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    (6/10/13) The latest effort to rebuild the Starliner in Panama City involves the selling of custom bricks for $50 that will make up a pathway running to the rebuild Starliner (MORE...)
    (6/6/13) With Sandstorm now officially closed at Busch Gardens Tampa, keep an eye open around Sesame Place over the summer (MORE...)
    (5/28/13) Atlantic City’s Steel Pier is now moving ahead with plans to build a 200 foot tall Giant Wheel (MORE...)
    (5/22/13) Lake Winnie reports that they will be ready to open the new SoakYa waterpark on Monday, May 27th (MORE...)
    (5/22/13) Family Kingdom reports that the all new Splashes oceanfront waterpark will open for the season starting May 25th.    

ADVENTURE CITY  (Buena Park, CA)

Park News - (9/14/12) Screamscape sources tell us that the Tree Top Racers roller coaster at Adventure City has been closed down since Labor Day weekend. I’m not what happened, but I’m told that the ride has been closed for good. The plan is to replace it with a new family coaster ride in time for the 2013 season if possible. Anyone know more?
    (8/8/12) According to this local news article, a car on the “plane ride” at Adventure City “flipped over” causing a father and two young children to fall out of the ride. From the sound of it, there were no serious injuries.

2013 - New Family Coaster - (9/17/12) If you visit the Adventure City website and hover over the red dot over the old Tree Top Racers coaster, they park has now posted a message confirming that a new family coaster will open here in 2013.
    (8/20/12) Adventure City mentioned on Facebook that they have plans to add a new picnic area and maybe an ice cream parlor for summer 2013.

ADVENTURELAND (Altoona, Iowa)

Park News - (11/21/12) Call off the dogs… Adventureland is NOT removing their Log Ride from the park anytime soon. Screamscape sources tell us that the Arrow log flume spotted up for sale on the IRM Facebook listing is actually the old flume ride that once ran at Bells in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
    (11/19/12) A used ride posting by IRM on Facebook mentions a 1974 Arrow Flume ride as being for sale, one with two lifts (16ft & 28ft) and 30 logs. According to the research done by one of our readers, this sounds very much like the Log Ride from Adventureland in Iowa. If true, sounds like the park may be trying to make room for a major new attraction.

2012 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

ADVENTURELAND (Long Island, NY)

2013 - New Attraction - (3/7/13) Took longer than expected but Adventureland finally announced their 2013 plans. Four attractions are leaving, but three new rides are being added. John Silver’s Twist Tower, Free Whale, Kiddie Swings and Sky Trail are all leaving.
   New for 2013 will be Surf’s Up, Alfie Express (mini train ride), Alfie’s Swings (mini Wave Swinger), a new stage and seating for the Magic & Comedy of Jim McClenahan show, a new Talent Show is coming two nights a week. The park will also make some infrastructure improvements like a new family restroo, mobile drive charging and updated Basketball Toss and Water Race games.

    (2/11/13) Adventureland (Long Island) has put a teaser on their Facebook page that indicates a new attraction announcement will be made on February 23rd. Anyone know more?

ARNOLD’S PARK (Iowa)

2013-2016 - Re-Profiling The Legend - (12/3/12) The local news reports that the Legend roller coaster at Arnolds Park is Iowa is undergoing some heavy renovations this winter, replacing 575 feet of track. As part of a survey performed by GCI, it was determined that the ride could be more enjoyable if they reprofiled the “Point of No Return” drop to be a smoother transition, as well as slightly raising the bottom of the second drop to allow for updated concrete footers to be poured. This is the first of four planned improvements phases for the ride that will be performed over the off-seasons. You can also find an old POV video showing off the coaster’s old profile below.

BAY BEACH (Green Bay, WI)

Mid to Late 2013 - Sea Dragon - (4/5/13) Bay Beach has completed the deal to purchase a Sea Dragon ride for the park this season, and after a refurbishment has been performed, they hope to have it installed and ready to run before the end of the 2013 season.
    (3/7/13) The Green Bay City Council agreed to spend $670,000 to buy a Sea Dragon swing ship ride as a new addition for the Bay Beach Amusement Park. If all goes well the Sea Dragon could be up and running before the end of the 2013 season. Click here for the details.

