July 2019

Poseidon’s Fury: Escape From The Lost City is located within Islands of Adventure. The Lost Continent’s special effects show, originally had a different storyline. In this first version, an old tour guide known as The Keeper wove a tale about the great lost city of… Read More »Poseidon’s Fury: Escape From The Lost City – Islands of Adventure

Cinderella Castle is located within Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Cinderella Castle was inspired by a variety of real and fictional palaces. These included Château d’Ussé, Fontainebleau, Versailles and the châteaux of Chenonceau, Pierrefonds, Chambord, Chaumont and the Alcázar of Segovia but primarily and most obviously Neuschwanstein… Read More »Cinderella Castle – Disney’s Magic Kingdom

Mystery Mine is located within Dollywood. It was the first Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter installation in the United States, and, at the time of its opening, had the steepest drop of any coaster in North America, until Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach was built in 2008. Theme… Read More »Mystery Mine – Dollywood

Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover is located within Disney’s Magic Kingdom. The ride has a sole loading/unloading station, in the center of Rocket Tower Plaza, located beneath the Astro Orbiter. Passing the queue line, passengers step on the moving walkway escalator to the second level. They… Read More »Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – Disney’s Magic Kingdom

New Texas Giant is located within Six Flags Over Texas. After the ride’s relaunch in 2011 as the New Texas Giant, its popularity returned, winning Amusement Today’s Golden Ticket Award for Best New Ride of 2011 and ranking highly in industry polls. Theme Park: Six… Read More »New Texas Giant – Six Flags Over Texas

Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress is located within Disney’s Magic Kingdom.  The attraction’s premise is an exploration of the joys of living through the advent of electricity and other technological advances during the 20th century via a “typical” American family. To keep it up with… Read More »Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – Disney’s Magic Kingdom

Star Tours: The Adventures Continue is located Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The ride sequence is randomized; guests riding Star Tours will experience four out of the eighteen different segments during each journey. This gives Star Tours the advantage of being both highly repeatable and constantly surprising.… Read More »Star Tours: The Adventures Continue – Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Space Mountain is located within Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Visitors board the trains in the Starport: Seven Five, which is enclosed within the mountain itself. As the rockets leave the loading station, they make a 180 degree turn past the loading area, the queue, and the… Read More »Space Mountain – Disney’s Magic Kingdom

Star Tours: The Adventures Continue is located Disneyland. The ride sequence is randomized; guests riding Star Tours will experience four out of the eighteen different segments during each journey. This gives Star Tours the advantage of being both highly repeatable and constantly surprising. Even though… Read More »Star Tours: The Adventures Continue – Disneyland

Hyperspace Mountain is located within Disneyland. Reopened on May 7, 2017 a new theme as Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain for the 25th Anniversary Celebration. Along with new Star Wars projections, permanent, blue, Victorian trains with lap bars and shoulder vests were added. As a result… Read More »Hyperspace Mountain – Disneyland

Volcano: The Blast Coaster is located within Kings Dominion. Volcano was the world’s first inverted roller coaster to feature a linear induction motor (LIM) and was the only one of its kind to complete a full circuit. The roller coaster opened to the public on… Read More »Volcano: The Blast Coaster – Kings Dominion

Banshee is located within Kings Island. The roller coaster features 4,124 feet (1,257 m) of track, making it the longest inverted roller coaster in the world. Banshee is also the first inverted coaster built in the United States since the Patriot debuted at Worlds of… Read More »Banshee – Kings Island

Fantasmic! is located within Disneyland. It features fireworks, characters, live actors, water effects, pyrotechnics, lasers, music, audio-animatronics, searchlights, decorated boat floats, and mist screen projections. The narrative of Fantasmic!—although there are differences between the three versions—centers on a voyage through Mickey Mouse’s imagination that culminates… Read More »Fantasmic! – Disneyland

Splash Mountain is located within Disneyland. Based on the characters, stories, and songs from the 1946 Disney film Song of the South. Although there are variations in the story and features between the three locations, each installation begins with a peaceful outdoor float-through that leads… Read More »Splash Mountain – Disneyland

Haunted Mansion is located within Disneyland. Entering the queuing area through a pair of ornate gates, guests find themselves in the antebellum-era mansion’s well-tended gardens and courtyards. The queuing path leads guests past a pet cemetery, a mausoleum with pun names, a cemetery at the… Read More »Haunted Mansion – Disneyland

Radiator Springs Racers is located within Disney California Adventure. Is themed to the fictional world in Disney·Pixar’s Cars. The attraction takes guests in a six-person vehicle through encounters with characters from the film series Cars. Guests then race another vehicle through turns and hills, ending… Read More »Radiator Springs Racers – Disney California Adventure

Test Track – Presented by Chevrolet is located within Epcot. The ride is a simulated excursion through the rigorous testing procedures that General Motors uses to evaluate its concept cars, culminating in a high-speed drive around the exterior of the attraction. Theme Park: Epcot  Location:… Read More »Test Track – Presented by Chevrolet

Kraken Unleashed is located within SeaWorld. Is themed after the mythological sea monster of the same name, kept caged by Poseidon. Much of the ride is located above water, with three sections featuring subterranean dives. Theme Park: SeaWorld Location: Orlando, USA Type: Steel floorless roller… Read More »Kraken Unleashed – SeaWorld