Intamin is opening two more of its ATV family launch coasters, in France and in Vietnam
S&S Worldwide is getting started on the installation of a 4D Free Spin wing coaster at Six Flags Mexico. The free-flying Wonder Woman Coaster suspends guests on both sides of the track, where their cars rotate at random throughout the ride. The experience depends on the rider’s weight, position and interaction, making for a different ride every time. The Wonder Woman Coaster track is 310 metres and the height is 36 metres, with top speeds of 61kph.
• Maker of traditional wooden rollercoasters Martin & Vleminckx is opening its 11th wood coaster in China this spring, at Fantawild Asian Legends in Guangxi province, China. Jungle Trailblazer measures in at 973 metres long and 33 metres high, with a 30-metre drop and speeds of up to 87kph.
• VR Coaster is reinventing more than 15 rides this year, not least the Great Lego Race VR coaster, produced in cooperation with Figment Productions, for Legoland parks in Florida, Germany and Malaysia. VR Coaster already this year launched VR Mine Train at Ocean Park Hong Kong and Final Fantasy XR Ride at Universal Studios Japan.
• Among Intamin’s busy roster of openings are the five-inversion vertical lift coaster for Ocean Paradise in Hainan, China; the Fast & Furious suspended family coaster at the upcoming Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi in the UAE; and the 142kph mega coaster, Hyperion, boasting a 80-metre drop and a 1,449-metre track length, is opening at Energylandia, Poland. There’ll also be two of the ride maker’s ATV family launch coasters opening this year, with Yukon Quad opening at Le Pal in Auvergne, France, and another being installed in Vietnam.
• Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is going to be working hard to complete a wide range of global projects, including two of its new single-rail steel coaster concept. Wonder Woman Golden Lasso is set to debut at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, while RailBlazer – themed around the Pacific coastline highway State Route 1 – is opening at Cedar Fair’s Great America, California.
Also for Cedar Fair, RMC is opening two hybrid coasters: Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion, Virginia, featuring a 33-metre-tall barrel roll downdrop; and Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point, Ohio, with speeds of up to 119kph and a 61-metre, 90-degree drop. A further steel-wood hybrid is coming to Six Flags Over Georgia, Twisted Cyclone.
• Vekoma is opening several new rides in Asia, including the new Firestorm launch coaster, a high-energy ride developed from the Space Warp ride system. They’ll open at Vinpearl in Thu Thiem, Vietnam, and Evergrande, Hainan Island, China. Custom-designed Hyper Space Warp looping coasters are also opening at Fantawild’s parks in Handan, Taiyuan and Wuhu in China.
• Mack Rides has a couple of major projects debuting in 2018. The highly anticipated £16m ICON at the UK’s Blackpool Pleasure Beach is billing itself as “one of the most thrilling in the world”. Set to reach heights of 30 metres, with drops of up to 24 metres, the double launch will propel riders at high speed at the start and halfway through the 2.5 minute experience.
At the same time, Mack is building a triple-inversion, 30-metre-tall spinning coaster at Silver Dollar City, Missouri. The $26m Time Traveler, which resembles a time-travelling machine with gears, cogs and industrial components, boasts a cutting-edge 360-degree adjustable magnetic spin control and free-spinning cars that provide a different ride each time.
• Zamperla is installing nine coasters in 2018, spearheaded by its Factory Coaster at Wuxi Wanda City. The multi-feature, seven-car steel coaster will reach heights of 26 metres and a track length of 610 metres. Plus, the Italian firm is completing its fourth Thunderbolt, at Masan Robotland Park, Incheon, South Korea. An Air Force 5, four Twister Coasters, and two Family Gravity Coasters are also in the works.
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2018 issue 1
Industry Opinion: Waterparks
More water leisure operators are investing in becoming more accessible, writes WWA's Aleatha Ezra
Industry Opinion: Zoos & Aquariums
Species survival expert Bill Robichaud shares the trials of the saola and what zoos are doing to save this near-extinct creature
Interview: Bob White
Bob White, COO of Village Roadshow, on
weathering a dip in attendance and keeping
his eyes on investment and expansion
Inclusivity: Open to All
Kath Hudson reports on some inspiring
initiatives to help include people who
face physical, social or economic
obstacles to visiting attractions
Heritage: Lofty Ideals
Westminster Abbey is getting an attic
conversion of sorts. We found out more
Waterparks: Under the Weather
Meet the team who helped bring
Epic Waters to fruition – an undercover
Texas waterpark on an epic scale
Profile: Andreas Andersen
IAAPA’s new chair Andreas Andersen sat
down with Tom Anstey to talk about industry
growth, sustainability – and queueing
Theme Parks: Think Big
Liseberg CEO Andreas Andersen reveals
details of the park’s €200m expansion
Themed design: The Story Builders
Disney’s Joe Rohde and Scott Trowbridge
and Universal’s Thierry Coup reveal the
secrets of their trade – well, some of them!
Intamin is opening two more of its ATV family launch coasters, in France and in Vietnam
S&S Worldwide is getting started on the installation of a 4D Free Spin wing coaster at Six Flags Mexico. The free-flying Wonder Woman Coaster suspends guests on both sides of the track, where their cars rotate at random throughout the ride. The experience depends on the rider’s weight, position and interaction, making for a different ride every time. The Wonder Woman Coaster track is 310 metres and the height is 36 metres, with top speeds of 61kph.
• Maker of traditional wooden rollercoasters Martin & Vleminckx is opening its 11th wood coaster in China this spring, at Fantawild Asian Legends in Guangxi province, China. Jungle Trailblazer measures in at 973 metres long and 33 metres high, with a 30-metre drop and speeds of up to 87kph.