BEECH BEND PARK  (Bowling Green, Kentucky)

2013 - - Confirmed - (11/21/12) Beech Bend Park has announced a new ride for the 2013 season, a Chance Revolution from a deal signed last week at IAAPA in Orlando. The exact name, color and details are still being hammered out.

CAMDEN PARK (WV)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

CASTLE PARK (California)

Park News - (5/2/12) A fun photo trip report from Castle Park has been posted to Theme Park Review this week, showing off this small California park that doesn’t get a lot of airtime.

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

CLEMENTON PARK (New Jersey)
(Purchased by Kieran Burke / Gary Story in Nov. 2011)

Park News - (6/27/12) A 22 year old man from New Jersey called in a threat to Camden Park, forcing the park to evacuate 5,000 guests from Splash World on Thursday. He was arrested by investigators who say he had also been responsible for calling in a bomb threat to a high school as well earlier this month as well as an outstanding warrant for another matter.
    (11/23/11) The big news item today was the official sale of Clementon Park and Splash World to an investor group led by former Six Flags Execs, Kieran Burke and Gary Story. This will be the pair’s third park purchase in the past three years (starting with Nashville Shores in 2009 and Ocean Breeze in 2010) The duo also signed a deal to manage the Frontier City theme park for CNL in early 2011 as well under their management company, Premier Attractions Management.

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

CLIFF’S AMUSEMENT PARK (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Park News - (2/6/13) A sad day for Cliff’s Amusement Park as the park’s founder, Uncle Cliff, passed away last week at the age of 97.

????/2014 - Greezed Lightnin’ - (5/7/12) Amusement Today reports that Joyland (Lubbock, Texas) has reached an agreement with Cliff’s Amusement Park in New Mexico to trade the former Greezed Lightnin’ coaster from Astroworld (Schwarzlopf Shuttle Loop) in exchange for Cliff’s old water just removed to make way for a bigger version to open this year.
    Joyland will begin construction on the water fortress for their 2013 season once the summer is over. No word on the exact timetable for Cliff’s to install Greezed Lightnin’ but they will have the coaster rehabbed and repainted at Larson’s text facility before they putting it up in New Mexico.

DELGROSSO’S AMUSEMENT PARK (Pennsylvania)

Park News - (2/29/12) Local area readers have confirmed that the Space Odyssey ride and it’s entire domed building have been torn down.
    (2/27/12) According to a reader who drove past DelGrosso’s over the weekend, they claimed it looked as if the park’s Space Odyssey ride was missing. Can anyone else confirm this? I’m hoping this was just a mistake.

2013 - Flat Ride - Rumor - (8/24/12) The latest rumors claim that DelGrosso’s may have bought a new flat ride for the park to replace Odyssey in 2013, pushing back the waterpark expansion until 2014. We’re not sure exactly what kind of ride it will be, but rumors point to either an Fireball style swing ride or an Abi Baba style ride.

2014 - Waterpark Expansion - Rumor - (8/24/12) The latest rumor says the waterpark expansion wont be ready until 2014.
    (6/25/12) A reader who visited DelGrosso’s the other day reports back that they were told the park was planning a big waterpark expansion for 2013 which would add three more slides, a lazy river and interactive water play areas. The park may also looking into a possible new flat ride as well. 

2014/2015 - New Coaster - Rumor - (2/3/12) A couple of interesting rumors have come in regarding the future of Delgrosso’s Amusement Park. For starters, I’m hearing that the demolition of the house behind the Crazy Mouse will be to build a second pedistrian bridge to cross over the street on this side of the park. Which leads to our second rumor… claiming that the park has plans to install a new coaster that will go in front of the sauce factory building, so the new bridge will be needed to access it and allow for more park growth over there. If that wasn’t enough, it is also being said that the park may have already purchased the new coaster and has it in storage somewhere. Lets hope this plan goes better than what happened with The Revolution.

