P12 MAY 2012
6-7 Front Gate Setting the agenda for the month ahead
8 Park Hoppin’ Paul Ruben’s Great Wolf adventure
9 Kernels Bite-sized news
8-18 Park News Your monthly update
20 Show Preview Asian Attractions Expo
22-23 Q-Lines Aquatica San Antonio
24-26 Polar Land at Legoland Attraction profile
30-31 Pharaonique at Parc Astérix! Attraction profile
32-34 Fantasilandia Park profile
34-35 Seabreeze Park profile
36-37 Kings Island 40 years Park tribute
38 Ride Guide Products and services for parks and attractions
41 Show Guide Exhibitions and networking for amusement professionals
42 Web Guide Online resources for the amusement industry
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THIS MONTH’S COVER SHOT: Polar X-plorer by Zierer is the highlight of Legoland Billund’s new Polar Land area. This unique coaster is one of two from the German manufacturer to feature a vertical drop, alongside Verbolten at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in the USA. Turn to page 24 for more on Polar X-plorer.
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We were worried that this new park was not going to attract any more guests than Coney Island. However, on July 4, 1972, the floodgates opened and we attracted approximately 40,000 guests
Dennis Speigel remembers the opening of Kings Island, P36-37
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Lost Lagoon was a prototypical steel and concrete waterpark. We really
wanted to bring the Aquatica brand to this part of the country and give our
guests a waterpark unlike anything else they have experienced
Tim Morrow discusses SeaWorld San Antonio’s new waterpark, P22-23
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MAY 2012
Polar X-plorer
Zierer drop coaster anchors Legoland’s latest land
Fantasilandia Aquatica San Antonio
40 years of Kings Island + more!
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