Move over Taylor Swift — Six Flags will soon have a record-breaking new track. Rollercoaster makers are taking the amusement park experience to new heights (and speeds) after unveiling designs for the Falcon’s Flight, the world’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster, climbing to over 600 feet while speeding down the track at over 150 mph. While … Read more
An Australian woman says she’s lucky her foot is “still in one piece” after bending it in half in a gruesome injury on an amusement park ride. TikTok user Pippa Sutherland, 22, posted a video of the incident at the Slingshot Surfers Paradise attraction last month. In the clip, which has been viewed more than 5 million … Read more
Splash mountain? A thrill-seeker’s roller coaster ride went horribly awry after his fellow passenger threw up on him while the cars were rocketing around a bend, as seen in a now-viral video with 11.4 million views on TikTok. The “corkspew” incident reportedly occurred while Darwin Pineda and an unnamed buddy were at an unidentified theme … Read more
One plucky duck took the ride of a lifetime in Ohio this week on Cedar Point’s famous Millennium Force roller coaster. The park, located in Sandusky, Ohio, believes that the duck snuck onto the coaster after it was already in motion. Tony Clark, spokesman for Cedar Point, shared with Fox News Digital via email that “it appears … Read more
Eight rollercoaster riders were stuck upside down on a carnival ride Sunday at a Wisconsin festival. The stoppage took place at the Forest County Festival in Crandon, which is approximately 230 miles north of Milwaukee. The riders on the Fire Ball were stuck for at least three hours as first responders worked to bring them down safely. “All … Read more
Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, meaning that more families will be heading back to amusement parks. In 2021 alone, 1,281 people were involved in injuries related to amusement park rides, according to the National Safety Council. Here’s a look at some recent amusement park incidents: Orlando FreeFall – March 24, 2022: Fourteen-year-old Tyre … Read more
Maria Papa, 61, remembers the thrill of finally being tall enough to ride the 80-foot-high Dragon Coaster at Playland in Rye —shortly after her 12th birthday. At 16, she met her husband, Michael, at a park concession stand, while working there during the summer of 1977. Thinking back, she can still smell the hot dogs … Read more
The kids are not alright — to be roaming the mall. This past Friday, unaccompanied minors at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, were asked to leave — and escorted to the exits by security guards and police officers — when the clock struck 5:00 p.m. A small army of the gatekeepers were … Read more
The “Happiest Place on Earth” became a real-life dungeon for one former Disney princess. Hunter Haag, a former Disney employee, revealed “traumatic and not-so-great things about being a Disney Princess” in a TikTok video she posted on April 6 that has garnered 2.5 million views. “I feel like it can be really hard working at … Read more
Where dreams come true. Dee Kolafa celebrated her 100th birthday at Disneyland — nearly 70 years after she attended the amusement park’s grand opening in 1955. Disneyland invited the centenarian and her family to commemorate not only her milestone birthday but the Walt Disney company’s 100th anniversary on March 29 in Anaheim, California. “I was … Read more
You’ll have to work 9 to 5 to pay for this pie. A Dollywood parkgoer has gone viral on TikTok for sharing the price of apple pie at the Tennessee amusement park, rocking some viewers to their core. The five-second clip posted this week by user Stonewall Kelsey reveals the 25-pound apple pie sells for … Read more
Coney Island’s Luna Park has some air-conditioned competition. A giant new playground for kids has cut the ribbon in Brooklyn. National chain Urban Air Adventure Park opened its first New York City location on New Year’s Eve, and the 40,000-square-foot venue was an immediate hit. (New Jersey, meanwhile, currently has six locations.) “We wanted to bring … Read more
It was a wheel of misfortune. The 400-foot-tall Ferris Wheel at Orlando’s ICON Park lost power Saturday — leaving 62 riders suspended in midair at the embattled amusement destination where a teen died after plummeting off a ride earlier this year. “The Wheel lost power Saturday night and we’re working with the Orange County Fire … Read more
A Disney announcement caused quite a splash with fans of “Splash Mountain.” Disney said Friday that the iconic amusement park ride will go on its final hike on January 23, 2023 before being shut down indefinitely in order to become “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” based on the 2009 film “Princess and the Frog,” reports Newsweek. Splash … Read more
An amusement park ride took a tragic turn — and left a teen fighting for his life. Footage captured the horrifying moment when Mark Fajardo, 13, was flung violently from a fair ride into a steel barrier, which resulted in him losing a lung. The freak accident occurred on November 1. Fajardo and other youngsters … Read more