Several pictures of concept art for SeaWorld’s Manta coaster have recently shown up on the net. This post was meant for a few days ago, but there were a few problems with the site that prevented that from happening. Anyway…The ride has already been announced, but there have been few details out there. The pictures are pretty awesome looking, and if this is coaster is anything like the pictures SeaWorld will have a hit on its hands.

This is really going to be an interesting coaster. I can’t wait to see how they make the coaster dive into the water.

In a dissapointing turn of events the Dark Knight coaster scheduled to go to Six Flags New England this season has been cancelled due to several problems regarding permits. Six Flags started construction on the building for the Dark Knight before recieving the proper permits, which then led to a halt in construction, and finally to this. All construction that has been done up to this point will be dismantled and there is a good chance that we will never see this coaster built at Six Flags New England.

While this is dissapointing, Six Flags got what was coming to them. This kids is why we don’t break the law to get a headstart on construction!

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A few things with X2. First, there are not going to be tunnels like originally planned. This is according to the LA Times Daily Travel and Deal Blog. Kind of disappointing, but with no work started on them yet, this is news I was kind of expecting. X2 will feature water and fire effects, along with music. So they did decide to follow through with a few of the original ideas.

Six Flags has posted testing video of X2 on the rides page. The trains look great, and that’s about all I can say without riding it. We are just about a month away from the reopening of X2. Will anyone be going to X2’s opening day?

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rsscbell of Flicker has posted some of the best shots of Ravine Flyer II to date. The ride still has a lot of work left to do, but it is looking better then ever.

This really makes me want to take a trip to the other side of PA this summer.

Thorpe Park posted a video of a PR event yesterday of two men who base jumped off of Stealth. The coaster is only 205 ft. high and Thorpe is saying that this is the first ever roller coaster base jump. I wouldn’t be suprised if it was, because I was under the impression that the safest distance to base jump from was 500 ft. and over. Anyway, it is worth a look at.