12.18.08

Celebration City Closed

Posted in Herschend Family Entertainment, Park News tagged , at 10:40 pm by Colione

We’re a bit late with this one, but we’ll put it out there anyway.

Herschend Family Entertainment closed Celebration City as of October 25th.  HFE is looking at several options with the property which they’ve owned and operated since 2003.  The site, 110 acres, have the potential to be an aquarium or even reopen as a newly rethemed park.  Other family attractions are a possibility as well.

Read the full article

12.16.08

History Page Almost Done

Posted in History, Site News at 10:47 am by Colione

We’ve been working on the industry history page as well as individual company pages.  We’re happy with the progess of both projects and hope to finish by this weekend.

If you have any suggestions or notice an error, let us know in the comments!!

12.15.08

New Entertainment Company Added

Posted in PARC Management, Site News at 12:28 am by Colione

We’ve added another major operator from the United States; PARC Management.

This company focuses on family entertainment in many forms and has an array of properties accross the country.

Check out their page!

12.14.08

New Content Coming

Posted in Site News at 11:46 am by Colione

Now that we’ve listed the majority of parks in the United States, we turn our focus to site content.  

In the coming weeks we’ll be adding different content inluding pictures and the history of the park operating companies.  At first we will work on the big guys, then the independent parks.

Anything you want to see, lets us know in the comments…

Cedar Fair Capital Improvements for 2009

Posted in Cedar Fair, Park News tagged at 10:50 am by Colione

Cedar Fair issued a press release about their capital expeditures for 2009.  The company plans to spend $62 million in new attractions, roller coasters and family rides in 2009.  

Read the full press release

Six Flags in Qatar

Posted in Park News, Six Flags tagged at 10:43 am by Colione

Six Flags announced a strategic partnership with Oryx Holdings to develop Six Flags brand in Qatar.  The park and entertainment center will initially be about 500,000 sq. ft.  It is expected to open by the middle of 2012.

Read the full article on Six Flags website

12.11.08

Updated Park Listings

Posted in Site News at 1:46 am by Colione

We’ve been busy updating our park listings and have finally linked all parks on the “Independent Parks” page to their respective sites.

Also linked are park maps when they were available.

Now that the hard work is done, we will be free to update news about parks.