How Do You Repair An Amusment Park Ride With Fiberglass

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Top 20 Amusement Park Rides

It wouldn't be summer without a trip to an amusement park. Lucky for you, theme parks have outdone themselves this year with new interactive elements, fun surprises and laws-of-physics-challenging innovations. As Memorial Day draws near, coaster junkies, cartoon fans and music lovers all have something to look forward to.

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Rock Around The Park

When Hard Rock Park opens in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, this spring, the rock 'n' roll-themed amusement park will feature six different musical "environs," including Rock 'n' Roll Heaven, Lost in the '70s and British Invasion, with r

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Metal Urge

Coaster junkies are all buzzing about the new metal monster "Vekoma" at Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, Idaho. This all-steel "boomerang" coaster does one thing and one thing only: make your stomach churn. Start off with a spine-tingling

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Retail Therapy

Set aside at least a day to explore the Mall of America's new Nickelodeon Universe, opening in March. The SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge takes you through lifts, loops, spirals and intense 90-degree turns; Avotar Airbender is a

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Thrill Soaker

Get ready for some good ol' fashioned wet and wild fun at country legend Dolly Parton's Smokey Mountain theme park, Dollywood. Opening this spring, River Battle is a raft ride where passengers, armed with soaker guns, take aim at more t

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Chills and Thrills

Universal Hollywood in Burbank, California, has upgraded your favorite rides to keep you cool and comfortable. Jurassic Park the Ride has been transformed into a water ride, with drenching special effects, soak-to-the-bone water blasting

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Horse Power

Opening Memorial Day, Pony Express will debut in the Ghost Town area at Knott's Berry Farms in Buena Park, California. Hop on one of the ride's 16 "ponies" that cover the 1,300-foot route. You'll maneuver hairpin turns, ascend banked tu

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Temperature's Rising

Hershey Park, central Pennsylvania's candy-themed city, will introduce its 11th coaster, Fahrenheit, on Memorial Day. The "inverted loop" ride lifts you up to a treacherous 121 feet, then, living up to its name, takes you on a 97-degree

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Family Fun

Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, might be known as the roller coaster capital of the world, but its new Planet Snoopy area caters to the littlest park-goers. The play area will feature seven rides, including a mini-teacup-style ride, minia

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Night and day

Rides based on comic book characters are all the rage, and this summer, three of the Six Flags Parks (Great Adventure, Great America and New England) will unveil the latest contribution: The Dark Knight Coaster, based on the upcoming Wa

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Touch the sky

Check out Griffon, the world's tallest floorless dive coaster, at Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, Virginia. Set in a French village, the park's newest attraction carries you up, up, up and away, to 205 feet, then hurtles you 90 de

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Treasure hunt

Combine the fun of a safari tour through Disney's Animal Kingdom and the thrill of indoor dark rides like Universal's Revenge of the Mummy, and you have The Lost Kingdom Adventure, set to open in Legoland in Carlsbad, California, this s

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Reeling with excitement

Universal Studios Orlando will debut Disaster! A Major Motion Picture Ride—replacing the Earthquake Ride—this spring. Disaster! incorporates high-tech virtual imagery technology to create a "live" 3-D set of the studio's next blockbu

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Spotlight stealer

If you've always wanted to see how you'd do in front of Simon, Randy and Paula, now's your chance! Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida is set to open an American Idol attraction in late 2008. Sing your heart out for a producer,

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Double the fun

Indoor and outdoor water park Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, will debut a racing-style slide this year—in addition to its waterslides, Flowrider surfing ride, family raft rides, lazy river and wave pools. You can even

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Pass the sop-corn

Soak up the excitement at Noah's Ark, America's biggest water park with 49 waterslides and two huge wave pools. Last summer the park opened a 4-D Dive-In Theatre, featuring a family-friendly SpongeBob SquarePants movie. Get squir

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Voodoo child

Looking for something completely different in a coaster? Try the new Curse of Voodoo ride at Dorney Park, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. You might think you're cursed as you realize what you're in for: Begin your ride on this suspended imp

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Shoot the moon

Waldameer Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, opens Ravine Flyer II this summer, an ode to the classic Ravine Flyer, which was once the park's signature ride. Part of the trend to recreate the classic wooden coasters of yesteryear—but with th

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Howling with happiness

Stay and play—while avoiding the crowds of typical water parks—when you book a vacation at one of the Great Wolf Parks locations across the country. Year-round attractions include Bear Track Landing, an indoor water park with six sl

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Splash-tastic

This year, Water Country USA, the Mid-Atlantic's largest water park, debuts Rock 'n' Roll Island, celebrating the music of the '50s and '60s. Groove on the area's body slides, lazy river and wave pool. For guests who just want to relax,

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Super soaker

If you're in Orlando this summer, check out the latest rides at Wet 'n Wild. The Storm washes riders down a towering chute, swirls them around a bowl at high speeds and tumbles them into a splash landing. Disco H20, a retro raft ride th

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Improved Coney Island clone

Cincinnati's favorite theme park, King's Island, is opening the new Firehawk roller coaster in its Coney Mall area this summer, but it's nothing like the classic wooden Cyclone of New York's Coney Island. You'll face the ground as you a

How Do You Repair An Amusment Park Ride With Fiberglass

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