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The latest theme park news, trip reports and event reviews from Texas and beyond.
Kids Boo Fest 2024 at Fiesta Texas | Family-Friendly Fall Event with Awesome Trick or Treat Trail
Kids Boo Fest has returned to Six Flags Fiesta Texas in 2024 and features more entertainment and attractions than ever. This family-friendly Halloween celebration includes the new Dia de los Muertos event and a more interactive, expanded Trick or Treat Trail through Rockville. Guests can find several friendly characters and photo opportunities in each area. On top of this, Kids Boo Fest features three new shows that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Oktoberfest Food Festival 2024 at Fiesta Texas | Unique Food Offerings, Live Music & Craft Beers
2024 marks the third year of Six Flags Fiesta Texas' Oktoberfest Food Festival. Taking place on select dates through October, the festival features Oktoberfest-themed food booths, along with several seasonal and craft beer offerings. Spassburg also features live entertainment, including Der Wurst Band and the beer tapping ceremony celebration.
Fright Fest 2024 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas | New Haunts, Massive Scare Zones, Monster-Filled Arrival
The spookiest time of year has returned to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Fright Fest 2024 takes place now through November 3 and features award-winning live entertainment, such as the Frightful Finale and Monster Mash Bash, along with several terrifying scare zones. Fright Fest also debuts two new haunts this year, Stranger Things and The Conjuring Universe. Join us for a full tour of this year's Fright Fest event, along with a look at scare zones and live entertainment.
DC Universe Continues to Come to Life with Metropolis Transit Authority Installation at Fiesta Texas
Our latest visit to Six Flags Fiesta Texas sees the reopening of the park's DC Universe expansion. Most of the track for Metropolis Transit Authority has been installed, while Green Lantern Emerald Flight and Batgirl Coaster Chase have reopened with newly-themed elements. Other park projects are under way, including the new indoor Daily Planet Gifts shop, the repaint of Goliath and a big refurbishment for Hustler.
Fiesta Texas Fright Fest First Look - POV of New Stranger Things & Conjuring Universe Haunted Houses
The most jam-packed Fright Fest is under way at Six Flags Fiesta Texas! This year's event features two new haunts, Stranger Things and The Conjuring Universe. These houses feature iconic characters and scenes from the two horror franchises. Our first look at Fright Fest features full POV tours of both of these haunted houses, along with a look at a handful of this year's Oktoberfest Food Festival offerings.
Six Flags Over Texas Fright Fest Sneak Preview - Several New Haunted Houses & Trying Unique Foods
Six Flags Over Texas invited us out for a sneak preview of their 2024 Fright Fest event with new haunted houses, specialty food and the return of live entertainment. Taking place select dates from September 13 to November 3, this year's Fright Fest features haunt versions of well-known horror brands, including Stranger Things, SAW, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Conjuring. Guests can also venture through four scare zones and experience the return of live shows, such as Dr. H.H. Holmes' Freak Show inside Southern Palace.
Six Flags Over Texas Post-Merger Wish List | Top 3 Major Park Improvement Ideas
The merger between Six Flags and Cedar Fair took place just over two months ago and we've seen lots of changes so far, including Cedar Fair management taking over operations, updated season pass structures and new job postings for high-level positions at select parks. After visiting most Cedar Fair legacy parks over the last five years, it is clear that many crucial improvements can come to Six Flags Over Texas without the investment of multi-million dollar rides and attractions. Heres's our wish list of the top three changes we'd like to see implemented to the park.
Hawaiian Falls Roanoke Water Park Full Tour | Over A Dozen Slides, World's First Dueling Tube Racer
Hawaiian Falls Roanoke Water Park is a compact park with over a dozen water slides and other record-breaking attractions. When it opened in 2011, Hawaiian Falls Roanoke was home to the world's largest aqua play structure. The water park also features multiple tube slides, the Hawaiian Halfpipe raft slide and the world's first dueling multiple tube racer, Beach Blasters.
Guide to Fright Fest 2024 at Six Flags Over Texas, New Haunt Locations & Event Updates
Fright Fest 2024 begins at Six Flags Over Texas in just under two weeks. Taking place on select evenings between September 13 and November 3, Fright Fest is a Halloween-themed event, featuring haunted houses, live entertainment, scare zones and spooky decor. New for 2024 is a slate of several popular haunted house themes, including Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Stranger Things and SAW. Join us for a guide to this year's event, showing off attraction locations and checking out setup progress.
Worlds of Fun Theme Park Tour & Review | Home of Award-Winning & Record-Breaking Roller Coasters
Worlds of Fun theme park, located in Kansas City, MO, originally opened in 1973, themed to the book, "Around the World in Eighty Days." The unique park features themed areas not commonly found in North America, such as Scandinavia and East Asia. Worlds of Fun is home to Patriot, which opened as the tallest, fastest and longest inverted coaster in the region. In 2009, the park opened the Prowler wooden roller coaster, which was awarded "Best New Ride of 2009" by Amusement Today. In 2023, Zambezi Zinger opened as the world's first ground-up GCI Titan Track wooden coaster.