DIXIE LANDIN’ & BLUE BAYOU (Baton Rouge, LA)

Park News - (11/11/11) The local news reports that Blue Bayou / Dixie Landin’ applied to get a 65 acre parcel of land next to the park rezoned for heavy commercial use but was denied. The intention was to use the new site for storage, parking and a small expansion to the park. Instead they want Dixie to resubmit a more detailed “planned unit development” which they have refused to do so far, due to the possible adverse impact on financial and future approval requirements from going that route. Dixie’s lawyer said they will likely file a suit against the city-parish.

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

DUTCH WONDERLAND (Pennsylvania)
Owned by Parque Reunidos

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

ENCHANTED FOREST (Oregon)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

FAMILY KINGDOM (Myrtle Beach, SC)

2013 - Splashes Waterpark and Four New Rides - (5/22/13) Family Kingdom reports that the all new Splashes oceanfront waterpark will open for the season starting May 25th.
    (3/22/13) Family Kingdom reports that they will open for the 2013 season on March 23rd, when they will also open their three new flat rides (Kite Flyer, Flying Tigers and Frog Hopper), plus the new Twist ‘n Shout wild mouse coaster. Of course don’t forget about the classic Swamp Fox wooden coaster with a great view of the ocean.
    (1/23/13) Family Kingdom, the amusement park just across the street from the Myrtle Beach shoreline, will add four new attractions for the 2013 season, as well as rename the water park across the street as “Splashes”. The new rides coming will include the Twist ‘n’ Shout wild mouse coaster, and three flat rides Kite Flyer, Flying Tigers and Frog Hopper. No official word yet on who is making the new coaster, but I would be willing to bet that this is the same Twist ‘n’ Shout that Magic Springs had listed for sale not long ago.

FUNTOWN USA / SPLASHTOWN USA (Saco, Maine)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

GILLIAN'S WONDERLAND PIER (Ocean City, NJ)

2013 - Haunted House Dark Ride - Confirmed - (2/4/13) Our friends at Laff in the Dark have posted a new update showing off the new “Haunted House Dark Ride” being added to Gillian’s Wonderland Pier in Ocean City, NJ. This is a Bill Tracy style dark ride project was which fortunate enough to be spared from destruction when Superstorm Sandy passed by in October.

IDLEWILD (Pennsylvania)
Parques Reunidos

Park News - (5/16/13) Screamscape sources tell me that two classic Idlewild attractions will not return for the 2013 season: the Caterpillar and the Dizzy Lizzy. The park’s Wild Mouse is expected to reopen however, though possibly not until June, as it has been undergoing an extensive rehab over the last year.
    (6/29/12) A disappointed reader reports that during their visit to Idlewild Park, they discovered that the park’s Wild Mouse coaster was not only closed, but park staff reported that it had yet to open at all this season. As the primary “big” coaster for the entire park, this is sure to disappoint all the park guests until they get it up and running again, so be sure to call ahead before you visit.

2013 - Float Away Bay - (2/5/13) Idlewild has named their new lazy river as Float Away Bay, following a contest to name the attraction from last fall.
    (10/16/12) Idlewild & SoakZone announced a new Lazy River would be added in 2013. To help name it, the park is holding a contest on their website. Check out the official rules and prizes here.

JOYLAND AMUSEMENT PARK (Lubbock, TX)

2013 - Water Fortress - Confirmed - (5/7/12) Amusement Today reports that Joyland (Lubbock, Texas) has reached an agreement with Cliff’s Amusement Park in New Mexico to trade the former Greezed Lightnin’ coaster from Astroworld (Schwarzlopf Shuttle Loop) in exchange for Cliff’s old water just removed to make way for a bigger version to open this year.
    Joyland will begin construction on the water fortress for their 2013 season once the summer is over. No word on the exact timetable for Cliff’s to install Greezed Lightnin’ but they will have the coaster rehabbed and repainted at Larson’s text facility before they putting it up in New Mexico.
    (1/26/12) Joyland in Lubbock is planning on building a new water play area for the 2012 season, which will feature two slides and a water dump bucket. This will be a $7  upcharge attraction for all guests. According to this article, Joyland is buying the attraction secondhand from Cliff’s Amusement Park in New Mexico where it was known as the Water Monkey’s Adventure. You can see a picture of how Water Monkey’s Adventure looked while at Cliff’s over at LoneStarThrills.
    (11/14/11) A reader went by Joyland over the weekend and discovered what appears to be pieces of a new Water Fortress (the giant bucket kind of gives it away) laying out on site at the park.

