Flying Phil has taken a couple of pictures of what Medusa has changed into. The track looks to be totally done, which happened really fast. I’m still not sold on the blue and purple thing, but it is nice to see something fresh. Check out more of the pics here.

Back as promised, in this week’s show:

IAAPA 2008
New coasters for Europe
Park closing
Silly Six Flags
Construction and deconstruction updates
and more

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As promised, the voting for the 2008 Coaster Web Awards will start today. The polls have opened and will remain open for 2 weeks. There are 44 nominations in 10 different award areas.

Best overall site
Top photography
Best blog
Favorite forums
Best design
Favorite podcast
Best park specific site
Favorite new site of 2008
Most interactive
Best site for knowledge based content

Cast your votes

Manta at Sea World has been flying along. Johnnyupsidedown has posted some great images of the construction.

As you can see the in-line twist and helix has been completed along with several other sections of the ride. I don’t remember a steel coaster like this going up as quickly as this one has. One other note, last day to get you nominations in!

World’s of Fun posted some pictures of the work going on with Prowler today. The first drop is in place and is awaiting the lift hill. A few other sections of the ride are in place and are looking good.

Don’t forget to get you nominations in (see post below). I have recieved about a hundred or so different nominations, so if you feel a site is worthy of an award,  please nominate them.

The Coaster Web Awards are back. Last year’s awards were a huge success, and I have been asked by many if they are coming back for this year. We are opening the nomination process today. If you feel any amusement industry site is worthy of an award, please nominate it. The catorgies for nomination are below:

Best overall site
Top photography
Best blog
Favorite forums
Best design
Favorite podcast
Best park specific site
Favorite new site of 2008
Most interactive
Best site for knowledge based content

All you need to do to nominate a site is leave a comment in this …

Not sure how many of you have seen this, but IAAPA’s blog titled IAAPA: In the Queue, recently posted a link to an online version of FUNWORLD Magazine. It is completely free and its the standard for industry magazines.  It’s worth a look, there are a couple of great articles in there (once you find your way through the ads).

Alright guys, I’ve been putting this update/editorial/report for far too long, and I’m finally doing it. So.. let us begin, shall we?
My Halloween season started off at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights (That’s a mouthful) on October  3rd. This year’s theme was “Living Your Worst Nightmares” and the ringleader was the master of nightmares himself, Freddy Krueger. Like last year, we saw the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the Thirteenth mazes in top form as usual. However, we also recieved a brand new Nightmare On Elm Street maze that took …

Johnnyupsidedown.com has just posted a few shots from Manta’s layout. We have been waiting forever to see this thing, and I’m glad we finally got a look. There looks to be a pretzel loop, an in-line twist, a “wing dip,” and a flat spin among other things. Click here to view the full update.

The guys over at Cheezonastick.com are holding a mock election for Amusement Industry President. Your choices are:

Mark Shapiro – Flagsocrat (Vice President Dan Snyder)
Richard Kinzel – Cedarpublican (Vice President Jack Falfas)
Will Koch – Holidependent

The results are in, check them out here.