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Cedar Point plans a record-setting winged coaster in 2013
Los Angeles Times staff writerCedar Point theme park in Ohio plans to add a $25-million record-setting winged roller coaster in 2013, according to local media reports. Photos: Winged roller coaster at Cedar Point The Swiss-based Bolliger & Mabillard Wing Rider, dubbed "CP Alt....Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Amusement and Theme Parks, Theme Park Vacations, Trips and Vacations
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Prices are rising at Southern California theme parks [video]
Get ready to open your wallet wider this year if you're going to some of Southern California's theme parks. Reporter Hugo Martin explains which parks are raising prices and why in this video. Daily passes for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Disney hopes Cars Land makes California Adventure a golden state
For more than a decade, Disney California Adventure Park has been putt-putting along in the slow lane, trailing its neighbor Disneyland in the race for big attendance numbers.
A new 12-acre expansion called Cars Land, set to be unveiled June 15, is the...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Cars 2 (movie), Science and Technology, Theme Park Vacations
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Major Southland theme parks offering new attractions
In the battle to lure summer tourists, the major Southern California theme parks are each offering something new, including a road trip with animated cars, a front-row seat for an epic battle of alien robots and a world-record plunge from a 400-foot...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Entertainment, Snow White (fictional character), Amusement and Theme Parks
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Amusement parks: Taking U.S. roller coasters for a spin
SANDUSKY, Ohio — As an amusement parks blogger, I have visited most of the big theme parks in Southern California and central Florida, but my roller-coaster résumé was a little thin when it came to the parks in between. So last summer my wife,...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Amusement and Theme Parks, Trips and Vacations, Theme Park Vacations
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Highs and lows of a roller-coaster trip
If you go
Cedar Point, 1 Cedar Point Drive, Sandusky, Ohio; (419) 627-2350, http://www.cedarpoint.com. Must: Cedar Downs Racing Derby, one of the last racing carousels in the world. Miss: The miserable Mantis stand-up coaster, which left my head aching....Tags: Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Amusement and Theme Parks, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Allentown, Hersheypark
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Theme parks' entry prices jump
Alhambra secretary Laurie Casado struggles each year to buy Disneyland annual passes for herself and her family, so the park's announcement last week that it was jacking up prices by up to 30% wasn't exactly good news.
But Casado will buy the passes...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Amusement and Theme Parks, Arts and Culture
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King Cobra slide slithers into Six Flags water park this summer
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterImagine inner tubing down a water slide only to realize you've been riding along the back of a hissing 250-foot-long snake and are about to plunge into the gaping mouth of the fang-bearing and venom-spewing King Cobra. The new racing slide debuting in...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks
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Dino Land launches China's first 4-D coaster
Dino Land theme park in China recently unveiled the $20-million Dinoconda, a thrilling fourth-dimension roller coaster with independently rotating seats. PHOTOS: Dinoconda 4-D coaster at China's Dino Land Located in Changzhou about two hours west of...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, China
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Q&A: 'The Dictator'
It's not often that an oppressive dictator sits down with the free Western press and openly answers probing questions about his rule, his crimes against humanity and his fashion choices — those last two often being one and the same. It's even...
Tags: Hugo Chavez, Entertainment Events, Republican Party, Freedom of the Press, Iran
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Six Flags Magic Mountain to reclaim roller coaster title
Los Angeles TimesSix Flags Magic Mountain will reclaim sole ownership of the Roller Coaster Capital of the World title with the announcement that arch-rival Cedar Point will remove one of its 17 coasters before the start of the summer season. PHOTOS: Cedar Point vs....Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Amusement and Theme Parks, Trips and Vacations, Theme Park Vacations
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