Airtime&Gravity

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Kennywood

Raging Bull

Depends what you mean by unsafe, what the state department considers unsafe, or what I personally believe to be unsafe. Saudi Arabia, of course I'd go, but I'd rather go to the UAE. North Korea, not so much, even if the coaster made Expedition Geforce look like Manhattan Express. Is this an impossible question?

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New Mexico Rattler

Kansai Cycle Sports Center

That is under construction at the moment. The wheel in Singapore is currently the tallest in the world, but the one in Beijing will be taller when it opens later this year.

Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at American Dream, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. American Dream website Below are some links to past updates from the park, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2008 announcement of amusements proposed - SEE BELOW! 2010 February 1st, 2010 - New Jersey Governor demands owners either make progress or forfeit the property December 26th, 2010 - Triple Five (company behind Mall of America) takes control of the project 2011 May 3rd, 2011 - Complex to be rebranded as American Dream July 1st, 2011 - New Jersey ponies up $200 Million to re-invigorate project for a 2013/2014 opening. November 23, 2011 - Public hearing on the feasibility of building the amusement area on wetlands 2012 June 25th, 2012 - New York Jets and Giants file injunction to halt construction July 10th, 2012 - Dreamworks theme park announced for Meadowlands! December 10th, 2012 - Project one small step closer to becoming a reality 2013 January 13th, 2013 - Project may be closer to resuming work 2014 April 28th, 2014 - Work about to restart with projected 2016 opening date 2015 June 17th, 2015 - State and Triple Five agree on bonding and park open now projected for 2017 2016 September 13th, 2016 - Intellectual Property partners announced: Nickelodeon Universe for the amusement park Dreamworks for water park 2017 October 29th, 2017 - Gerstlauer track spotted at American Dream 2018 August 30th, 2018 - April 2019 opening date is announced 2019 May 21st, 2019 - Construction photos & concept art; opening delayed July 4th, 2019 - Mega-mall opening date set for October 25th, 2019! 2025 May 15th, 2025 - Gabby's Dollhouse splash pad playground teased _____________________________________________________ Link Very interesting, but I want a truly giant wheel, like those being built in Asia to be built here in the states. Cities like LA, New York, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Vegas, or even Memphis would all be good locations for a giant wheel.

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Six Flags Autoworld(yes Auto not Astroworld)

What happened with Cedar Fair's naming department. They used to have decent names, considering their refusal to use movie licensing, but most of their names lately are just complete crap. Gemini, Banshee(Mantis), Talon, Hydra, Xcelerator, and Ghostrider are all better names than what is being come up with lately. I know Cedar Fair hates theming, grass, and trees, but they are hurting themselves with there refusal to use the Paramount themes when given the chance. Cedar Fair seems like how Six Flags was in the 1980s and 90s, and I hope they change.(I doubt they will until Kinzel dies since he won't retire) If that rumor about Drop Zone/Drop Tower rumor is true, Cedar Fair will lose the last bit of respect I have for them. I used to think they were a decent company, before Six Flags was bought, but now, I realize how poorly they run their parks. This may just be me, but I hope Parques Reunidos buys them out soon. end rant So I don't know what is going on with Cedar Fair and their naming department. I know that 2008 is essentially their first full year of control over the former Paramount Parks, ad while I hope that they are trying to figure things out, I doubt they are. They had a full year to decide what they would do, and they seem to be failing miserably. These names are some of the worst I've heard, and I can only imagine what is in store for the future of the chain. Yes they are just names, and maybe I'm overreacting However I'm pretty sure they could have come up with some better names than Flight Deck and Drop Tower.

Nanhu

Sea Serpent

"Due to a lack of interest, tomorrow has been cancelled." - Anonymous

Kobe Portopialand

Eagle Fortress

Medusa

Kennywood

I must say that I'm impressed with how this park is turning out. I was a little nervous how it would turn out because it looked so nice when I went back when it was Knott's Camp Snoopy. While it is starting to look like a Cedar Fair park with all the concrete, I think this park will turn out nice once all the theming is done. While the old theming will still be better, the new theming should be pretty good when finished. Airtime-well, it can't be worse than Galaxyland can it?-&Gravity

Everland

Schlitt'Express

Awesome trip report, and many of those photos were really nice. It saddens me that Cedar Fair killed such a nice park, and in my opinion, I'd rather visit Geauga Lake than Cedar Point.(especially when it was SFWoA) It looked like a nice park with something for everyone. It seems to have had some nice themed areas, and a lot of atmosphere. Sure it had few stand out attractions, but it seems like a park that would have been a lot of fun to visit.

Cherry-Allister

Abandon Mine