KEMAH BOARDWALK (near Houston, Texas)
Landry’s Restaurants  (SAT MAP)

Park News - (1/4/13) I’ve been told that Kemah Boardwalk has replaced their old Frog Hopper ride with a new similar style ride with a jungle theme called Jungle Bounce.
    (11/19/12) The Rides4U website has a new listing showing off the Chance Inverter ride from Kemah Boardwalk as now being up for the sale. This isn’t entirely surprising, as many attractions have long since removed their own Inverter rides.
    Meanwhile the borrowed Fireball is now said to be open as a replacement for the lost Aviator ride, and comments in their Facebook page seem to indicate that they may actually try to keep it for good, rather than return it at the end of the lease, so perhaps they were made a good to keep it. If the Aviator does return, as previously promised, then it would make sense to move the Fireball to the Inverter spot if they removed it as well.
    In other news, I’m hearing that they may also be replacing the Boardwalk Bouncer ride (Moser Spring Tower) with a new similar tower ride from another manufacture, though I’d expect the name to remain the same.
    (11/5/12) Screamscape sources tell me that the temporary ride coming to the Kemah Boardwalk to replace the Aviator will be a Larson Super Loop on loan from Bates Bros. Amusements. The Super Loop will remain until they are ready to install the new replacement Aviator ride once again.
    (11/1/12) According to a statement posted on the Kemah Boardwalk Facebook page, “ the Aviator has been down for months. We are removing it to replace it with a new one. In the meantime, a temporary ride will be there next week.”
    (10/31/12) A local Screamscape reader went by the Kemah Boardwalk the other day and discovered that the park was in the process of removing the Chance Aviator ride. According to the local rumors, the restaurant building behind it may also be removed to make room for a new attraction.

2013 - Log Flume - Rumor - (11/15/11) According to Screamscape sources, Kemah Boardwalk is said to be expected a new log ride… but not until the 2013 season, where it will be added as part of a large multi-million dollar refurbishment project.
    (11/14/11) While I had posted a little bit of speculation on my part that a new log flume may be on the way to the new Galveston Pleasure Pier park project in 2012, I’ve heard from another source that the log flume in question just might be for the Kemah Boardwalk. Anyone know more?

LAKE WINNEPESAUKAH  (Chattanooga, TN)

Park News - (5/1/13) Looking for a special treat for Mom on Mother’s Day? Let her be a kid again at Lake Winnepesaukah! On Mother’s Day, May 12 from 12 noon to 8:00 p.m., Lake Winnepesaukah will offer a discounted “carload rate” of  $85.00 per carload of up to five guests!

2013 - SoakYa Waterpark - (5/22/13) Lake Winnie reports that they will be ready to open the new SoakYa waterpark on Monday, May 27th (Memorial Day) at 1pm. The grand opening was intended for Friday, but had to be pushed back a few days.
    (2/28/13) Bad news for Lake Winnie this week, as the $200,000 they were expected to get in tax breaks for the construction of the SoakYa waterpark are now in limbo as the states lawmakers have decided that the 2011 law granting the tax breaks needed to be re-run through the legislative process and revised. Don’t worry though, SoakYa is going to open this year no matter what, and construction is already well under way. While the park waits to hear more about the fate of their tax break, they may have to opt to make some cutbacks or use some “less-expensive components.”
    (1/10/13)  Lake Winnie broke ground on their new waterpark earlier today, and will call it SoakYa. If all goes well with their aggressive construction timetable, SoakYa will be ready to open by Memorial Day Weekend.
    (1/8/13) Lake Winnie sent out word that they will announce the name of their new 5-acre waterpark area at the official groundbreaking cerimony taking place this Wednesday (Jan. 9th) at 11am. Stay tuned!
    (10/2 5/12) Great news from Lake Winnie today, as the classic amusement park has announced that they will add a 5-acre waterpark addition onto the park in time for Summer 2013. Look for it to go on the west side of the park near the Cannon Ball wooden coaster. The waterpark project will feature a lazy river, wave pool, body slides, enclosed tube slides, side by side racer slides, a kiddie splash park and more.

