larrygator

Oh, to be young again!

The park's maintenance staff does not save 5 out of every 6 riders who ride outside of the first car. You did the right thing taking the time to ride all three coasters in the first row to save your body.

I really don't know how much free space there will be as rent is going to be exorbitant. I hopefully, but not expecting it.

If only there was a Fast Lane Pass to get refills of sweet tea.

I think prices you quoted for SWSD and SWSA may only be for residents of those states. This restriction might not show up until you proceed to checkout. If I'm wrong, then buy it and do Texas first. I had a 2-year SWSA pass that I let expire about 8 years ago (about $220 at the time) and when I looked into getting it again last year the low price was only available with a Texas ID. The non-resident price was much higher.

Interesting approach to trust humans to not be s**theads and pull their phones our after leaving the station. Interesting to see if this is a test and it'll carry over to Steel Vengeance. I'm personally more in favor of free fluffy, fluffy bunnies filled with medicine and goo for certain time frame than charge after that. We'll see, but from what I noticed, you'd have to be a contortionist to pull your phone out of that zipped pocket after the restraint was down and locked. To add on here, the zippered pockets are not on the seat back in front of you, but on your seat front below you between your legs. Your calves rub up against the pocket if you brace yourself in that manner.

Thanks, there are about a dozen our major parks that haven't made announcements. Some may have infrastructure upgrades like Liseberg's parking garages or some parks may be taking a break after huge CapEx spending in 2018 like Toverland. The popular/biggest park's we haven't read any new ride announcements from include but are not limited to: US: CGA, KD, KBF, SDC, Valleyfair Europe: Alton, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, EuropaPark, Liseberg, Toverland We know there are rumors are there about these and other parks, but we are waiting for news.

To be quite honest I didn't even know what Galaxy's Edge meant. I'll try to find an announcement to link to. Is this happening only at Disneyland in 2019 with a future year opening at Disney Hollywood Studio.

