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Coaster Questions
Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans Feature
October 21, 2012 17 Comments

What Are the Best & Worst Defunct Amusement Parks?

A while back I asked you about your worst defunct and best defunct coasters were. A reader suggested a similar

Editorials and Rants
Revolution - Freestyle Music Park - 3
October 19, 2012 5 Comments

Abandoned Freestyle/Hard Rock Amusement Park on NBC’s Revolution

People are fascinated by abandoned amusement parks. It must be the juxtaposition of a normally happy place looking sad, abandoned

Theme Park News
Bluegrass Boardwalk Tour
May 21, 2012 1 Comment

Bluegrass Boardwalk Owners Tour Kentucky Kingdom (Video)

Recently, a reporter from a Louisville news show took a tour of Kentucky Kingdom. She toured the defunct park with

Theme Park News
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Closed!
January 18, 2012 4 Comments

Holiday World Owners Talking to Kentucky Kingdom

Holiday World Involved in Talks with Kentucky Kingdom Holiday World owners are in talks with Kentucky Kingdom officials. They’re apparently

Top 3 Thursdays
Demon Corkscrews Over the Train!
July 7, 2011 22 Comments

Top 3 All-Time Favorite Roller Coaster Rides

Reader DC suggested I write the antithesis of Top 3 Worst Roller Coaster Experiences, my all-time favorite roller coaster rides.

Featured Photos
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January 29, 2011 17 Comments

Featured Photo #4 – The Best Currently Defunct Coaster on the Planet?

This great Bolliger & Mabillard looping roller coaster, formerly known as the Led Zeppelin Roller Coaster and The Time Machine,

Defunct Roller Coasters
Zydeco Scream - Six Flags New Orleans
November 12, 2010 23 Comments

Creepy Images & Video of Six Flags New Orleans | Abandoned Amusement Parks

Six Flags New Orleans | Abandoned Amusement Parks It’s always sad to see abandoned amusement parks. And other times it’s

Theme Park News
Lake Arrowhead Park Teaser - Vote to Read More!
September 24, 2010 34 Comments

Lake Arrowhead Amusement Park Is Haunted

She was abandoned and alone. As she scanned the large, dimly lit, room eerie figures surrounded her. If it wasn’t for

Defunct Roller Coasters
February 4, 2010 17 Comments

Six Flags Closes Kentucky Kingdom

Six Flags announced today that they will close their Louisville, Kentucky park known as Kentucky Kingdom due to a disagreement

Defunct Roller Coasters
January 2, 2010 6 Comments

Roller Coaster Museum Comes to Texas

Plainview, Texas is Home to the Roller Coaster Museum On a recent edition of the Season Pass Podcast I learned

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