång.…Highway Boat — Intamin suspended family Efteling, Kaatsheuvel.…Retracking of Python, Vekoma looping coaster coaster with vertical lift; Paradise Fall — Intamin family launch coaster Toverland, Sevenum.…Fênix — Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster; Merlin's Quest — Mack Vinpearl Land, Thu Thiem.…New theme park with multiple rides including Vekoma mine Rides tow boat ride; Magic Store — Lagotronics Magic Wand train; Vekoma Firestorm launched coaster; Vekoma family suspended 48 AMUSEMENT TODAY May 2018
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area' Slinky Dog Dash — Mack Rides junior coaster; Alien Swirling Saucers — Compiled by Jeffrey Seifert flying saucer ride CANADA Grove Resort & Spa Orlando, Orlando.…Surfari Water Park — ADG Dual Flow- British Columbia Rider, waterslides, splash pad, lazy river, zero entry pool Cultus Adventure Park, Cultus Lake….Larson Intl. Super Shot Drop Tower Legoland Florida, Winter Haven.…The Great Lego Race — VR addition to former Ontario Project X roller coaster; Baynum Painting repainting complete repaint of Project Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan.…Lumberjack — Zamperla Hawk; Flying Canoes X coaster — Zamperla Jump Around; Splash Works children's pool expansion Nocatee Splash Water Park, Ponte Vedra Beach.…ProSlide RideHouse 300 Québec Sam's Fun City, Pensacola.…Emerald Coaster — Pinfari Zyklon Z40 relocated Bromont Water Park, Bromont.…ProSlide FlyingSaucer 30 from Ocean Beach Pleasure Park (England) LaRonde, Montreal.…Carnaval en Folie — new family zone; Tourbillon — Larson SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando.…Infinity Falls — Intamin river raft ride with record- International Tilt-a-Whirl; Petite Roue — Ferris Wheel; Torsade — Scrambler breaking drop and new-style rafts Méga Parc, Quebec City.…Larson International 22m Hubless Ferris Wheel; Universal Studios Florida, Orlando.…Fast and Furious - Supercharged — simu- Extreme Engineering Cloud Coaster lated high-speed tram chase Pays des Merveilles, Sainte-Adèle.…E&F Miler coaster relocated from Six Gun Vue at 360, Orlando.…Funtime Star Flyer City New Hampshire Georgia COSTA RICA Georgia Mountain Coaster, Helen.…Georgia Mountain Coaster — Wiegand KidZania, San Jose.…New FEC — Interactive child-sized replica of a real city, Alpine Coaster including buildings, shops and theaters, as well as vehicles and pedestrians Great Wolf Lodge Georgia, LaGrange.…New indoor waterpark with ProSlide moving along its streets. Tornado 24, FlyingSaucer 45, Mammoth, RallyRacer 54, SuperLoop with Sky- MEXICO Box, Twister; Kidz 2x ProRacer and 2x Twister; ADG wave pool Distrito Federal Six Flags Over Georgia, Austell.…Twisted Cyclone — RMC conversion of former Kataplum, Mexico City.…Vekoma suspended family coaster Georgia Cyclone coaster Six Flags Mexico, Mexico City.…Wonder Woman Coaster — S&S Free Spin Wild Adventures, Valdosta.…Megabugs! Adventure Continues — interactive coaster area with 70 exhibits of insects and arachnids Quintana Roo Idaho Amikoo Theme Park, Mayan Riveira.…Vekoma i-Ride Panoramic Flight Simulator Roaring Springs Water Park, Meridian.…Bearfoot Bay expansion — three slides Alabama and 20 bear-themed water play toys Alabama Splash Adventure, Bessemer.…Splash Island — ProSlide 2x Kidz Twist- Illinois er; Kidz Mini River; Kidz 4-lane racer; Kidz Bowl 14; Vortex Aquatic Strcutures Great Wolf Lodge Gurnee, Gurnee.…New indoor waterpark with ProSlide Behe- water play structure; PTCI overhaul of Rampage train mothBowl40/BehemothBowl 40 hybrid, Mammoth; Kidz 2x ProRacer, Twister; Arizona ADG wave pool Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Vail.…Soaring Eagle Zipline Raging Waves, Yorkville.