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/ June 28, 2026
This week’s theme park news delivered a genuine rollercoaster of surprises — a record-shattering coaster postponed just days before its debut, a beloved 36-year-old Georgia park announcing its final season, Universal’s newest resort entering preview mode in Texas, and spectacular drone shows lighting up summer
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/ June 28, 2026
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is a 335-acre Africa-themed park in Tampa, Florida, that doubles as one of the region’s premier accredited zoos. Opened on March 31, 1959, as a hospitality attraction for the Anheuser-Busch brewery, it evolved over decades into a full-scale theme park featuring
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/ June 28, 2026
SeaWorld San Antonio opened on May 27, 1988, in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio, Texas, and quickly established itself as North America’s largest marine-life theme park across 416 acres. Built for $170 million by Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, the park drew 75,000 visitors
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/ June 27, 2026
SeaWorld San Diego opened on March 21, 1964, as the first park in the SeaWorld chain, founded by four UCLA graduates who originally envisioned an underwater restaurant before pivoting to a marine-themed entertainment park on the shores of Mission Bay. What began as a 22-acre
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/ June 27, 2026
SeaWorld Orlando opened on December 15, 1973, as the third park in the SeaWorld chain, spread across 200 acres in Orlando, Florida. Acquired by Anheuser-Busch in 1989, the park was rebuilt from a show-driven marine attraction into a ride-intensive destination. Now owned and operated by
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/ June 26, 2026
Universal’s Islands of Adventure opened on May 28, 1999, at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida. Built as Universal’s most ambitious project since the debut of Universal Studios Florida in 1990, the park was designed around the concept of exploration, organizing its experiences into eight
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/ June 22, 2026
A day at an amusement park is basically a marathon with roller coasters: ten-plus hours on your feet, baking in the sun, packed into lines, and strapped into rides that fling loose items into the void. What you wear makes the difference between a great
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/ June 22, 2026
Standing in line watching a coaster scream overhead, heart pounding, second-guessing the whole thing: almost every rider has been there. Fear of roller coasters is incredibly common, and the good news is it’s also very beatable. You don’t have to white-knuckle it. With a little
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/ June 22, 2026
It’s the great roller coaster debate: do you sprint for the front row or hold out for the back? Both give you a completely different ride on the exact same track, and neither is objectively ‘right’. It comes down to what kind of thrill you’re
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/ June 22, 2026
Six Flags Magic Mountain is a 209-acre amusement park in Valencia, California, roughly 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It originally opened on May 29, 1971, developed by the Newhall Land and Farming Company, and was acquired by Six Flags in 1979. The park
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/ June 21, 2026
Theme park news this week was dominated by a world-record-shattering giga dive coaster inching toward its June 26 debut, a legendary wooden coaster rising from an extended closure, and Universal’s newest resort unveiling its first permanent nighttime spectacular. From Disney policy shifts to Halloween event
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/ June 20, 2026
Universal Orlando Resort now spans four parks — Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, Epic Universe, and Volcano Bay — and each one has its own mix of height-restricted rides. If you’re traveling with kids of different heights, knowing the exact requirement for each attraction
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/ June 20, 2026
Magic Kingdom is the most kid-friendly of Walt Disney World’s four theme parks, but seven of its rides still have a minimum height a rider must clear before boarding — and one of those minimums just changed. When Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened on May
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/ June 20, 2026
Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania is home to more than 70 attractions and 15 roller coasters — the largest coaster collection on the East Coast — and it is the only major theme park in the world that uses candy-branded height categories to sort its entire
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/ June 20, 2026
Cedar Point is a 364-acre amusement park perched on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, recognized worldwide as the Roller Coaster Capital of the World. Open since 1870, it ranks as the second-oldest operating amusement park in the United States and consistently draws more
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/ June 20, 2026
Kings Island is a 364-acre amusement park in Mason, Ohio, about 24 miles northeast of Cincinnati, known for one of the densest roller coaster lineups in North America. Since opening in 1972, it has grown into a year-round destination anchored by record-setting coasters, a full
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/ June 20, 2026
Hersheypark is a world-class theme park located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, founded in 1906 by chocolate magnate Milton S. Hershey as a leisure retreat for his factory workers. What began as a simple park with picnic grounds and a merry-go-round has grown into a sprawling 121-acre
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/ June 20, 2026
Steel Dragon 2000 is the steel out-and-back giant at Nagashima Spa Land in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan — a coaster built for one thing above all else: scale. When it opened on August 1, 2000, it simultaneously claimed the world records for longest, tallest, and
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/ June 16, 2026
Mystery Mine is Dollywood’s signature Euro-Fighter roller coaster in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee — the ride that put the park on the map for coaster enthusiasts when it opened in 2007 with a beyond-vertical drop no other coaster in North America could match at the time.
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/ June 14, 2026
Theme park news this week delivered a packed slate of ride updates, sweeping expansion reveals, and milestone celebrations from coast to coast, cementing June 14, 2026 as one of the most story-rich Sundays of the summer season. From Disneyland’s Space Ranger reactivation and a landmark
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