Photo Finds – Theme park road trip up the East Coast – July 3, 2012
This week Photo Finds ventures outside the Sunshine State to see roller coasters and amusement parks up and down the coast.
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Out of the Loop: 2012 will be a thrilling year with new attractions all around
By Andy Guinigundo With a month of 2012 under our belts, I can’t help but be excited for the coming attractions season. There are several high profile, high-dollar attractions opening. Additionally, there are many new coasters being introduced this year including a new-to-North America coaster. Here are some of the attractions I am most anticipating…
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American Coaster Enthusiasts Day at Busch Gardens
The Florida Region of American Coaster Enthusiasts hosted an event Saturday at Busch Gardens Tampa. Dozens of ACE members were in Central Florida last week for the big IAAPA amusement park trade show. (ACE is a member of IAAPA.)
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Out of the Loop: Good riddance to winter! Time for the theme parks to open
By Andy Guinigundo We’ve had a few beautiful spring days in Southern Ohio. The temperature has been close to 80 degrees. I cautiously embrace the coming summer and the coming theme park season. I say cautiously because, over the past week, I have awoken to frost and temperatures in the low 30s a few times….
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Out of the Loop: Six Flags’ Holiday in the Park
By Andy Guinigundo With the Christmas holiday upon us, let’s look at a winter festival that takes place at one of the biggest amusement destinations – Six Flags. There are four Six Flags Parks taking part in the “Holiday in the Park” celebration this year. These include The Great Escape (Lake George, N.Y.), Over Texas…
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Out of the Loop: It’s beginning to look a lot like a theme park Christmas
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….