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Trump Banner Guy Who Was Banned From Walt Disney World Now Banned From Disneyland
You remember the guy who waved “Trump 2020” banners around Walt Disney World and was eventually banned? His name is Dion Cini and he has a unique claim to fame. He’s banned from Disney parks on both coasts in America. You may recall in September 2018 when Cini unfurled this gigantic “Trump 2020” banner atop
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Trans Studio Bali Announces World’s First “Stunt Show Dark Ride”
During the Fall of 2018, Trans Studio of Bali was announced during the annual International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) with Legacy Entertainment in charge of creative development. The concept art was some of the best we have seen for any new park project in years. While this may be a boutique park,
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New Bill Looking to Bring Back More Filming to Florida
You remember when Florida had a ton of filming going on, right? Just as Universal Studios Florida and the Disney/MGM Studios were being built in the late ’80’s and early ’90s, there was production happening on sound stages, backlots and all over the state of Florida. Why? Most of it was due to tax breaks
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BREAKING: Six Flags Dubai Officially Cancelled
Theme Park University was the first website to signal trouble in Dubai several weeks ago. We were getting reports that Six Flags Dubai was being canceled from vendors, designers and those that were on the ground. While no official statement had been made, we were confident that an announcement was forthcoming. On February 7th, 2019
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Did Someone Twist Their Foot Off While Riding The E.T. Adventure At Universal Studios Florida?
Have you heard the story about how a guest twisted their foot on the E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios Florida? It sounds like one of those urban myths you often hear about theme parks and their crazy accidents. However, we are convinced this story happened and it indeed is (mostly) true! Before we begin, we
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iFLY Indoor Skydiving Adds Virtual Reality How To Train Your Dragon Experience
By now, you’ve probably heard of indoor skydiving. iFLY has dozens of locations scattered around the globe where you can experience the thrill of skydiving without having to jump out of a plane. However, they are offering something completely unique to help promote an upcoming Dreamworks film. That’s right, several months ago iFLY introduced virtual
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Dolly Parton Expands Her Empire Outside of Dollywood in Pigeon Forge
If you’ve ever been to Pigeon Forge (and you should), you’ll see all kinds a smattering of advertisements for various dinner theater shows along the Parkway. One of the successful and longest running dinner theater attractions of all time, Dolly Parton’s Stampede. That offering along with the new (debuting Spring 2019) Pirates Voyage Dinner and
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Six Flags Dubai Potentially Cancelled and Other Bad News For Dubai Parks and Resorts
The writing has been on the wall for quite some time. Dubai Parks and Resorts is in some financial strain. Despite touting attendance gains for 2018 in several press announcements, as we have stated here at TPU that those gains are small in comparison to the numbers needed to break even on an operation that
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In Defense of Theme Park Maintenance (And Hippos)
Are you furious every time you visit a theme park because things are constantly broken? Some items for weeks, months or years? Do you think theme park maintenance is a joke and you’re the only one who cares? Then today’s article is for you! We are going to dig in on theme park maintenance, guest
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Dubai Parks and Resorts Numbers Continue To Increase
It seems there is good news, yet again, for Dubai Parks and Resorts. Dubai’s biggest theme park destination that is home to motiongate Dubai, Bollywood Park and Legoland Dubai saw an increase of 22 percent in 2018. According to DBX (the operator of Dubai Parks and Resorts), a lot of this traffic came from an
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Former Hard Rock Park Land Sold to Mystery Developer in Myrtle Beach
It’s been a little over ten years since the infamous Hard Rock Park opened and quickly closed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Since the closure in 2008, it was rebranded to Freestyle Music Park the following year by a group of Russian investors. However, Freestyle Music Park also suffered the same fate and operated for
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Pokemon and Zelda Plans Cancelled at Universal Orlando?
As Universal Parks and Resorts continues to grow at an incredible pace, future plans continue to fluctuate. If you’ve followed us here at Theme Park University, we have tracked plans for the new Nintendo projects for several years now. Very little, however, has been released to the public. It seems that the plans to branch
