Universal Studios Florida released details on “Project Rumble” this past Wednesday, and it’s a coaster! Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit is the official name of the attraction, a new 167 ft tall coaster which is planned to become a new icon for the park.

Located between Jimmy Neutron and the Blue Man Group theater, the ride will be an outdoor thrill ride flying above the park and parts of CityWalk, unlike the park’s other rides which are mostly indoors. The ride is reported to allow riders to select music to listen to on the ride and create a music video of their ride. Rockit is designed by Maurer Söhne and appears to be using their X-Car system.

Rockit looks like a great addition to the park. Although I was hoping for a B&M hyper like Hollywood Dream: The Ride at Universal Studios Japan, I am looking forward to riding this and experiencing Maurer Söhne’s X-Cars.

Read more from the Orlando Sentinel.

For all of you out there with Facebook accounts, you may be interested in an app I recently completed. “Coaster Tracker” allows you to create your personal track record of all the roller coasters you have ridden, displaying a total in your profile and providing a link so your friends can check out your full track record. You can also rank your favorite coasters to create a top ten list, which can also be displayed in your Facebook profile. The app is designed to be very friendly, so it won’t be sending out tons of invites to annoy your friends. In fact, it won’t send any. Also, your friends can click to view your full track record without being required to log in to or add Coaster Tracker themselves.

If you have a Facebook account, you can check out and add the Coaster Tracker app here.

Now that phpBB3 has finally been release, I have upgraded our forums from the former Vanilla boards to the new phpBB3. I will be working on the style continuously in the next week or so after I finish exams. Maybe I’ll finally get the forums integrated into the rest of the site like I said I would months ago.

I have added the large collection of photos I took over the summer to the gallery. The photos include Beech Bend, Busch Gardens Europe, Holiday World, Kings Dominion, Kings Island, and our newest park addition, Indiana Beach.

Although no full press release has been made yet, Dorney Park has unveiled the name and logo of their 2008 attraction in season pass promotional material, as well as on several signs placed around the park today. The inverted impulse coaster, formerly Steel Venom at Geauga Lake, has been named Voodoo. Pictures of the sweet logo can be seen at News Plus Notes. More information will be posted here and at Dorney Park Online once the park makes a full press release.