…ProSlide 2x Drop Slide, Kidz Zone Arkansas Six Flags Great America, Gurnee.…Mardi Gras Hangover — Larson International Magic Springs, Hot Springs.…Brain Drain — Larson International Super Shot Giga Loop 100; Holiday in the Park Drop Tower Indiana California Holiday World, Santa Claus.…Tembo Falls and Tembo Tides — ProSlide chil- Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain, Big Bear Lake.…Soaring Eagle Zipline dren's slides and ADG wave pool; PTCI overhaul of The Voyage trains California's Great America, Santa Clara.…RailBlazer — RMC Raptor track Iowa coaster Adventureland Park, Altoona.…Bernie's Barnyard — kiddie rides, playground, Disney California Adventure, Anaheim.…Pixar Pier — retheming of Paradise arcade games all geared for young children; Metallbau Enmen Pony Trek; Sky- Pier with Incredicoaster — rethemed California Screamin' Intamin coaster line Attractions Crazy Couch Four Seasons Westlake, Westlake Village.…ADG FlowRider Arnolds Park, Arnolds Park.…Chance Rides 36-foot carousel Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park.…HangTime — Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster with Kentucky KCL Engineering lighting package Beech Bend, Bowling Green.…Baynum Painting resurfacing of steel and slides on Legoland California, Carlsbad.…Lego City Deep Sea Adventure — Mack Rides Tiki Aqua Play structure submarine ride; Lego Ninjago - Master of the 4th Dimension — 4D theater; Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville.…Scream Xtreme — Zamperla Endeavour; Rock Castle Hotel — 250-room premium hotel 'n' Roller family ride; Happy Family The Ride and Journey 2 the Mysterious SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego.…Electric Eel — Premier Rides Sky Rocket II coaster Island — 5D films Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo.…Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster — Skyline Maine Attractions Skywarp Palace Playland, Old Orchard Beach.…Sea Viper — Preston & Barbieri steel Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Concord.…Splash Water Island — interactive water coaster; Wipeout — steel coaster play structure Maryland Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia.…CraZanity — Zamperla Giant Discovery Six Flags America, Largo.…Wahoo River — ADG upgraded lazy river; PTCI over- Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City.…Kung Fu Panda multisensory haul of Roar and Wild One trains theater attraction Watkins Regional Park, Upper Marlboro.…Chance Rides CP Huntington Train Waterworks, Reading.…ADG wave pool Massachusetts Waterworld Concord, Concord.…Splashwater Island — four-story interactive Edaville Family Theme Park, Carver.…Kersplash — E&F Miler Water Coaster water play structure relocated from Washington State Fair Colorado Six Flags New England, Agawam.…Harley Quinn Spinsanity — Zamperla Giant Carla Madison Recreation Center, Denver.…New rec center with indoor water park Discovery; expanded Gotham City area including lap pool, lazy river, waterslides, kids play structure with tipping bucket Michigan Hyland Hills Water World, Federal Heights.…ProSlide 8-lane ProRacer; Upgrade Craig's Cruisers Family Fun Center, Wyoming.…Cruiser Coaster — SBF Visa to Lost River of Pharaohs with R&R Creative special projection effects compact spinning coaster Connecticut Minnesota Quassy Amusement Park, Middlebury.…Category 5 Rapids — ProSlide Tornado Valleyfair, Shakopee.…Delirious — Larson International 22m Giant Loop 18 and 2x Pipeline Twister; Splash Away Café; Dennys Electonics LED lighting on Missouri Chance Yo-Yo and Sellner Tilt-a-Whirl; commemorative 100th anniversary magazine America's Fun Park, Branson....Interpark SuperNova and Wacky Worm operated Florida by S.J. Entertainment. Adventure Island, Tampa.