Just like we did for 2011 - 2018 this thread will serve as a place to house a list of "what's new" for 2019 at major parks and links to the announcements. We encourage you to notify us of any new rides/coasters by posting in this thread. Discussions about individual rides and parks should continue in the appropriate discussion thread through the links in this thread. Rumors will not be included. We also don't plan to list every random out of the way upcoming attraction, so outside of major announcements this is limited to parks TPR has covered (or will likely cover in the future) in the Park Index. New Parks for 2019 USA - Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park at American Dream including 2 Gerstlauer coasters (TMNT Shellraiser, a Eurofigther, Shredder a Custom spinner), 2 Intamin coasters, Sandy's Blasting Bronco and Surfrider and a Nickelodeon Slime Streak, a Chance coaster Bushkill Park to re-open in 2019 Turkey - Ankapark Ankara, Turkey featuring 17 coasters Malaysia - 20th Century Fox World (formerly Gentings Highlands) - 4 new coasters including Alien vs Predator, Sons of Anarchy & Weyland Yutani and Wings over Rio China - Happy Valley Qixia, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China - 4 coasters (B&M Wing, Vekoma Suspended, Intamin Sitdown, Golden Horse Mine Train) China - Hot Go Dreamworld Fushun, Liaoning, China - 3 coasters (B&M Wing, Preston and Barbieri Mobius, B&M Sitdown) China - Wuxi Wanda City Binhu, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China - 3 coasters (B&M Wing, Mack launched, Zamperla indoor) China -Guangzhou Wanda Theme Park Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China - 4 Coasters (Dual Dragons: two Intamin Inverted Spikes,an enclosed Intamin, and a spinning coaster) New rides/attractions for 2019 USA/Canada/Mexico Adventureland (Iowa) - Phoenix, a Maurer Sohne spinning coaster Arnolds Park - Mad Mouse (from Joyland) Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Finnegan's Fling S&S Screaming Swing in Ireland, Water Country: ProSlide RocketBLAST / Flying SAUCER hybrid slide that will feature three uphill water-blast fueled sections and five of the high-speed saucer turns Busch Gardens Tampa - Tigris: a Premier Sky Rocket II Canada's Wonderland - Yukon Striker (B&M Dive Coaster) Carowinds - addition of hotel and Copperhead Strike - Mack coaster with two launches Cedar Point - Forbidden Frontier replaces Dinosaurs Alive CJ Barrymores - SBF spinning coaster, S&S Drop Tower and Saddle Swing Clementon - Dragon Coaster, Tilt-a-Whirl and Scrambler Cliffs - Downdraft Conneaut Lake Park - Ferris Wheel Disneyland - Galaxy's Edge Disney's California Adventure - Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind, Jessie's Critter Carousel Dollywood - new area Wildwood Grove, includes Vekoma family suspended coaster, Flyers Elitch Gardens - Meow Wolf's Kaleidoscape, an artistically inspired dark ride Fantasy Island - Dragon Wagon (from Indiana Beach) Frontier City - Timber Town - re-themed kids area with 4 new rides (Zamperla kiddie coaster) Great Escape - Bucket Blasters (with ride) and Shipwreck Cove to be added to newly renamed Hurricane Harbor Hersheypark -Reeses Cupfusion (shooting dark ride) Jenkinson's Pier - Tidal Wave (SBF Spinner) Joyland - Sand Storm Roller Coaster Jungle Jack's (at Columbus Zoo) - Falcon Fall (Drop Tower), Sugar Glider(Paratrooper) Kennywood - Steel Curtain (S&S coaster) Kentucky Kingdom -Kentucky Flyer - Gravity Group junior woodie Kings Island - Kings Mills Antique Autos Knoebels - Tumbling Timbers (SBF Visa flat ride) Knotts Berry Farm - Calico River Rapids to replace Bigfoot Rapids Lagoon - Lagoon Biergarten Lakeside Amusement Park - Pinfari Zyklon (from FunPlex) La Ronde - Chaos (Larson loop) Legoland Florida - THE LEGO MOVIE WORLD LunaPark - ropes course Morey Piers - Runaway Tram Park at OWA - shooting dark ride SeaWorld Orlando - Sesame Street Land SeaWorld San Antonio - Turtle Reef, including Riptide rescue and Sea Swinger Sea World San Diego - Tidal Twister (Skywarp for Skyline Attractions) Six Flags America - Firebird (conversion of Apocalpyse to floorless) Six Flags Darien Lake - Skyscreamer, park will be re-branded as Six Flags Darien Lake Batman: The Ride (S&S Free Fly) Six Flags Fiesta Texas -The Joker's Wild Card (swinging pendulum) and Pirates of the Deep Sea Six Flags over Georgia - Pandemonium - 147 ft swinging pendulum Six Flags Great America - Maxx Force (launched coaster) Six Flags Great Adventure -Wonder Woman: Lasso of Truth (swinging pedulum) Six Flags Magic Mountain - West Coast Racers, racing launced coasters Six Flags Mexico - two children's area to be built (DC Friends and Bugs Bunny Boomtown) Six Flags New England - Cyborg, an indoor thrill ride Six Flags St. Louis -Supergirl, a Zamperla Endeavour announced for 2019 Six Flags over Texas - El Diablo, Larson Looper Storybook Land - Cinderella Coaster, SBF Visa Spinner Universal Studios Hollywood - Jurassic World to replace Jurassic Park Universal Studios Orlando - Hagrid's Motorbike Challenge Waldameer -Chaos, a Zamperla Looping Discovery WDW Disney's Hollywood Studios - Mickey's Runaway Railway, GalaxyEdge Western Playland - LOCO 360 (SBF-VISA spinning Dance Party) Wild Adventures - Alligator Alley - new area with 6 kids rides, including the return of their Fiesta Express themed as Swampwater Snake Worlds of Fun - Boathouse Grill Europe Alton Towers - Alton Towers Dungeon Bobbejaanland - Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster Chessington World of Adventure - A Room on a Broom walk through Djurs Sommerland -Tigeren, a 150 ft Intamin Gyro Swing Efteling - De Zes Zwanen - Swan Boat ride Europa Park - Rulantica Water Park Farup Sommerland - two family rides Freizeitpark Plohn - Dynamite, a Mack Big Dipper Gardaland - new themed Magic Hotel Hansa Park - Highlander, 395 foot (120m) Intamin Drop Tower Heide Park - re-opening of Colossus Holiday Park Kownaty - GCI woodie Julianatoren - SBF Visa Spinning Coaster Legoland Windsor - Haunted House Monster Party - Vekoma Mad House Linnanmäki - Tiaga, an intamin launched coaster Mirabilandia - Ducati World themed area, including a Maurer Spiked Dragster Parc Asterix - 4D Cinema "Attention Menhir" to open themed to Asterix characters Phantasialand - F.L.Y (Flying launched coaster) Plopsaland De Panne - 5 million Euro log flume with Volcano theming PortAventura - Sesame Street dark ride and new hotel Rainbow Magicland - Haunted Hotel (with live scare actors) yo replace Demonia, redevelopment of kids area with 3 new attractions Tayto Park - coaster (possibly Zierer) Tivoli Gardens - replacement of two kiddie coasters, transformation of FataMorgana Tripsdrill - new coaster Walibi Belgium - new kiddie coaster, spinning theater (Bollywood theme) and Popcorn Revenge (interactive dark ride) Walibi Holland - Untamed , Robin Hood getting RMC makeover Walibi Rhone Alps - Mystic, Gertslauer Infinity Coaster Middle East Ferrari World - Mission Ferrari Asia/Australia Happy Valley Beijing - Music Roller Coaster (B&M sitdown) Hong Kong Disneyland - Ant Man and The Wasp: NANO Battle shooting dark ride replaces Buzz Lightyear Nagashima Spa Land - Hakugei - White Cyclone RMC conversion Tokyo DisneySea - Soaring: Fantastic Flight