LAKESIDE AMUSEMENT PARK (Denver, CO)

Park News - (7/23/12) A nice collection of photos of the rarely seen Lakeside Amusement Park in Colorado have been posted to Westcoaster. The park is rarely seen in photos because they have some strange ban against park guests taking any kid of photos of video footage in the park. Of course they had already taken a ton of pictures of the park already before they were informed of the owners strange fear of soul-stealing digital photo technology methods, so enjoy the photos they were able to take of this classic old park from a land that time forgot.
    (8/31/11) A fun photo trip report frolm Lakeside park in Colorado has been posted to Theme Park Review. This was a nice treat as you usually don’t see too many pictures of this park, possibly because of a very odd policy about now allowing photography in the park for some reason, which is strange considering it’s classic old look and architecture.

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

LITTLE AMERRICKA  (Marshall, WI)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

2014 to 2016 - Log Jammer - (8/29/11) A reader who contacted Little Amerricka about when they might get Log Jammer reopen was told that the ride wasn’t expected to be up and running again its new home for another 3-5 years.
    (1/29/10) Little Amerricka has confirmed in their newsletter than they have purchased the Log Jammer from Chicago’s former Kiddieland park. While they wont be able to get it up and running in time for the 2010 season, they will take the time to restore it and add it to their own collection of rides in the near future.

MARTIN’S FANTASY ISLAND (Grand Island, New York - near Niagara Falls)

2013 - Max’s Doggy Dog Coaster - Confirmed - (1/11/13) Martin’s Fantasy Island has confirmed that the new coaster will be called Max’s Doggy Dog Coaster.
    (1/10/13) I’m told that Martin’s Fantasy Island will add a new kiddie coaster for the 2013 season. We don’t have any more details just yet, but some expect to see it installed where the old petting zoo was before they removed it last year.

MIRACLE STRIP at PIER PARK (Panama City, Florida)

2014 - Expansion Plans - (2/20/13) The latest update on the plan to move the little Miracle Strip at Pier Park onto a bigger piece of properly is slowly moving ahead as the needed approvals to the plan trickle in. As the lease expires on the current property, they plan on moving the rides to the new site after a planned groundbreaking in October 2013, and to have it reopen by April 2014. Don’t look for the Star Liner to show up until 2015.
    (2/13/13) An interesting post on the Miracle Strip @ Pier Park Facebook page says, “Big plans are in the works. We just received Planning Commission approval for our plans to expand to a 11 acre site located just 200 ft from our current location. And YES, are plans do include bringing back the Starliner. Plans call for the new site being operational by Spring of 2014 and the coaster back running by Spring of 2015. We'll post more details later.”

2015 - The Starliner Returns - Planning - (6/10/13) The latest effort to rebuild the Starliner in Panama City involves the selling of custom bricks for $50 that will make up a pathway running to the rebuild Starliner once it is ready to reopen at the new Miracle Strip site. If all goes according to plan they will begin construction this fall, move the existing rides to the new site (along with 9 more) to the new site in time to open in Spring 2014. They hope to start construction on the Starliner in Fall 2014 and have it open by Spring 2015.

PALACE PLAYLAND (Maine)

2012 - 3 New Rides - (6/2/12) Palace Playland in Maine will add three new rides this season. Dizzy Dragons will replace the Bear Affair tubs, Riptide will replace the park’s Moby Dick (Wisdom) ride and the park will add a Frog Hopper.

PHARAOH’S ADVENTURE PARK (California)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

PLAYLAND at the PNE (Vancouver, Canada)

2013 - Samba Balloon Ride - (3/11/13) A picture showing off pieces of a new Samba Balloon (likely Zamperla) flat ride where posted on Twitter by PNE Playland. Looks like they’re getting something new this season.