• VR Coaster is reinventing more than 15 rides this year, not least the Great Lego Race VR coaster, produced in cooperation with Figment Productions, for Legoland parks in Florida, Germany and Malaysia. VR Coaster already this year launched VR Mine Train at Ocean Park Hong Kong and Final Fantasy XR Ride at Universal Studios Japan.
• Among Intamin’s busy roster of openings are the five-inversion vertical lift coaster for Ocean Paradise in Hainan, China; the Fast & Furious suspended family coaster at the upcoming Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi in the UAE; and the 142kph mega coaster, Hyperion, boasting a 80-metre drop and a 1,449-metre track length, is opening at Energylandia, Poland. There’ll also be two of the ride maker’s ATV family launch coasters opening this year, with Yukon Quad opening at Le Pal in Auvergne, France, and another being installed in Vietnam.
• Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is going to be working hard to complete a wide range of global projects, including two of its new single-rail steel coaster concept. Wonder Woman Golden Lasso is set to debut at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, while RailBlazer – themed around the Pacific coastline highway State Route 1 – is opening at Cedar Fair’s Great America, California.
Also for Cedar Fair, RMC is opening two hybrid coasters: Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion, Virginia, featuring a 33-metre-tall barrel roll downdrop; and Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point, Ohio, with speeds of up to 119kph and a 61-metre, 90-degree drop. A further steel-wood hybrid is coming to Six Flags Over Georgia, Twisted Cyclone.
• Vekoma is opening several new rides in Asia, including the new Firestorm launch coaster, a high-energy ride developed from the Space Warp ride system. They’ll open at Vinpearl in Thu Thiem, Vietnam, and Evergrande, Hainan Island, China. Custom-designed Hyper Space Warp looping coasters are also opening at Fantawild’s parks in Handan, Taiyuan and Wuhu in China.
• Mack Rides has a couple of major projects debuting in 2018. The highly anticipated £16m ICON at the UK’s Blackpool Pleasure Beach is billing itself as “one of the most thrilling in the world”. Set to reach heights of 30 metres, with drops of up to 24 metres, the double launch will propel riders at high speed at the start and halfway through the 2.5 minute experience.
At the same time, Mack is building a triple-inversion, 30-metre-tall spinning coaster at Silver Dollar City, Missouri. The $26m Time Traveler, which resembles a time-travelling machine with gears, cogs and industrial components, boasts a cutting-edge 360-degree adjustable magnetic spin control and free-spinning cars that provide a different ride each time.
• Zamperla is installing nine coasters in 2018, spearheaded by its Factory Coaster at Wuxi Wanda City. The multi-feature, seven-car steel coaster will reach heights of 26 metres and a track length of 610 metres. Plus, the Italian firm is completing its fourth Thunderbolt, at Masan Robotland Park, Incheon, South Korea. An Air Force 5, four Twister Coasters, and two Family Gravity Coasters are also in the works.
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2018 issue 1
Industry Opinion: Waterparks
More water leisure operators are investing in becoming more accessible, writes WWA's Aleatha Ezra
Industry Opinion: Zoos & Aquariums
Species survival expert Bill Robichaud shares the trials of the saola and what zoos are doing to save this near-extinct creature
Interview: Bob White
Bob White, COO of Village Roadshow, on
weathering a dip in attendance and keeping
his eyes on investment and expansion
Inclusivity: Open to All
Kath Hudson reports on some inspiring
initiatives to help include people who
face physical, social or economic
obstacles to visiting attractions
Heritage: Lofty Ideals
Westminster Abbey is getting an attic
conversion of sorts. We found out more
Waterparks: Under the Weather
Meet the team who helped bring
Epic Waters to fruition – an undercover
Texas waterpark on an epic scale
Profile: Andreas Andersen
IAAPA’s new chair Andreas Andersen sat
down with Tom Anstey to talk about industry
growth, sustainability – and queueing
Theme Parks: Think Big
Liseberg CEO Andreas Andersen reveals
details of the park’s €200m expansion
Themed design: The Story Builders
Disney’s Joe Rohde and Scott Trowbridge
and Universal’s Thierry Coup reveal the
secrets of their trade – well, some of them!
OMA has completed a major transformation of New York's New Museum, creating a larger
cultural campus that combines expanded exhibition spaces with learning, performance,
hospitality and public programming.
A US$50 million (£44.2 million, €51.2 million) transformation of Chicago's historic McCormick
Mansion has created a new destination that combines live magic, immersive theatre, dining and
private membership under one roof.
The Montana Historical Society has officially celebrated the opening of its new Montana
Heritage
Center, a US$107 million (£79 million, €92 million) destination that combines immersive
storytelling with cutting-edge audiovisual technology to bring the sta
San Antonio Zoo has reported a US$283 million economic impact for 2025, following a decade-
long transformation programme that has seen almost US$200 million invested into the Texas
attraction.
Plans for the AU$180 million redevelopment of Reef HQ Aquarium in Townsville, Australia, are
progressing, with the project set to transform the attraction into a global centre for reef
education and conservation.
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Disney has reaffirmed its commitment to investing US$30 billion in its US parks and cruise
business by 2033, using new America250 celebrations to underline the role its attractions play
in supporting jobs, tourism and economic growth.
Expo 2030 Riyadh is being planned as a permanent visitor destination, with organisers
confirming the six-million-square-metre site will become a Global Village after the event closes.
The owner of one of Australia's best-known waterparks has acquired a major competitor,
creating a new attractions business spanning two of the country's largest visitor destinations.
The Toverland theme park in the Netherlands has announced a €98m expansion programme
that will add a resort, new attractions and staff facilities as it pursues plans to become a multi-
day destination.
