Out of the Loop Category
Out of the Loop: It’s beginning to look a lot like a theme park Christmas
By: Matt Roseboom on: Nov 25,2009 In: Holiday, Out of the Loop
By Andy Guinigundo It wasn’t even quite the last week of October at my local Target and Walmart type stores that Halloween decorations were coming down and all things orange and black were being consolidated. This was followed by empty “seasonal items” shelves. Finally on Nov. 1, Christmas decorating and shopping was in full swing. [...]
Out of the Loop: Lego memorial, Disney Shanghai and no Nick park
By: Matt Roseboom on: Nov 11,2009 In: Disney, Out of the Loop, Theme Parks, Travel
By Andy Guinigundo Mini Vietnam Memorial for Veterans Day Carlsbad, Calif. – While many attractions around the U.S. have ongoing specials for military and sometimes family, I haven’t personally heard of too many Veterans Day events that are taking place in the parks. Well, Legoland is honoring veterans by dedicating a Vietnam War Memorial Lego [...]
Out of the Loop: Attractions attempt Michael Jackson tributes
By: Matt Roseboom on: Nov 2,2009 In: Disney, Music, Out of the Loop, Travel
By Andy Guinigundo I suppose it’s fitting that someone who loved amusement parks so much, mostly Disney, has been appearing in various ways at various attractions since his death in June. No, I am not implying that Michael Jackson has been “haunting” various attractions. However, tributes have been prominently attempted and sometimes executed at various [...]
Out of the Loop: Cedar Point’s Demon Drop heads to Knotts Berry Farm
By: Matt Roseboom on: Oct 27,2009 In: Out of the Loop, Theme Parks, Travel
By Andy Guinigundo Cedar Fair has announced that after a 26-year run at Cedar Point, The Demon Drop will be dismantled and reassembled at sister park Knotts Berry Farm near Los Angeles. First opened in 1983, the Demon Drop is an elevator-style drop ride that simulates a free-fall drop from a 10-story building. In the [...]
Out of the Loop: What Legoland could bring to Central Florida
By: Matt Roseboom on: Oct 22,2009 In: Legoland Florida, Out of the Loop, Theme Parks, Travel
By Andy Guinigundo Let’s go over the scorecard: The Blackstone Group describes itself as an “alternative asset manager and financial advisory firm”. In this layman’s definition it is a company that owns companies. Most recently, it acquired Busch Entertainment Corporation – the company that owns Busch Gardens and SeaWorld. Blackstone also jointly owns Universal Orlando [...]
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Out of The Loop: New Madagascar and Shrek attractions, Six Flags Nigeria and Disneyland’s replacement
By: Matt Roseboom on: Oct 13,2009 In: Disney, Movies, Out of the Loop, Theme Parks, Travel, Universal Studios
By Andy Guinigundo The last few weeks I have been posting Halloween stories, well, because ‘tis the season! As a result, I have a few weeks of backlogged updates to report this week. We’ll travel to Singapore, Africa, and then back home to the USA. Universal to Get Dreamworks Madagascar and Shrek Attractions Universal Studios [...]
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- Tags: Disneyland, Madagascar, Nigeria, Shrek, Six Flags, theme park
Out of the Loop: Hanna-Barbara characters return for Howl-O-Fest
By: Matt Roseboom on: Oct 7,2009 In: Holiday, Out of the Loop, Television
By Andy Guinigundo Interstate 275 is the freeway that encircles Cincinnati, Ohio. Go five miles north of the circle on I-71 and you’ll come to one of the booming northern suburbs of Cincinnati – Mason, Ohio. Mason is known for several things including traffic, car dealerships, a world-class professional tennis tournament and Kings Island amusement [...]
Out Of The Loop: Halloween around the Disney parks
By: Matt Roseboom on: Sep 29,2009 In: Disney, Holiday, Magic Kingdom, Out of the Loop, Theme Parks, Travel
By Andy Guinigundo Halloween is a fun definitely a fun time at the Magic Kingdom in Florida with Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. It’s inevitable that you’ll get caught up visiting the many candy stations around the park. One might assume that Halloween at Disneyland in California, Paris and elsewhere is exactly the same. [...]
Out of the Loop: Seeing Disneyland’s Small World changes first-hand
By: Matt Roseboom on: Sep 22,2009 In: Disney, Out of the Loop, Theme Parks, Travel
By Andy Guinigundo First off, I would like to thank my colleagues for bringing such complete coverage of Disney’s D23 Expo from Anaheim. Out of the Loop took a mini hiatus during this time since much of the coverage was news from outside of Orlando, which is this column’s focus. While, I was unable to [...]
Out of the Loop: New dolphin show for San Diego; Peanuts replace Nick at Cedar Fair
By: Matt Roseboom on: Sep 6,2009 In: Out of the Loop, SeaWorld, Television, Theme Parks, Travel
By Andy Guinigundo Blue Horizons Coming to San Diego At Sea World San Diego, there are not many shows that have had as long a run as Dolphin Discovery’s 13 years. That run comes to an end this weekend when the final show will be preformed. After that, Dolphin Discovery will transform into Blue Horizons. [...]
Out of the Loop: Racing roller coasters in the news this week
By: Matt Roseboom on: Aug 30,2009 In: Out of the Loop, Theme Parks, Travel
By Andy Guinigundo As the dog days of summer come to a close and the weather begins to cool down, racing in the major American circuits of Indy Racing League and NASCAR begin to heat up. Drivers begin to jockey for position to win a championship. This week, I’m taking a look at racing associated [...]
Out of the Loop: Nick theme park, Mapping Legoland, Disneyland upgrades
By: Matt Roseboom on: Aug 23,2009 In: Out of the Loop, Theme Parks, Travel
Nickelodeon theme park to open in New Orleans Last year I reported a story in Orlando Attractions Magazine about how Southern Star Amusement had “given up” on its attempts to reopen a park at the site of the former Jazzland/Six Flags New Orleans citing lack of interest and funding. Month after month, however, I’d read [...]
Out of the Loop: Holiday World to build largest water coaster
By: Matt Roseboom on: Aug 16,2009 In: Out of the Loop, Water Parks
Even if Orlando is center of the amusement park universe, there are great and wonderful happenings everywhere. These amusements occur in little towns with names like West Mifflin, Penn. and big cities like the greater Los Angeles area. Fun is had in exotic locales like Dubai and Australia. There is even plenty of amusement park [...]
