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/ July 6, 2026
Canada’s Wonderland has been the country’s biggest theme park for more than four decades, but two questions come up more than any other: exactly when did it open, and who owns it today? Both have simple, well-documented answers. The park opened in May 1981 north
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/ July 6, 2026
Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel flying roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened to the public on April 17, 2003, becoming the second of three nearly identical B&M flying coasters to
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/ July 5, 2026
Carowinds opened on March 31, 1973, as a joint venture meant to give the Carolinas their own home-grown amusement park, built at a cost of about $70 million after four years of planning led by businessman Earl Patterson Hall. Its most distinctive feature is geographic:
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/ July 4, 2026
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago is a 20-acre water park in Gurnee, Illinois, sitting right next to Six Flags Great America, with 25 water slides, two pools, and an 86-foot water coaster as its centerpiece. Whether you’re checking hours before a trip, comparing ticket and
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/ July 3, 2026
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles is a separately gated water park in Valencia, California, sitting right next to Six Flags Magic Mountain. It opened on June 16, 1995, as the original Hurricane Harbor location, a brand that Six Flags later expanded to other cities
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/ July 3, 2026
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Arlington is North Texas’s biggest water park, sprawled across 47 acres directly opposite Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington’s entertainment district. It’s home to a roughly one-million-gallon wave pool, a lineup of thrill slides that drop riders six stories, and a
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/ July 3, 2026
Six Flags St. Louis has entertained Midwest thrill-seekers from its home in Eureka, Missouri, since June 5, 1971, when it opened as Six Flags Over Mid-America. Spread across roughly 323 acres in the Ozark foothills southwest of downtown St. Louis, the park pairs about 10
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/ July 1, 2026
Soak City is the 20-acre water park located at the back of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, and admission is included with a regular park ticket. It first opened in 1992 as Hurricane Reef, was expanded and renamed WaterWorks in 1999, and took on its
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/ June 30, 2026
Soak City is the 35-acre water park inside Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, and it’s included free with every Kings Island ticket and season pass — no separate water park admission required. With 36 water slides, two wave pools, a lazy river, a dual-racing water
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/ June 30, 2026
If you’ve been searching for “Soak City” at Cedar Point and coming up confused, here’s the short version: it’s still there, it’s just wearing a new name. The water park that opened on Lake Erie’s shoreline in 1988 is now Cedar Point Shores, and it’s
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/ June 29, 2026
Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, traces its roots to 1920 when Walter Knott began selling berries from a roadside stand. By 1934 his wife Cordelia had opened a fried chicken restaurant that drew crowds from across Southern California, and Walter soon began building
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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 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
Cedar Point Shores is the water park at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio — an 18-acre complex of speed slides, a giant wave pool, two lazy rivers, and family splash zones perched directly on the shore of Lake Erie. Operated by Six Flags, it consistently
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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 16, 2026
If you’re searching for “Intimidator” at Carowinds and finding a different name on the park map, you’re not going crazy — the ride is still there, still one of the tallest and fastest coasters in the Carolinas, and still delivers the same 211-foot drop and
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/ June 16, 2026
Goliath opened at Six Flags Over Georgia on April 1, 2006, immediately claiming its place as one of the park’s signature attractions. Designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), the steel hypercoaster stands 200 feet tall and reaches a top speed of
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/ June 15, 2026
Superman: Escape from Krypton was a steel shuttle roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin and originally opened on March 15, 1997 as Superman: The Escape, the ride used linear synchronous motor (LSM) technology to catapult riders
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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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