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IAAPA 2014: What's new and what's next at theme parks

Brady MacDonald

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Voyage to the Iron Reef dark ride at Knott's Berry Farm
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Knott's new dark ride embarks on steampunk-inspired underwater journey

Holiday World adds a steel beast to its renowned wooden coaster lineup
Thunderbird launched wing coaster at Indiana's Holiday World
Carowinds' Fury 325 joins an elite club of world's tallest coasters

Disney Parks

Chinese theme park industry plans massive expansion

Long known for money-losing parks, unfinished projects and knockoff roller coasters, China is poised to undertake a $23.8-billion expansion of its theme park industry by 2020 with the introduction of an astonishing 59 theme parks.

Disney drives explosive theme park expansion in China
Disneyland set to reopen exclusive Club 33 after extensive expansion

Universal Studios

Universal's Halloween Horror Nights gets better as crowds grow bigger
Universal's Horror Nights transforms 'American Werewolf' into a haunted maze
Halloween Horror Nights 2014 at Universal Studios Hollywood

Wizarding World of Harry Potter

A double dose of Harry Potter coming to Universal Orlando
Photos: Universal Orlando adds Diagon Alley to Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Latest entrants in the escalating wooden coaster war

Six Flags

Fright Fest improves as Six Flags Magic Mountain closes in on rivals
Six Flags Magic Mountain raises the bar with two new Fright Fest mazes
Twisted Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain

Roller Coasters

Fury 325 giga coaster at Carowinds amusement park
Next generation of theme park attractions pairs coasters and dark rides
New theme park attractions pair roller coasters and dark rides

International Parks

Why don't theme parks build more year-round haunted houses?
Year-round haunted houses around the world
Oft-delayed Italian movie theme park set to finally open

Celebrities

Celebrities play Disney characters
Photos: Screaming with the stars at Halloween theme park events

Halloween

Father and son turn theme park dream into homemade dark ride
Mystic Motel homemade dark ride and haunted maze
Reinvigorated Knott's Halloween Haunt returns with a vengeance
Knott's completes a Halloween Haunt revival with two new mazes
Six Flags Magic Mountain unveils Fright Fest 2014 mazes
Wanna kill zombies? Knott's Halloween Haunt supplies guns and ammo

Photo Galleries

On safari in Kenya
New rides coming to Six Flags parks in 2015
Six Flags plans to introduce new rides for 2015 at the amusement park chain's 13 locations.

Halloween Haunt 2014 at Knott's Berry Farm
Impulse to join impressive Knoebels coaster lineup in 2015
A peek inside Disneyland's exclusive Club 33
What to expect at Italy's Cinecitta World movie theme park
Through the years on Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Take a look at the 28 thrill rides on "Insane Coaster Wars"

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