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http://www.dailypress.com/news/york-county/dp-nws-york-water-country-1119-20111118,0,1508367.story

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/35872/lo-q-boosted-by-six-flags-contracts--35872.html

^Supposedly they will be replaced as a part of the larger upcoming refurbishment of the attraction.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/nov/21/belle-island-sale-finally-goes-through/

So this may be my shortest photo update in a good few years, but it's got some significance. The previously announced Sorcerer's of the Magic Kingdom interactive game has slowly had its elements popping up in the Magic Kingdom. And more recently, they've arrived in larger numbers. About a week ago, I stopped into the park to check on this project's progress along with the other changes being made new New Fantasyland. The old ToonTown tents have been stripped to the frame to be prepared for their new purposes. The Little Mermaid's facade continues to gain detail as it grows outward. It supposedly received its clam mobiles this week. The Enchanted Grove, located between Cosmic Ray's and the Mad Tea Party attraction recently changed its name to the Cheshire Cafe to better reflect its surroundings. The queue tent for Dueling Dumbos awaits its thematic overlay which won't likely come until the rest of the queue area is ready to be topped off as well. An overview of the Storybook Circus/Little Mermaid section of New Fantasyland. Beast's castle has long been completed, but the snowy peaks surrounding it continue to receive new paint. The forced perspective effect is starting to work. Maurice's Cottage is quickly gaining facade detail as well. While the chimney isn't curvy like Potter's, it does look nice. Sorcerer's of the Magic Kingdom interactive locations have been installed in some of the park's less visited areas. Each has "keyhole," a screen (hidden here behind the curtains) and a speaker (embedded in the white box). The keyhole is the RFID reader that will allow guests to interact with the on screen villains they face. This door near the tunnel between Adventureland and Frontierland also features a new set of interactive elements. To the left of the recently re-opened Frontierland Shooting Gallery is this interactive station. The details around the station tie into existing Frontierland lore. More details... The key to your adventure... See what I did there? The Frontierland Shooting Gallery has finally reopened after a lengthy refurbishment. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad recently had the railroad cross ties removed from the track, leaving a very bare looking railway. Over by Pirates of the Caribbean, this window has finally been unveiled despite being on of the first elements to be installed in the park. Seen already in the play-testing, the black tiles are translucent, allowing for a video screen behind it to display the villains as if they were seen through a magical portal. The Sunshine Tree Terrace facade is currently being refurbished while the establishment remains open. Several new interactive elements have already been installed in the venue's immediate area, but more are rumored to debut when the scrims come down. This Sorcerer's booth in Adventureland recently sprung up. The screen for this station will be projection based, and will likely utilize the physical set pieces to tie into the video action. And one last window in Adventureland (walking towards Main Street USA) is ready. Mainstreet USA is also expected to have several stations installed soon for this new interactive game.

Clementon Park has sent us a press release regarding the sale of their park to new ownership, several former executives of Six Flags tenure.

Our friend from Resorts World Sentosa has sent us the official press release with a high resolution photo of one of the new parade floats to be included in the park's first ever parade, Hollywood Dreams!

^Do you mean my signature? While I appreciate the shout out, I'd like to remind you that you need to make posts using proper capitalization and sentence structure. Your enthusiasm on Theme Park Review is good, but we need to make sure that all users follow the Terms of Service of the site.

Andrew wins for quote of the week!

Knowing how much of an eye for detail Tokyo Disneyland has in their investments, I'm very excited to see what they do with this version of the attraction!

^You have been warned before on your posting style, but you still neglect to use proper capitalization and sentences. Please considering this as a final warning. If your posts don't shape up you may be banned.

^Found this gem in the dark of CoasterTube. [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=MVI_2865_prxu[/coastertube]

Reference FTW!