SANTA’S VILLAGE AZOOSMENT PARK (Dundee, Illinois)

Park News - (2/20/13) The former Santa’s Village has decided to change their name one more time before opening, this time settling on “Santa’s Village AZOOsment Park” which I think just flows better anyway. Check out the new logo as well.
    (12/7/12) Screamscape has been informed that Santa’s Village Azoosment Park is making a slight but important change to their park name starting with the 2013 season. Henceforth the park will be known as “Azoosment Park at Santa’s Village”.
    (9/3/12) I’ve got some late season news for Santa’s Village Azoosment Park. Over the 2012 season the park saw the addition of a new Carousel, Antique Car ride, Kiddieland Hampton Space Age and the return of an old favorite, the Fire Truck Ride. In addition several small animal exhibits were added as well as a mid-season addition of a Sartori Boat ride.
    The park is currently preparing to open a refurbished two-story Fun-House attraction in September and preparing for a Halloween event which will feature a haunted hosue in the daytime for the kids and an adult haunted house and haunted trail tour at night from 8pm to Midnight on Friday and Saturdays in October.

2013 - New Coaster and More - (1/31/13) The latest word from the Azoosment Park at Santa’s Village is that the the pieces of the park’s new coaster are on site and are being refurbished before they try to put it back together. I’ve also been sent a picture of the park’s Midge-O-Racer cars being refurbished for the winter.
    (12/7/12) The park also has a little good news to share… they will be adding a new roller coaster for the 2013 season as well as new animal exhibits, one of which will be include camels. I’ve also heard some rumors indicating that the park may add a new flat ride or two if possible in 2013. 

2014 - New Attraction - Rumor - (12/7/12) Rumor has it that Azoosment Park at Santa’s Village is looking very seriously at adding a new dark ride for the 2014 season, depending on how well things go for them in 2013.

SANTA’S VILLAGE (Jefferson, HN)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

SEABREEZE (New York)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

SESAME PLACE (Philadelphia)
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

2013 - Sandstorm - (6/6/13) With Sandstorm now officially closed at Busch Gardens Tampa, keep an eye open around Sesame Place over the summer to see if the parts and pieces end up making the trip to Sesame Place as rumored as a possible new addition for 2014.
    (4/17/13) I received a strange rumor a couple of weeks ago and was nor ready to believe it at the time. According to that secret source, the Sandstorm flat ride would be removed from Busch Gardens Tampa and would find a new home up in Sesame Place in 2014.

SELVA MAGICA (Guadalajara, Mexico)

Spring 2013 - The Bullet - Status Unknown - (8/28/12) According to one source The Bullet has been completely refurbished since it was removed from Flamingo Land. According to a reader who contacted the park, the Bullet is not open, but the plan is to have to ready to open in time for the “Semana Santa” vacation season in 2013, which I believe is the week of Easter. In the meantime, check out this POV video of The Bullet in action from when it was at Flamingo Land.

    (8/27/12) Mixed into a list of new 2012 attractions at the IAAPA website, an interesting new one I didn’t know about was found for Selva Magica (Guadalajara, Mexico). The report claims that the park will add a unique 131 foot tall Schwarzkopf shuttle coaster called “The Bullet”. I can only guess that this may be the former Bullet coaster that used to run at Flamingo Land. Before that it was known as the Wiener Looping when it started out at Wiener Prater back in 1982 and had a brief run in Florida at Boardwalk & Baseball from 1984-85 before crossing the pond to run in the UK until 2005. After that the ride sort of vanished. According to one source The Bullet has been completely refurbished since it was removed from Flamingo Land.

STEEL PIER (Atlantic City, NJ)