…Vanish Point — 70-foot ProSlide 2x Turbo Twister Silver Dollar City, Branson.…Time Traveler — Mack Rides launched, spinning coaster with SkyBox Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka.…Typhoon Twister — ProSlide BehemothBowl 40/ Aquatica Orlando, Orlando.…Ray Rush — WhiteWater West family raft water slide TornadoWave 60 hybrid Beachwalk, Jacksonville.…New planned community surrounding 14-acre Crystal Worlds of Fun, Kansas City.…Nordic Chaser — Zamperla Jump Around Lagoon — first in U.S. Disney's Hollywood Studios, Lake Buena Vista.…Toy Story Land — new themed 4NORTH AMERICA WHAT'S NEW CONTINUED ON PAGE 49 May 2018 AMUSEMENT TODAY 49
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Nebraska Balloon; remodeled Fudge House and Cookie House Fun Plex, Omaha.…Rockin' Rapids — two SplashTacular tube water slides with South Carolina translucent fiberglass sections Neptune Island Waterpark, Hartsville.…Water park expansion of previous Nevada splashpad — 1,000-foot lazy river, zero entry pool, ADG wave pool, speed body The Linq, Las Vegas.…Fly Linq — 10 side-by-side ziplines over the Linq Promenade slide, pair of tubular water slides, three mat racing slides New Hampshire Wild Water & Wheels, Myrtle Beach.…ProSlide Drop Slide Canobie Lake Park, Salem.…Water park expansion — ADG Tidal River; three- Tennessee slide tower; Ice Jet — Bertazzon Matterhorn Anakeesta, Gatlinburg.…Anakeesta Mountain Coaster — Brandauer Summer New Jersey Toboggan Clementon Park, Clementon.…PTCI overhaul of Hell Cat train Dollywood's Splash Country, Pigeon Forge.…Baynum Painting repainting of Diggerland, West Berlin.…Seven-acre expansion; Soaring Eagle Zipline; Kubota Big Bear Plunge tower, gelcoat Mountain Scream Slides, gelcoat and exterior Rugged Riders and Farm Tractors; Elevation Station scissors lift; Ventrac 3400Y of Butterfly slides Gillian's Wonderland Pier, Ocean City.…Drop Tower — Larson International Mountain Mile, Pigeon Forge.…Mountain Monster — Stan Checketts/Soaring Super Shot Drop Tower Eagle Inc. 200-foot tower with four attractions including swing ride, drop ride Morey's Piers, Wildwood.…Wild Whizzer — SBF Visa compact spinning coaster; and dive ride Baynum Painting repainting of Doo Wopper coaster Nashville Shores, Hermitage.…Aqua Park — Wibit Sports floating obstacle course Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson.…Cyborg Cyberspin — abc Rides Tourbil- Soundwaves at Gaylord Opryland, Nashville.…New ADG-designed indoor park lon; Baynum Painting restoration of carousel panels with ProSlide Tornado 45, Mammoth, CannonBowl 40, 2x Twister, Pipeline, New York SuperLoop with SkyBox, FreeFall with SkyBox, 4-lane OctopusRacer Castle Family Fun Center, Chester.…Soaring Eagle Zipline Texas Darien Lake, Darien Center.…Tantrum — Gerstlauer Euro-fighter 380 Aquatica San Antonio, San Antonio.…Taumata Racer — Six lane WhiteWater Fantasy Island, Grand Island.…Fairy Tale Forest — new children's area; Skyline West racing slide Attractions Strike-U-Up; Baynum Painting waterslide restoration and tower Big Rivers Waterpark, New Caney.…New waterpark with multiple slides and painting ADG wave pool Seabreeze Amusement Park, Rochester.…Baynum Painting gelcoat of Rip Tide Circuit of the Americas, Austin.…Soaring Eagle Zipline Slide El Paso Zoo, El Paso.…36-foot Chance Rides Endangered Species Carousel SplashDown Beach, Fishkill.…Megalodan — ProSlide TornadoWave 60; ProSlide Epic Waters indoor water park, Grand Prairie.…New indoor waterpark with Kidz MiniRiver, 4-lane ProRacer multiple slides from WhiteWater and Sunbelt Pools outdoor wave pool Splish Splash, Long Island.