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The Shining to debut at Halloween Horror Nights
September. The twisted minds behind one of America’s most intense Halloween events will bring every gruesome moment that fans love from the film to life in original, disturbingly authentic mazes. While venturing through the eerie Overlook Hotel guests will be thrust into the hotel’s tragic history of murder and madness, bearing witness to caretaker Jack Torrance’s spiraling descent into insanity.
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he world famous psychological horror film The Shining will be introduced at Halloween Horror Nights for the first time ever. The terrifying new mazes will open at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort this
Schlitterbahn opens Padre Plunge
Schlitterbahn, Corpus Christi is welcoming a new ride this season called Padre Plunge, whose name is a tribute to the North Padre Island located in Corpus Christi. Padre Plunge starts with a boat seating up
to 15 guests chugging up a long incline, a soft wide turn, a pause, and then a swift drop and a soaking. The boats are all equipped with sensors that detect where it is at all times, a useful feature for the manually operated ride. Guests will climb to 49 feet before crashing down and soaking any onlookers within the 20 feet splash zone.
Empire Industries reports US$ 120 million order
Empire Industries Ltd. has received a USD$ 120 million, multi-year, multi-theme park ride series of contracts with one of the leading, global theme park owners. These contracts will largely be executed over the next four years from the company’s Vancouver-based design and manufacturing facilities as well as their Attractions Development Center. “Our strategy continues to focus on building the creative and technical
resources to help select customers design and build the best attractions in the world. This strategy addresses a rapidly growing consumer market, demanding shared entertainment experiences that simply can’t be experienced at home” said Guy Nelson, CEO of Empire Industries.
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