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/ August 15, 2026
When Green Lantern Coaster opened at Warner Bros. Movie World on Australia’s Gold Coast just before Christmas 2011, it instantly gave the Southern Hemisphere its most extreme drop. The DC Comics-themed machine tips riders over a 120.5-degree beyond-vertical plunge — at the time the second-steepest…
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/ August 15, 2026
Here are today’s 3 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Stadiums & Arenas and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Stadiums & Arenas Judge Dismisses Charles Oakley’s Assault Claims Against Madison Square Garden A federal…
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/ August 15, 2026
This list ranks roller coasters by theoretical hourly capacity — the number of riders a coaster can move through the line per hour when it’s running at full efficiency. It’s the throughput number operations teams use to size queues and estimate wait times, and it…
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/ August 14, 2026
This list ranks theme park rides by total ride time, shown as minutes:seconds, using figures tracked in ThrillZing’s ride database. It spans coasters, dark rides, and water rides — any attraction with a recorded run time — so the comparison is about time spent in…
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/ August 13, 2026
Every drop on this list is measured in degrees from horizontal, where 90° is a straight vertical plunge. Anything past that mark is called ‘beyond vertical’ — the track tips forward under the car so riders fall face-first instead of just straight down, which is…
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/ August 12, 2026
Here are today’s 7 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Theme Parks & Roller Coasters, Stadiums & Arenas and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Theme Parks & Roller Coasters Busch Gardens Tampa Launches Discounted…
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/ August 12, 2026
This list ranks roller coasters by drop height in feet — the vertical distance from the highest point of the ride’s climb to the bottom of its most dramatic descent, not the coaster’s overall height or track length. It’s the number that determines how long…
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/ August 11, 2026
This list ranks the 25 longest roller coasters currently operating anywhere in the world, measured in feet of track length — not height, speed, or duration, though a longer layout usually means more time in the seat. It draws on ThrillZing’s own coaster database and…
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/ August 11, 2026
Here are today’s 9 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Theme Parks & Roller Coasters, Stadiums & Arenas and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Theme Parks & Roller Coasters Former Disney Cast Member Faces…
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/ August 10, 2026
Here are today’s 11 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Theme Parks & Roller Coasters, Stadiums & Arenas and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Theme Parks & Roller Coasters Arnolds Park’s Mad Mouse Coaster…
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/ August 9, 2026
Theme park news for Sunday, August 9, 2026 is led by a permanent Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza restaurant confirmed for American Dream in 2027, plus Disney’s new TikTok creator partnership on Disney+ following the collapse of its $1 billion OpenAI deal. Also in today’s roundup: a…
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/ August 8, 2026
Theme park news is led today by Six Flags, which launched its 2027 Season Pass sale alongside brand ambassador Travis Kelce at what the company calls the lowest price guests will see this year or next, while the Orlando Dreamers pitched a $975 million stadium…
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/ August 7, 2026
Theme park news for Friday, August 7, 2026 is led by Universal Orlando confirming its 2026 holiday season will run six days longer and expand into two more corners of Epic Universe, plus a leadership expansion at the UK’s Music Venue Trust that tops today’s…
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/ August 3, 2026
Kumba, one of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s signature roller coasters, took its final ride on Sunday, August 2, 2026, closing permanently after 33 years of operation. The Bolliger & Mabillard steel looper had been a Tampa Bay thrill-ride staple since it opened on April 21…
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/ July 31, 2026
Dollywood confirmed on July 29, 2026 that NightFlight Expedition, its most expensive attraction ever, will officially open to the public on August 19. Season pass holders get early access during previews from August 15-18. Billed as the world’s first indoor family hybrid coaster and whitewater…
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/ July 30, 2026
If you’re trying to figure out whether Incredicoaster fits into a tight Pixar Pier itinerary, the ride time itself is the easy part — it’s the boarding, launch, and unload cycle around it that actually eats your afternoon. The coaster is a launched Intamin steel…
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/ July 29, 2026
Six Flags Great Adventure revealed the official name and details of its long-teased “Project Purple” coaster on July 28, 2026: Bakunawa, a 382-foot giga coaster the park says will claim six world records when it opens in 2027. Named for a sea serpent from Philippine…
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/ July 28, 2026
Universal Studios Hollywood has finally locked in a launch date for its most anticipated new ride in years: Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift officially opens on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. The date ends weeks of guesswork after the coaster spent all of August running on…
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/ July 25, 2026
UPDATE (July 28, 2026): The reveal is out — Project Purple is Bakunawa, a 382-foot spinning launch coaster claiming six world records, including the world’s first upside-down launch. Full details, teaser and official POV at the link. Six Flags Great Adventure released a second teaser…
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/ July 21, 2026
Vortex is a suspended roller coaster at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, that opened on May 12, 1991. Built by Arrow Dynamics, it was part of a small lineage of suspended coasters the manufacturer produced in North America during the late 1980s and early 1990s…
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