The Theme Park Thread • Page 211

Maybe they’re waiting for the Steelers to be good again

 

PA, in my opinion, has the best lineup of seasonal traditional amusement parks. Between Kennywood, Dorney, Hersheypark, Knoebels, and Waldameer the state has a great collection of parks to visit, all fairly close as well.

 

Dorney is the park closest to me and I can’t believe they are actually getting a new coaster this year. I’ll be interested to see how that impacts attendance bc usually the non-water rides are pretty empty outside of the Halloween season.

Hoping to hit Kennywood this summer. There’s a small park Idlewild as well that is a sister park to Kennywood. PA absolutely has the best small park scene.

 

Idlewild is more for kids but it’s still worth a visit.

 

Disney apparently bought stake in Epic Games. So far they’ve only announced collaborations game-wise, but his damn it I want them to build a Fortnite area in one of the parks lol

 

I’d rather have the parks in Fortnite

 

Some are saying it's a ploy to have "Epic" searches point to Disney instead of Epic Universe.

 

A Fortnite ride could be cool but there’s already a couple of shooter rides at Disney. I could get behind a complete overhaul of Buzz with a Fortnite theme though. That ride system and the theming looks very Six Flags.

Not sure how to tie this into Tomorrowland though.

Also, speaking of Epic Universe did anyone else hear the rumors about the Back To The Future tie-in to Starfall Racers? Supposedly the trains will have flux capacitors on on the back of them that light up.

 

Oh fuck that would rule.

I do enjoy Astro Blasters, but the last couple times I’ve been on it, it’s very clear that it’s in dire need of updating. Even having the photo sent to your email is old school and the picture quality is super low lol.

 

Fortnite being an entire attraction will turn me into old man yells at clouds about Disney

 

Coolest thing I read about that ride is there's no lights shining on the coaster so the trains (with the light package) look like comets as they're going through the track.

 

My God, that photo quality... no chance they've updated the camera since it opened. Has to be some Rebel model or something.

 

My wife and I went on it last week during Sweethearts Night (it was only like a 5 minutes wait) and the photo is literally laughable. The ride opened in 2005 and the photo looks like it was taken in 2005.

I wanted to hit up WDW’s version of Astro Blasters (I know it’s a different name but don’t recall what it’s called) when I went last month but didn’t get the chance. Is it pretty much the same way?

 

It's been like 2 years since I went to WDW but, yeah, just so damn bad.

 

Anyways, I'll be in VA on and off starting late March-early Sept. Can't wait to get back to BGW (and buying an AP) and finally getting to KD.

 

Minecraft coming to Universal Studios?

 

Are there legit rumors? Or is this a joke referencing Disney and Epic Games?

 

i will finally play

 

Brand new waterpark (not even opened yet) just went boom...

 

who swapped the gasoline and water barrels

 

ngl I fuck with this hard