Let me put myself in the "anyone" category. The SeaWorld parks haven't received too many carbon copy attractions in its past (save for Great White), so I can't imagine they'd start now. Between Cheetah Hunt, Manta and Verbolten, the company is investing in three new coasters with unique layouts and features of their own. Why would they bother with all of the hype of one of the largest expansions in their history by building a clone of an attraction already announced for Legoland? That makes no sense. Trying to be real here, but I think you need to give Brian Morrow and his team more credit. I can't imagine them hyping this is as much as they are just to make a clone.

http://www.disneylandparis.com/BROCHURE/SUMMER12/E/catalogue/appli.htm Disneyland Paris has released a Summer 2012 brochure online announcing details for the resort's 20th anniversary celebration including the debut of a brand new castle light/water/firework spectacular as well as a new Mickey Mouse meet and greet, a new parade and evening extended park hours! To see the entire brochure click the link above, but I've gone ahead and picked out some notable selections regarding the new offerings. The brochure highlights the 20th anniversary of the resort, and isn't subtle in doing so. With so much to celebrate, you’ll want your memories to last longer with our extended hours to give your family the time of their lives! It’s the most spectacular celebration ever! The endless wonders of Disneyland® Park will be all lit up by the magic of our 20th Anniversary. Two incredible Disney® Parks, packed with over 50 attractions, numerous restaurants, bars, shops, 14 hotels and Disney Village® will keep the fun shining all day and late into the night. While our lake and golf course will keep the party swinging for everyone. Three major additions for the resort are on the way... Disney Dreams, the park's new castle spectacular will be a fusion of World of Color, Wishes and Illuminations in its combination of lights, water, projection screens and fireworks to tell a brand new story involving Peter Pan and many other notable Disney characters. Anticipated to be a carbon copy of the Town Square Theater meet and greet which debuted at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom earlier this year, Mickey will have a new meet and greet in Disneyland Paris. Disney Magic on Parade is the new parade for Disneyland Paris. Note: The parade pictured here is Soundsational which debuted at Disneyland Park earlier this year. Disney Dreams will certainly be the largest addition for the year. A closer look at the main piece of concept art for the show. This promotional image comes straight from Florida's Town Square Theater. Plenty in the works! Lots to be excited for! Building on the New Generation marketing campaign, Disneyland Paris' use of more recent Disney characters continues. This should turn out to be something really special!

^One of those will be relocated from the former attraction. The new one will open first with Storybook Circus and the former one will re-open adjacent to its sibling later in 2012.

^It has already been confirmed that the ride will no longer operate at Kennywood. Hate to crush your dreams, but just because it is standing does not mean it will operate (at least not here) again. Case and point:

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/11/special-delivery-walt-disney-imagineers-receive-a-piece-of-new-fantasyland-at-magic-kingdom-park/

the photo finish - this view shows the last run of the two tracks as they race under the transfer table and climb up into the brake runs (photo courtesy of Martin & Vleminckx) looking back from the lift at the transfer table in the foreground with the station and brake runs in the background (photo courtesy of Martin & Vleminckx) Shazam (photo courtesy of Martin & Vleminckx) stunning fun (photo courtesy of Martin & Vleminckx)

http://unofficialjazzlandinfo.yuku.com/topic/2076/IDB-BID#.Tr9YiWBlnN4

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20111109/168535299.html

Martin & Vleminckx has sent us a press release regarding their latest OCT installation, this time at OCT Tianjin's newest park.

^Considering this discussion is supposed to be about Transformers in Singapore, let's try and move away from Spiderman. As of right now, it isn't going anywhere. The park is investing a great deal of time and money in re-animating the film and upgrading the projectors in the ride. As it stands, Spiderman isn't leaving Islands of Adventure. Now back to the stellar-looking Transformers ride!

^What was teased to us during the media event was that the ride would offer guests the experience of seeing Antarctica through the eyes of a penguin, hinting that this would include ALL of the penguin experience. I'm no penguin expert, but even in Antarctica, there are predators. That mixed with what SeaWorld is billing as the "coldest attraction ever developed," has the ability to be more than what any of us could come to expect so far. I'm giving SeaWorld the benefit of the doubt that their claims are going to be more than valid. I haven't been disappointed by any of their recent projects, so I can't expect to start with this one.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-annual-earnings-20111110,0,70269.story It is great to see that despite setbacks with Aulani and the tsunami in Japan, the Walt Disney Company had a fiscally successful year. Not only did the increased ticket prices help to raise profits, but customer spending seemed to increase. Especially in the Parks & Resorts division, a 33 percent increase in revenue is excellent!