Adventureland Theme Park Tour & Review | 50 Years of Iowa Fun with a Disneyland-Inspired Design
Adventureland Resort, located in Altoona, IA, opened in 1974, marking this year as its 50th anniversary celebration. The theme park's design has several nods to Disneyland, such as the entrance area train station with two tunnels and a full Main Street thoroughfare. Adventureland is home to seven roller coasters and a total of fifty attractions, water park included. Over the last decade, the park has seen a high level of investment in new attractions, including The Monster, Dragon Slayer, Flying Viking and a major refurbishment of The Underground roller coaster.
SeaWorld Unleashes Screams as Howl-O-Scream Returns
Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld San Antonio is back and scarier than ever! From haunted happenings to spine-tingling surprises, SeaWorld transforms into the biggest and scariest Halloween event in the state of Texas on select days from Friday, September 13 until October 27. As the moon rises, guests can immerse themselves in an unforgettable Halloween experience that includes six haunts, eight terror-tories (including one all-new!) and a new party zone.
Lost Island Theme Park Tour & Review | Immersive Themed Lands & Rides, Plus New Coaster for 2025
Lost Island Theme Park, one of North America's newest parks, opened in 2022 in Waterloo, Iowa. The park is themed to an enchanted tropical island with incredibly immersive areas and rides to match. To date, Lost Island is home to three roller coasters, including Nopuko Air Coaster and Matugani and an award-winning dark ride, Volkanu: Quest for the Golden Idol. During our visit, the park announced their 2025 addition, a RMC Raptor roller coaster named Fire Runner.
Valleyfair Tour & Review | Beautiful Theme Park with Classic Rides Located Near Minneapolis
Valleyfair theme park, located in Shakopee, Minnesota, first opened in 1976 with one roller coaster being its star attraction. In 1978, Cedar Point purchased Valleyfair and would go on to create the Cedar Fair theme park chain. Today, Valleyfair is home to eight roller coasters, including Wild Thing and Renegade, several flat rides and the Soak City water park.
Nickelodeon Universe Mall of America Tour & Review | Huge Indoor Theme Park with Multiple Coasters
Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, is a large indoor theme park that originally opened in 1992 as Knott's Camp Snoopy. In 2008, the park would transform into Nickelodeon Universe that overhauled its theme. Today, Nickelodeon Universe features five roller coasters, a heavily themed log ride, and over two dozen other rides and attractions.
Fright Fest Comes to Life at Fiesta Texas, Confirmed Haunted House, Show & Scare Zone Locations
Preparations for Fright Fest at Six Flags Fiesta Texas are well under way as all of this year's event details have been announced. Join us for a tour that highlights the locations of Fright Fest attractions, including the new Conjuring Universe and Stranger Things haunted houses, award-winning live entertainment, the new Dia de los Muertos overlay coming to Texas State Square and returning immersive scare zones.
My Coasting for Kids Trapdoor Water Slide Challenge Completely Fails at Hurricane Harbor
In June, we participated in the Coasting for Kids fundraiser at Six Flags Over Texas. The fundraiser helps critically ill children and their families go on vacations to the Give Kids the World Village in Florida at no cost. We challenged our viewers to raise enough money to make me ride a trapdoor water slide, which I absolutely despise. Well, you did it! You raised enough money. We headed out to Hurricane Harbor San Antonio at Fiesta Texas to pay our debts, but the challenge didn't go quite as planned.
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Arlington Unveils Historic Expansion in 2025
Hurricane Harbor Arlington, the largest water park in North Texas, is thrilled to announce its largest investment in park history with the debut of Splash Island and a variety of new guest amenities set for 2025. This expansion introduces a vibrant coastal-themed area featuring colorful slides and a multi-level interactive play structure, perfect for young guests.
Fright Fest Prep Begins at Six Flags Over Texas, Summer Operations Finish Up
About one month remains until the start of Fright Fest 2024 at Six Flags Over Texas and, based on the line-up, it is shaping up to be the largest ever. We take a lap around the park to see Fright Fest setup progress and discuss current ride closures and other small projects that have progressed since our last visit.
Cyborg: Cyber Revolution Comes to Life, Construction Continues | Fiesta Texas August 2024 Updates
Six Flags Fiesta Texas continues construction on their new DC Universe expansion into August 2024. Though tons of work has yet to take place, Cyborg: Cyber Revolution has been installed and tested. Daily Planet Gifts, the Superman Krypton Coaster exit gift shop is also undergoing a major renovation as it transforms into an indoor gift shop. We also check the status of Kid Flash Cosmic Coaster and give Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster a ride now that it has reopened with new trains.