http://www.blockbrake.com/blog Amusement Park Industry News Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:56:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I left my small home town of Alfred to drive eight hours to Kings Island. I arrived at 5:00 in the morning to wait for Bre and Bryan at the main gate. When they arrived, they brought their friends Mitch, David and Shayna. We hung around the outside of the ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/kings-island-opening-day-2009-diamondback/ Cedar Point is auctioning the first rides on the Magnum XL200 for the 2009 season. If you're going to be at Cedar Point opening day (May 16th) and love Magnum this might just be the best way for you to combine your love for coasters and help out a great ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/cedar-point-auctioning-off-1st-rides-of-2009-on-magnum-xl200/ With the economy being in such a terrible state, and many folks just not wanting to leave home as much anymore, big vacation destinations like Disney are becoming a bit less popular for families. We will be writing a bi-weekly column on the regional U.S. parks that are adding major ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/so-whats-new-holiday-world-2009/ Prowler has been testing starting last night apparently, according to the Worlds of Fun official blog. Have a look at the pictures here. In other news, I'm hoping to get some Diamondback reviews and Trip Reports from Kings Island by tomorrow, so have an eye out for that. We're looking forward ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/prowler-testing/ We've found a video of Diamondback, and from what I can see this coaster looks amazing. The video includes a front seat PoV and a rear facing camera where you can see how much air the folks on the ride are getting. This contains spoilers for those of you that ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/diamondback-front-seat-video-no-sound/ http://www.cedarfair.com/ir/conference_call/index.cfm The event will be held on May 5th 2009, if you'd like to listen in please follow the links on the page linked above. If you are unsure of what they will be discussing be sure to read the page linked. Be sure to check back on May 5th where we ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/cedar-fair-q1-conference-call/ http://www.teaconnect.org/etea/TEAERA2008.pdf A quick l0ok through the pdf shows Disney and Universal on top (as expected). Further down the list the seasonal parks take root however out of the top 25 in the world none are seasonal in North America. Its interesting to see how all the different regions performed, and even ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/attendance-figures-for-2008/ As we draw closer to the beginning of the major summer season, more and more parks are opening and more trip reports and news starts flowing. We want to know what you guys think would be the best way to organize the forums for the coming summer. Please register on ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/forum-poll/ There are many highly anticipated roller coasters opening for the 2009 operating season: Diamondback at Kings Island, Manta at SeaWorld Orlando, Prowler at Worlds of Fun, just to name a few. However, there is one coaster opening in 2009 that has been under construction for two years, and may just ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/flying-turns-at-knoebels-a-revival-of-coaster-history/ Hello everyone its James again, its been awhile from me hasn't it? I'm going to be posting something similar to this every Monday to have a look at the coming week. Well, we've been busy bees so have a look at what we've done in the past week: Trip reports are ... http://www.blockbrake.com/blog/2009/04/block-brake-news-and-updates-april-13th-2009/