Dollywood released on social media and email that NightFlight would not open in Spring as originally anticipated. Park President, Eugene Naughton, made the announcement citing the challenges of getting such a new and innovative ride system going. He mentioned they are targeting a middle of August opening day and will work to openly communicate progress going forward. The delay of NightFlight was first noticed when “spring” was removed for the website marketing and train conductor script. It’s now officially delayed, but at least we have a target date. No doubt this delay will soon be forgotten about if NightFlight is as great as expected. Also, even with the late opening in August, it will still have huge 2026 financial upside for the park as this is an indoor ride and Dollywood does huge Fall and Christmas business. Thank you to Dollywood for the candid update, this ride looks groundbreaking and will no doubt positively change the park for decades to come.

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The long wait is over. Rampage is back and better than ever! On June 19th, 2026 the ROAR of Rampage will return to Alabama Adventure! The park put out a social media post on June 13th announcing Rampage would be open just 6 days later! This coaster has been SBNO (Standing But Not Operating) since August of 2023. Later in February of 2024 the park confirmed in a very honest video that it would remain closed for that season targeting a 2025 return. Some budget adjustments and plans for a multi-year retrack caused it to miss 2025, but then in February 2026 came word that Rampage would be back for summer 2026!

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After 28 years the Tasmanian Tiger roller coaster at ZooTampa has closed and dismantled. The ride itself was simple, but it had some pretty iconic tiger trains. It was also relocated from Wild Adventures where it previously operated as Tiger Terror (great name), but we’ll discuss that more later. The coaster opened at ZooTampa in December of 2008 and has given more than 4.5 million rides to zoo guests during its life. The ride area has a sign by it mentioning this fact and its retirement in general:

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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.

Update June 2025: NightFlight at DollyWood Officially Delayed, but has a Target “Mid-August” Opening Date

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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!

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