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Waterpark expansion for Legoland California Peter Ronchetti at the Chima press conference


Following the opening in 2010 of the world’s first Legoland Water Park, Legoland California is to add the Legends of Chima Water Park for summer 2014. Based on the Lego product line of the same name, the three-acre Chima facility will feature such attractions the Lion Temple Wave Pool with its Lego archway. An iconic 30ft tall floating Mount Cavora will feature the eight animals represented the different tribes in the Chima storyline. Cragger’s Swamp will be a hands-on water play area that invites guests to ride water slides, blast water cannons and jets, and slide through the head of a massive crocodile. Eglor’s Build-A-Boat adopts a similar format to the existing Build-A-Raft


Route 76 planned for


Valleyfair Valleyfair, the Cedar Fair operated amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, will introduce a Zamperla Disk ‘O’ Coaster and develop Route 76 for its 2014 season. The Disk ‘O’ Coaster, called Northern Lights, will feature a dancing display of blue, green and purple LED lighting. The new Route 76 area, meanwhile will feature the return of three classic rides that made their debut in when the park opened back in 1976. Antique Autos gets a new roadway and Cadillac-styled cars, while the Tilt-a-Whirl and Scrambler are given fresh themes and LED lights. Set to debut in May 2014, Route 76 will be located next to the park’s Steel Venom coaster.


River at Legoland Water Park, and here young guests will be able to build their own boat and learn how to change the currents, and then build and dodge obstacles as they race against their friends. Wolves’ Cantina will be the place to grab a bite when guests get hungry. America’s first Legoland park opened its gates in 1999, before expanding in 2008 with the addition of a Sea Life Aquarium. Now marketed as the Legoland California Resort, it welcomed a Legoland Hotel earlier this year. “It only seems fitting that we give our guests another ‘present’ and reason to keep coming back in our 15th year,” notes general manager Peter Ronchetti.


No fun in Funtown This shot shows some of the damage


caused last month at Funtown Pier in New Jersey following a fire that tore through the boardwalk in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights – just 11 months after Superstorm Sandy struck the Jersey Shore. The pier, which was closed this summer following the storm damage but was planning to return in 2014, collapsed into a smouldering heap. Caught and presumed lost were an SBF/Visa Midi Dance Party 360, a Skycoaster and an S&S Combo Tower. An adjacent building burned to the ground. It was operated by Seaside Holding Co and inside were a 1990 Chance carousel, a shooting gallery and many classic arcade machines.


The fire began in an ice cream store on the Seaside Boardwalk and quickly spread. Nearly 50 businesses were destroyed in total. Nearby Casino Pier, which also sustained major damage last year from Sandy, was untouched by the fire although the the loss of synergy with Funtown and other businesses is expected to hurt everyone in the resort.


Holiday World sets sail


with Chance By next May, officials at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana, will be able to say their “ship has come in.”


“Since 2006,” explains park president Matt Eckert, “when we expanded Holiday World to include a Thanksgiving- themed section, we’ve received hundreds of suggestions to add a classic swinging ship ride and name it the Mayflower. We chose the anniversary date of the Pilgrims setting sail for America to announce that our new ride for 2014 is our own Mayflower.”


The new family ride from Chance will carry up to 60 riders at a time, swinging 54ft-high over a pool of water. And, adds Eckert, “we’re not finished with Thanksgiving.”


14 OCTOBER 2013 PipelineWave


ProSlide's new two-person PipelineWave combines a curved-wall ride with the company’s popular Tornado funnel slide. According to ProSlide, this offers a breakthrough over the wide, flat walls of older waterpark rides which are more expensive to produce, have a slower, straight up-and- back-down ride path, and can't deliver a safely consistent exit. It can also be fitted into tighter spaces.Pictured here is the Mach 3 installation at Grand Sight resort in Lishui, China.


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