The Amusement Industry Blog
Six Flags Over Georgia has announced the Dare Devil Dive coaster for 2011. Dare Devil Dive is only the third Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter in the United States, the other two being SpongeBob’s Rock Bottom Plunge at the Mall of America, and Mystery Mine at Dollywood. You can check out the advertising jargon below, and then I’ll give you my take on Six Flags Over Georgia’s latest attraction.
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I hate you Florida.
As if it is not bad enough that you already have a better Universal Studios, a better Disney resort, a better Sea World, a Busch Gardens park and a seriously wicked water park. Not to mention that in all of these parks reside (with the exception of Disneyland) exceptional B&M roller coasters. And now this. You steal what was the most exciting parade and show at California Adventure. The Electrical Parade.
This parade, a classic that has been at the California resort for decades is now being moved …
I was on one of Disney’s YouTube channels today when I found this video:
Basically a making of featurette which describes the premise of the show. Nothing out of the ordinary, really. This type of promotional material is par for the course when it comes to Disney especially, complete with current movie tie-ins and all (What? No red queen? Surprising). What got me was that this show is not debuting at Disneyland. Nor is it debuting at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disneyland Paris (Euro-Disney)… well… …
Due to the slumping economy it has been tough for college aged kids to get jobs as of late. So when I got an email from Universal Studios about a massive hiring increase for Tram “operators” I thought it would be worth posting. You can read the press release below, and head over to Universal Studios on Monday, April 19th from 2-5PM to audition!
“Universal City, California– Hundreds of prospective job seekers are expected to line up at Universal Studios Hollywood on Monday, April 19 as The Entertainment Capital of L.A. …
In the tenth edition of the all-new Coasterdom Podcast…
-Apollo is 0 for 2 when it comes to buying amusement park chains.
-Some California Adventure updates.
-You guys weigh in on theme park food pricing.
A slow news week, but a decent sized podcast. Thanks to everyone who commented on the posts this week, it is really nice to see discussion growing on this site as time goes on. As always, drop off your thoughts in the comments of this post, and enjoy the show!
Coasterdom Podcast 4/12/10
