After months of anticipation and weeks of “technical rehearsal” previews, Skull Island: Reign of Kong is now officially open at Universal Orlando.
Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure officially opened Skull Island: Reign of Kong for full-time operation this morning, July 13, with a ceremony witnessed by cameras from NBC’s The Today Show and a select group of annual passholders.
Dubai Parks and Resorts announced on July 3 that ground has been broken on Six Flags Dubai, which will be the destination’s fourth theme park and the first Six Flags park themed around other Six Flags parks.
For the first time in forever (or at least a couple years) guests at Walt Disney World’s Epcot got to enter World Showcase’s Norway pavilion yesterday and experience a magical boat voyage, because the new Frozen Ever After ride is now officially open and we have an exclusive low-light point-of-view video of the brand new attraction.
In yet another moving display of unity in the face of tragedy, guests and cast members gathered in front of Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom after park closing on Saturday, June 18, for a Kiss Goodnight memorial vigil in honor of the victims of last week’s Pulse nightclub attack.
From June 10 through August 7, visitors to SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica can celebrate the debut of Orlando’s tallest, fastest, longest roller coaster with the Summer of Mako events in both parks. Summer of Mako marks the June 10 opening of the 200 feet high, 73 mph, nearly a mile-long ride with a series of family-friendly events across SeaWorld’s theme and water parks.
If you follow us on Twitter (@attractions) you may have seen us occasionally reTweeting an account called @FakeThemePark. Hopefully you don’t take them too seriously. As their name implies, their account is not real and serves to give a chuckle to a theme park fan’s day. They are usually able to be funny in 140…
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