Thanks, I'm not sure why I wrote Millennium Flyers in the announcement post. I have corrected it.

Based on the animation, right in front of the mountains.

Kentucky Kingdom announces its sixth Coaster, Kentucky Flyer, a junior woodie from Gravity Group with a 40 inch requirement to ride! Stats: Manufacturer: Gravity Group Rolling Stock: Timberliners Length: 1280 Feet Drop: 52 degrees Top Speed: 35 MPH 54 degree banked turns 12 airtime elements My best attempt to stitch together a complete view from the video.

^Interesting. Is this replacing Challenge of Tutankhmaon or will the park have two shooting dark ride that can have different outcomes?

I don't know the actual model of the pendulum ride, I'm sure someone will correct me.

Andrew - thank you for posting the news

It's easy ... in theory. The practicality of it right now is terrible though. Rush hour trains are SRO and the daily commuters are jerks (I can say that categorically as I've been commuting on NJT for 18 years). Secaucus is about as friendly as a tomb and half of the escalators aren't working on any given day. They can't run on time to save their lives. And when they held the Super Bowl out at MetLife the Secaucus shuttle was a nightmare. Also, if you're coming from Newark Airport, you actually need to take *3* trains to get there - the airport monorail from EWR to Newark Airport station, the NJT train from there going to Secaucus and then the Meadowlands train. In 5 years legislation will be introduced to add a direct route from Newark Airport Station to Meadowlands. Then is will take 3 years to pass and 3 more years to secure funding and 5 more years to build. So we are looking at 16 more years before a train. About the same time we waited for the Mall. That is my prediction, solely based on circumstantial evidence in the form of history.

2 hours at SDC is better than a whole day at Holiday World

Traffic is gonna be like opening the gates of Hell. I'm both excited and want to kill myself at the same time. hopefully NJ Transit has a train running to the meadowlands more than just for giants and jets games when it opens. If you read, you don't need to hope!

I think most people can guess. When the guessers put their thoughts in writing, that's when rumors start.

Was it the Hershey's Kiss that shafted you also?

The only thing scarier than the carnies are the carny fan boys. Two reasons I don't go to carnivals and fairs.

The boy is college age, wow. I remember meeting you with him at Dollywood when he was a wee lad. I guess that was over ten years ago.

To me, Indiana Beach's was the one to top with the most airtime in the US, but I don't know if they still run it the same.

That's a bummer. Did you get to ride it in its former life at Hershey at least? It looks like it was removed from Hershey in 2002, so there is a good chance I rode it at Hershey, but I don't remember for sure.

I think Conestoga was in pieces during both of my visits, I never rode it. I love flying carpet rides.