Here’s my experience and review of visiting Enchanted Parks Great Escape (formerly Six Flags) using my Six Flags Over Georgia Gold Pass with All Parks Passport. The bottom line was that everything wasn’t seamless, but the Great Escape team did a great job at making everything work in the end. This included complementary parking, admission and even my drink plan.
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There is a roller coaster on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls that’s simply known to enthusiasts as “The Burger King Coaster”. Now that’s not its name, but it gets it from being situated on the roof on top of an operating Burger King. The ride is actually called the “Frank N’ Coaster” and it sits on top of the House of Frankenstein. The Burger King just happens to be the ground floor, but you can see with the theming of Frank clutching a burger that they’ve all decided to be good, mutually beneficial neighbors. Here’s a brief review and overview of the experience.
The House of Frankenstein is basically a walkthrough haunted house and you can combine a coaster ticket with it or do the coaster separately. If you do the coaster only you’ll bypass most of the scary stuff and just head to the roof up a couple of colorful blacklight lit stairwells. The coaster will cost you $15 CAD which is $10.64 USD today. For this you’ll get one ride which is two laps. The ride itself has some neat thematic elements with the Frankenstein statue and of course great views. The ride itself is also been resurrected by House of Frankenstein after operating at Sports Plus Entertainment Center in Lake Grove, NY as Thrill Coaster, before presumably sitting not operating for over a decade until reopening as Frank N’ Coaster in 2020.
The ride itself is pretty simple. It’s made by Wisdom Rides and is a chain lift hill of 25 feet and a course of 700 feet. Of course being on a roof makes the views much better than 25 feet! The turns really aren’t banked, so it can feel a bit jerky at the corners. I don’t know if I’d call the actual ride itself enjoyable, but as an overall experience it is. There’s a neighboring Ferris wheel that gives great views of the ride and of course Niagara Falls. The whole area is full of little shows, attractions and things to do to keep you entertained.
If you’re only going to Canada to ride the coaster the easiest way to do it is to park at Niagara Falls State Park on the US side for $10 and walk over Rainbow Bridges to Canada. It’s just a few blocks after you cross. Don’t forget you’ll pay a $1 toll to get back in the USA and need your passport. If you eat at the Burger King try the poutine, it’s a traditional Canadian dish of french fries with gravy and cheese curds. This is by no means the a great coaster, but it is in a great location with a great story. It’s sort of a right of passage to say you did it, so if you’re in the area check it out.
THRILLZ, the indoor adventure amusement park, has opened in Atlanta and with it comes a new coaster credit for Georgia. TRILLZ is located in the Doraville area in Northwest Atlanta near the intersection of Interstate 85 and 285 and joins the company’s other parks in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The new indoor coaster is an SBF Visa, so nothing intense, but still a lot of fun. The 56,000 square foot park also has several other rides including a 40 foot drop tower, the Rush 360 inverting pendulum ride, a VR coaster and numerous slides and obstacles.
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When most people think “launch coaster” they think LSM (Linear Synchronous Motor) or magnetic launch. However, before this there was another system that was ingenious for its time and worked almost as well, a flywheel launch. A flywheel is a heavy, rapidly spinning wheel that can store kinetic energy and release it in a quick burst. In the case of a roller coaster, this allows a slingshotting of the train with rapid acceleration. There aren’t too many of these out there anymore, but one of the best is Motocoaster at Six Flags Darien Lake.o
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Disney is known for its iconic cartoon characters. Chief among them is Mickey Mouse, but on the next tier with his own meet and greet is Donald Duck. However , did you know Donald Duck had the middle name Fauntleroy? His middle name was first revealed on his military draft card in the 1942 cartoon Donald Gets Drafted made during the heart of World War II. This was an interesting blend of cartoon and current events for sure!
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LEGOLAND Florida and LEGOLAND Billund are both “LEGO” theme parks, but they are by no means copies of each other. Both parks are run by Merlin and share a common IP and feel, but there are some distinct differences between the properties. These are good differences, not things that make one better than the other, but rather things that make each property unique. LEGOLAND Billund is the original “LEGO” park, opening in 1968, while LEGOLAND Florida followed in 2011, giving it the opportunity to take some of the best of LEGOLAND Billund, but also make the LEGO IP it’s own for a different audience. This article will look at five (5) differences you’ll probably notice if you visit both parks as well as some similarities between the two locations.
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Comedian Nate Bargatze is looking to build a theme park and it’s slated to be called Nateland! The park is inspired by Bargatze’s childhood memories of the former Opryland and looks to blend in aspects of his childhood and career. For example, the entry plaza will resemble a 90’s shopping mall (a modern take on Main Street USA), a Tennessee section and a section dedicated to Times Square. Nate is partnering with Storyland Studios, a group who specializes in the master planning, architectural modeling and full project delivery of themed environments filled with former Walt Disney Imagineering and Universal Creative folks. At first some saw Nateland as a publicity stunt or a joke, but now with Storyland Studios involved and some actual park renderings, it appears to be becoming more real by the day.
Continue readingDanish athlete Ida Mathilde Steensgaard completed the world’s first moving obstacle course built inside a rotating Ferris wheel. The stunt was sponsored by Red Bull and took place at Odense Harbour in Denmark. Steensgaard had to clear six custom-built obstacles while the Ferris wheel actively rotated. She is a two-time Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) world champion and the obstacle course was specially built into the 98-foot-high (30-metre) Ferris wheel. What’s also interesting is that the skills she showed are the same techniques used by fire departments for an emergency rescue from a Ferris wheel.
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It’s only in testing, but the neighbors of Universal Studios Hollywood are already complaining about the noise from the new Fast and Furious roller coaster, more specifically the screams. It now appears mitigating those screams permeating across the Lakeside Golf Course to the historic Toluca Lake Neighborhood will delay the opening. Universal Studios Hollywood is somewhat unique in that it is near to some residential areas and has not had an outdoor coaster like this before. NBCUniversal has publicly outlined a number of steps to address noise, including installing 900 feet of sound walls, using pea gravel to help quiet the track and designing the coaster cars to rotate so screams won’t always face the neighborhood. Apparently these steps aren’t doing the trick for some neighbors who claim to hear screams every 30-40 seconds now. It appears there may be more walls coming and potentially programming changes to turn riders more away from the neighborhood.
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The “Everyone Pays Less Than Kids Price” offer is now available at Wild Adventures! Tickets can be purchased online through August 9th with a Single-Day Admission for just $39.99 plus tax (valid any operating day through September 7th. The limited-time deal offers families affordable summer fun with “a full day of rides, slides, animals and live entertainment.” Wild Adventures was also named a top 5 most affordable theme park in U.S. according to HomeToGo’s 2026 U.S. Summer Travel Survey. HomeToGo, the world’s largest vacation rental marketplace, evaluated 40 U.S. theme parks for affordability, considering admission pricing, parking fees, nearby lodging and the number of attractions. With a lineup that includes more than 30 rides and slides, over 400 animals, a full summer concert series and immersive seasonal events, Wild Adventures stood out for its powerful combination of excitement and value.
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