Traveling the Globe for the Best Coasters and Theme Parks
It’s been a week since our last Universal Studios Hollywood Update. Which was a rain-update with quite some interesting content, this update is the follow-up update thereof with lots of interesting progress! Here’s a more sunny Universal Studios Hollywood Update including Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Jurassic Park The Ride progress! Continue reading “Universal Studios Hollywood Update – January 13th 2016”
The theme-park industry is always changing, every decade again record-breaking coasters push the limits of technology and that of riders in new innovative ways. Coasters become more massive, taller, faster, and longer by the years. A very important transition period in the coaster manufacturing industry was the 90’s, the usual coaster was well-established and the usual coasters were increased in size, new ways of designing them were invented, and new kinds of coasters made the rounds. For example Bolliger and Mabillard seperated from Intamin and created some coaster kinds the world hadn’t seen before, such as the Inverted Coaster. Let’s take a quick look around the state and see what the 5 Best Coasters in California That Opened in the ’90s are! Continue reading “The 5 Best Coasters in California That Opened In The ’90s”
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim” is now a pulse-pounding new 5D ride experience at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Presented in Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s Iwerks 5D Theater, in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment, “Pacific Rim 5-D” opens with special limited sneak previews in January, with an official opening in the coming weeks. Continue reading “Pacific Rim 5D – New at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom!”
With The Joker on the horizon, one would think Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is set as far as additions to their already diverse lineup, but this seems as though it may not be the case.The park has strongly hinted at the return of the old 4D Theater. We think this could balance out their lineup in a few ways which we will talk about, as well as the specifics of the theater’s return and what the new attraction could have in store.
Continue reading “Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – Return of the 4D theater?”
Knott’s Berry Farm announced today that it will open its first Starbucks location. The 935 square foot Starbucks store will open in March 2016 in the California MarketPlace, just outside the Park’s main entrance, and will offer Starbuck’s world class coffee drinks and entrees. Continue reading “Knott’s Is Getting A Starbucks!”
It was one of those ‘I should’ve probably not visited a theme-park on this stormy day’ sort of day. Yet I had more fun than perhaps ever before. With a totally deserted park there were no lines of course, and with the pouring rain I almost slipped a bunch of times (always fun) in addition I got to see the more of Wizarding World of Harry Potter as walls are pushed back and there’s a lot more visible. In addition Jurassic Park- The Ride seems to be undergoing more serious work than anticipated, we’ve got a clear look for you in today’s Universal Studios Hollywood Update! Continue reading “A Rainy Day at Universal Studios Hollywood – Update January 6th 2016”
We made another trip out to the wonderful Six Flags Discovery Kingdom to check on the progress made on The Joker over the course of these past two weeks, and we were very happy to see that things are indeed moving along at quite a good pace. The drop has been installed and more track has arrived at the park, as well as the installation of cross beams and connector pieces, so with all that in mind, please enjoy another one of our Joker construction updates. Continue reading “THE JOKER – Construction Update #5”
2016 has started, and today marks the last day of Holiday in the Park at both Six Flags Magic Mountain and Discovery Kingdom. In this Six Flags Magic Mountain and New Revolution Update, we’ll be taking a quick look at some minor changes around the park, as well as some of the changes surrounding The New Revolution. Here’s our first Six Flags Magic Mountain Update of 2016! Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain and New Revolution Update – January 3rd 2016”
After a somewhat lengthy hiatus, we have returned to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk to provide you with some coverage of the limited operating season whereabouts as well as remind how great this park is, even in the winter. This also marks the continuance of our semi-regular coverage of this park, so get ready! Here’s the first update of California Coaster Kings in 2016: Continue reading “Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Report – January 2nd 2016”
It’s December 31st 2015. It’s hard to believe that another year has passed. 2015 was one heck of a wild ride, what a year it was for us here at California Coaster Kings, and the amusement industry as a whole. Let’s celebrate the great memories of the year past, while also looking for even better things to come. Please join us as we look back at 2015 and all the amazingness it brought and as we look into the magical future of 2016, which seems to be another amazing year for parks and park-goers in California! Continue reading “A Day Turns Into A Year – 2015 Turns Into 2016”
As the year comes to a close we took our last Disney trip for the year. Here we saw our last viewings of Aladdin and of Big Thunder Ranch before they close. Here’s quick end of the year update.
Continue reading “End of the Year Disneyland Resort Update!”
We were back at Knott’s Berry Farm to celebrate some more Merry Farm! Of course the Ghost Town and GhostRider construction is moving along rapidly. In this update you’ll find a lot of GhostRider construction, some general changes around the park, and we’re taking a look at the current changes that are being made around Ghost Town for the 75th Anniversary make-over! Continue reading “Knott’s Berry Farm and GhostRider Update – Late December 2015”
We told you we would be back to cover more Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, and so here we are, bringing you all the Holiday minutiae you could possibly want for our part two in the coverage of 2015’s magical event. Here’s Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s Holiday in the Park 2015 – PART 2! Continue reading “Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s Holiday in the Park 2015 – PART 2!”
Ready for amazingness beyond belief? Here’s THE JOKER Update that you don’t want to miss, an extensive and detailed look at the newest star coaster coming to California. The crazy awesome, chaotically twisted and incredible looking Rocky Mountain Construction Hybrid Coaster… THE JOKER! Here’s the newest Update! Continue reading “THE JOKER – Construction Update #4”
It’s only been a week and half since our last visit to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Hollywood Update. But if any park is ever changing, it’s Universal Studios Hollywood. So during a leisure trip to the park today I noted enough construction and changes for a fun update. So here we are! Continue reading “Universal Studios Hollywood Update – December 17th 2015”
It’s been an interesting Holiday filled weekend and week for us last week. Today we’re back with a regular update and construction update. There wasn’t quite enough to report on to make two separate posts, so here’s a Six Flags Magic Mountain and NEW REVOLUTION Update! Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain and NEW REVOLUTION Update – December 13th”
With the fanfare wildly expecting the upcoming Star Wars movie, Season of the Force is certainly a popular event. In the meanwhile, Disney’s holiday celebration is what we’ll look at today in a brief update around DCA and a look at the new version of Jedi Trials at Disneyland.
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Another winter has come, and thus follows another magical Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. We were very excited to experience another great year of this event, and we were not disappointed! For this piece, we will include our overall thoughts and opinions of the event and its major components, and we will save some of the minutiae for later occasion. Continue reading “Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 2015!”
It’s the Theme Park Holiday season and that means… MORE Holiday stuff! Let’s take a look at Universal Studios Hollywood’s annual Grinchmas event, themed after… the Grinch. The park looks wonderful this time of year, and there are a bunch of activities for families during Grinchmas. Let’s take a look. Continue reading “Grinchmas at Universal Studios Hollywood 2015!”
One of California’s best theme-park holiday events will have to be Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Holiday in the Park. Officially debuting in 2014, just last year, this events offers a completely different experience than other events do. In addition to which, the event is very immersive. Let’s take a look at the 2015 edition of the event! Continue reading “Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Magic Mountain 2015!”