2013 - New Attractions - (4/29/13) According to a picture sent in to Screamscape, The Mix is already installed and running at Steel Pier near the end of the pier and appears to be a Skyscraper style ride and not a Star Flyer as seen in the background of the picture.
    (4/24/13) Steel Pier seems to have shuffled their previously announced expansion plans a bit. According to this article the first phase of a $100 million renovation project will open this year and include a 200 foot ferris wheel with climate-controlled cabins installed on the pier that they expect to have open by this Fall. (Note: When first announced, the wheel was supposed to be 250 ft. and open in 2014.) The wheel is also expected to be open year-round instead of just for warmer months of the year.
    The pier will renovate the entrance as well as other areas, and hopes to have a few new rides open by May. That said, NewsPlusNotes has a good list of new rides coming to the pier such as Turbo Twist (SBF Visa Tekno Fly), Surf’s Up, Demo Derby bumper cars, a swing ship, and Swing Carousel and the Loco Motion kiddie coaster. The one point of conflict is that there is no mention on NewsPlusNotes of another attraction mentioned in the previous news article. That one mentioned a ride called The Mix which sounded like it could be our missing Star Flyer style ride. So is The Mix on the way or has it been put on the back burner for now. Anyone know for sure?
    (2/8/12) In 2013 Steel Pier will add something new for thrill seekers… a new roller coaster and a 385 foot Star Flyer ride, making it the largest Star Flyer in the world. A new building that will contain a new food court and arcade area will also open in 2013, allowing them to remain open year-round. A new nightclub will also open in the skybridge above the Boardwalk. In 2014 they promise we will see the complex start to become more enclosed in an effort to become a more year-round attraction. This will include new museum and retail space as well as a 250 foot giant wheel with enclosed climate-controlled cars.

2014 - Observation Wheel - Planned - (5/28/13) Atlantic City’s Steel Pier is now moving ahead with plans to build a 200 foot tall Giant Wheel on a newly constructed deck area just south of the existing pier. Look for this to be open by 2014 once again... and not fall 2013 as mentioned last month.
        (4/24/13) Steel Pier seems to have shuffled their previously announced expansion plans a bit. According to this article the first phase of a $100 million renovation project will open this year and include a 200 foot ferris wheel with climate-controlled cabins installed on the pier that they expect to have open by this Fall. (Note: When first announced, the wheel was supposed to be 250 ft. and open in 2014.) The wheel is also expected to be open year-round instead of just for warmer months of the year.
 

2015 - Marine Ballroom - (2/8/12) Phase 3 will open in 2015 and see the famous Marine Ballroom recreated. The new Ballroom will be able to seat 2000 people in addition to having a stage area, allowing the facility to transform as needed from a dance hall into a concert arena, wedding chapel or special events center.

STONE MOUNTAIN (Atlanta, GA)
Managed by Herschend Family Entertainment

Late 2013/2014 - Adventure Mountain / SkyHike Expansion - Rumor - (4/10/13) The latest rumors from our sources in Tennessee continue to tell us that much of the Adventure Mountain ropes course attraction being removed from Dollywood will be shipped to Stone Mountain and added as a giant-sized expansion (or replacement) to SkyHike. If you happen to visit Stone Mountain, keep your eyes open to see if any pieces of Adventure Mountain have arrived on site.
    (12/18/12) Rumor has it that when Dollywood removes their Adventure Mountain ropes course in early 2013 to make room for an unknown 2014 attraction, the high capacity attraction may be transferred into use down at Stone Mountain as a replacement for SkyHike, Stone Mountain’s own smaller scale ropes course attraction which actually shut down for the season in early November for some reason. I’m not sure if that is normal, as Stone Mountain tries to pack in the crowds over the winter with their Snow Mountain man-made snow sledding attractions from November through February, so you would think they would want SkyHike open as well. If anyone happens to hit up Stone Mountain soon, take a peek at SkyHike and see if there is any sign of it being removed from service. If so, Stone Mountain could offer up Adventure Mountain as a bigger better version in either mid 2013 to 2014.

STORY LAND  (Glen, NH)
Parques Reunidos

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

TWEETSIE RAILROAD (North Carolina)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

WESTERN PLAYLAND (Sunland Park, New Mexico)

2013 – Roller Coaster - (4/19/13) The former Hurricane coaster from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is in the process of being rebuilt at Western Playland and is expected to reopen sometime in mid-May. A picture of the workers setting it up in the New Mexico park can be seen here.
    (8/20/12) Western Playland has purchased the former Hurricane coaster from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk to install into the park for the 2013 season.

WILD WAVES  (Seattle-Tacoma, WA)
Owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties
Managed by NorPoint Entertainment

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...

WONDERLAND PARK (Amarillo, TX)

2013 - Nothing is known at this point in time...