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WICHITA-Kan. — Stuart K. Showalter, 43, was killed in a traffic accident on June 29, 2013, in Wichita. He was born May 31, 1970, in Hutchinson to Ray L. and Sheri Showalter. Showalter attended Hutchinson High School, graduating in 1988 and graduated from Hutchinson Community College in 1990. Stuart previously worked at Optima Bus Corp […]
MASON, Ohio — The Vortex roller coaster at Kings Island gave its 40 millionth ride on Saturday, June 29, the sixth-most in park history. Vortex rockets riders through 3,800 feet of track at speeds exceeding 55 miles per hour through two vertical loops, a double corkscrew, boomerang turn and a 360-degree helix. The Arrow Dynamics […]
SALEM, N.H. — With plenty of thrill rides, family and kids’ rides, water rides, games and attractions — including the Park’s Castaway Island water play complex, included with admission — Canobie Lake Park has something for every member of the family to enjoy. To celebrate Independence Day, the Park will present fireworks displays choreographed to […]
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — RWS and Associates Entertainment, Inc., a NYC based, Emmy Award winning, full service entertainment firm specializing in live productions, has been tapped by Holland America Line as a new partner. The two firms are collaborating to expand and enhance the live stage experience aboard Holland America Line’s remodeled main stage […]
Allied International Holdings, Inc. (“Allied”) has announced that Tropic Capital Corp. (“Tropic”) recently sold the majority of its loan portfolio to Boulevard Bank. Prairie Financial (“Prairie”), a division of Boulevard Bank will service the loans on behalf of the bank. While Tropic succeeded for many years in servicing the Outdoor Amusement Industry, the recent costly […]
Amusementtoday.com has all of the latest news on the amusement going on around the United States. Amusementnews.com gives us an insight on the new and exciting things that are happening. If you look, you can see that they are reporting on the new amusement park ride at Busch Gardens. The ride is called the Falcons Fury. […]
Amanda Thompson, Bob Rippy, and Tom Mehrmann headline CEO Speak event at IAAPA Attractions Expo 2013
Amanda Thompson, managing director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the UK; Bob Rippy, president of Jungle Rapids/Wrightsville Farms Management Group, Inc. in the USA; and Tom Mehrmann, chief executive of Ocean Park Corp. in Hong Kong will participate in CEO Speak, a leadership panel discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Orange County Convention Center […]
LENEXA, Kan. — Core Cashless is a company that founded itself on innovation. Today, Core Cashless Systems are in place at hundreds of locations worldwide; from theme parks to FECs to cruise ships. However, the landscape is changing and the needs of most operators are following suit. Learning from the many experiences we earned along […]
Preliminary estimates indicate a record-breaking 5,350 industry professionals participated in Asian Attractions Expo 2013 (AAE 2013), one of the fastest-growing exhibitions and conferences for the attractions industry in the Asia-Pacific region. The growth of the industry in the region was mirrored at the four-day Expo with a record number of buyers and a record number […]
Overland Park, Kansas – Kids, families and Olympic Gold Medalists from coast to coast came together yesterday to set a new Guinness World Record™ for the Largest Simultaneous Swimming Lesson ever conducted. Team WLSL, which set the first record in 2010, needed more than 24,873 participants from around the globe to set a fourth consecutive […]
