Theme parks adding a variety of taller rides

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

A new era of towering thrill rides debuting over the next few years promises to alter the skylines of theme parks around the world. Free-fall drop towers and skyrocketing space shots have been part of the theme park landscape for decades, but the next generation of sky-scraping attractions will significantly ramp up pulse rates while reaching once unimagined heights.

Read more from The LA Times.

Why does it seem that only the LA Times publishes stories of this nature?

"The term is 'amusement park.' An old Earth name for a place where people could go to see and do all sorts of fascinating things." -Spock, Stardate 3025

Because LA is the self proclaimed "Entertainment Capitol of the World".

The Orlando Sentinel publishes far more on the subject.

Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog

In LA, theme parks are a small subset of "entertainment." In Orlando, amusements really are most of the entertainment.

I guess the sarcasm didn't come through.........

Because you forgot to /TYLERIZE/ it.

The amusement park rises bold and stark..kids are huddled on the beach in a mist

http://support.gktw.org/site/TR/CoastingForKids/General?px=1248054&...fr_id=1372

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