…Baynum Painting gelcoat and exterior of Dragon's Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston.…Baynum Painting repaint- Den; gelcoat and exterior of Kiddie Cove; resurface exterior of Dr Van Dark ing of Star Flyer Tower and structural steel columns under pier Tunnel; resurface tubes of Alien Invasion Kemah Boardwalk, Kemah.…PTCI overhaul of Boardwalk Bullet trains; Baynum The Great Escape, Lake George.…Pandemonium — Chance Rides freestyle Painting repainting of Drop Tower North Carolina Landry's Downtown Aquarium, Houston.…Chance Rides Electric CP Hunting- Carowinds, Charlotte.…Beagle Scout Acres — 8,000-square-foot play structure; ton Train Camp Snoopy — playground structures; multiple children's rides SeaWorld San Antonio, San Antonio.…Electric Ocean — light and music cel- Ohio ebration; Sesame Parade Cedar Point, Sandusky.…Steel Vengeance — RMC conversion of former Mean Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio.…Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster Streak coaster; PTCI overhaul of Blue Streak trains — RMC Raptor track coaster, Pirates of the Deep Sea dark ride retheme, Plain Township Aquatic Center, New Albany.…Baynum Painting gelcoat and revamped Spassburg area exterior of waterslides Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington.…Harley Quinn Spinsanity — abc Rides Tourbil- Zoombezi Bay, Columbus.…ADG Adventure Lagoon Water Ride lon Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati.…Chance Rides CP Huntington Train Splashway Water Park, Sheridan.…ProSlide 3x Tornado 24 hybrid Oklahoma Trader's Village, Grand Prairie.…Chance Rides 36-foot Americana carousel Frontier City, Oklahoma City.…Soaring Eagle Zipline; PTCI overhaul of Wildcat Utah train; second Silver Bullet train from Greezed Lightnin' AstroWorld Lagoon, Farmington.…New GCII trains for Roller Coaster, new candy shop Oregon Vermont Oaks Amusement Park, Portland.…Adrenaline Peak — Gerstlauer Euro Fighter 320 Quechee Gorge Village, Quechee.…Wisdom Rides oval coaster relocated from with KCL Engineering light package Central Park Fun-Land Pennsylvania Virginia Dorney Park, Allentown.…PTCI overhaul of Thunderhawk train Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Williamsburg.…Battle for Eire — motion base Dutch Wonderland, Lancaster.…Merlin's Mayhem — S&S Worldwide suspended theater with 360-degree virtual reality coaster with R&R Creative theming and video package Central Park Fun-Land, Fredericksburg.…Twist N' Shout — SBF Visa compact Hersheypark, Hershey.…Breaker's Edge Water Coaster — ProSlide HydroMag- spinning coaster netic with Flying Saucer 45; Whitecap Racer — ProSlide RallyRacer 32 Kings Dominion, Doswell.…Twisted Timbers — RMC conversion of former Hurler Idlewild & SoakZone, Ligonier.…Reopening of Rollo Coaster with new PTCI coaster train; Baynum Painting complete repaint of Wild Mouse Ocean Breeze Water Park, Virginia Beach.…ProSlide Mammoth River Kennywood, West Mifflin.…Thomas Town — retheming of the Olde Kennywood rail- Washington road and five children's rides from Zamperla; R&R Creative theming and graphics The Rides at Long Beach, Long Beach.…Wacky Worm — Big Apple/Wacky Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg.…Over The Top — SBF Wave Rider Worm-style coaster Sesame Place, Langhorne.…Oscar's Wacky Taxi — Gravity Group wooden coaster Wisconsin South Park Waterpark, Allegheny County.…ADG wave pool renovation Noah's Ark Waterpark, Lake Delton.…Raja - The World's Largest King Cobra Splash Lagoon, Erie.…ADG FlowRider — Polin Waterparks King Cobra; theming upgrades provided by R&R Creative; Waldameer, Erie.…ProSlide CannonBowl 30; Balloon Race — Zamperla Samba Baynum Painting rehab of shoot the chute boats and structural painting