There has been no official announcement, but it appears Dollywood is signaling that their much anticipated new attraction NightFlight Expedition is slightly delayed. Previous advertisements from the park had said “Spring 2026” which is now just “2026”. This makes sense as spring is essentially over no matter if you draw the line at Memorial Day or June 21st. The park recently released a video showing NightFlight’s construction progress and mentioned the last piece of track had just been placed. Given that, it would be reasonable to expect at least an additional 30-90 days for testing, inspection and permitting.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas has been doing an excellent job teasing its 2027 attraction through social media with a slow drip for months now. The park started by posting a phone number on a billboard for the “Crackaxel Canyon Community Cooperative” that had the cryptic message about an “out-of-this-world development zooming to you in 2027”. Crackaxle Canyon is the western-themed area at Six Flags Fiesta Texas home to Iron Rattler and the Steampunk Area Former Park president Jeffrey Siebert then posted pictures of cryptids including a giant worm and a werewolf in March in a tweet about the “worm ” moon (which is the traditional name for the full moon in March). Six Flags Fiesta Texas has announced an event called “FT92: Under the Blue Moon”at the Zaragoza Theatre on May 30, 2026, the day before the “blue” moon on May 31, 2026. Then recently a shipping crate has appeared in the area of the new ride with two red werewolf eyes peering out. Finally, we have an April trademark filing by Six Flags for the term “Werewolf Gorge”. All this seems to add up to say that a werewolf is coming to Six Flags Fiesta Texas!

Wild Adventures has a very rare water rapids ride, Tasmanian River Rapids, made by German manufacturer HAFEMA. In fact it’s the only one of its type in North America and one of only two in the Western Hemisphere. On top of that, did you know that Wild Adventures Tasmanian River Rapids uses the same HAFEMA “Wild Raft Rides” system as Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure at Universal Studios Singapore? Even more surprising is that HAFEMA Wild Raft Ride with a Minions theme is coming to Universal Kids Resort in Frisco, Texas later this year! The ride experience itself of Wild Adventure’s Tasmanian River Rapids packs some surprises too, but we’ll put a spoiler warning before we get to them. There are of course other manufacturers and iterations of a river raft ride, but the version at Wild Adventures is installed at some major international parks including Phantasialand and Universal Studios Singapore. HAFEMA originally served as an Intamin supplier before becoming independent in 1990, hence any similarities you see with their rides and older Intamin river rapids rides.

In a traditional roller coaster the lift hill is the source of energy to power the train throughout the course. This is essentially the conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy. The lift hill builds anticipation for the ride to come and is also vital to making the more often written about aspects of a roller coaster possible. This article will be part trigonometry and part physics to help describe this overlooked part of one of the world’s best roller coasters.