Daily Spin 7.13.09

Remember the contest that Snyder's Pretzels and Busch Gardens Williamsburg had for people to build a roller coaster out of their pretzels? Well, six finalists have been chosen (above) and will compete at Busch Gardens Williamsburg this Thursday for the grand prize. The finalists will have three hours to build a replica of Apollo's Chariot and the winner will receive 4, 2-year season passes to the theme park and a year's supply of pretzels. I wonder how much is a year's supply of pretzels, hmm? Anyway, check out the official contest page here to see more photos!

Kings Island has announced that their new hyper coaster, Diamondback, has already given over 800,000 rides since it opened this past Spring. The ride is trying to beat the park's current first year ridership record holder, Vortex, which gave almost 2.2 million rides in it's debut season. Good luck to Diamondback! Be sure to keep us updated, Kings Island.

Did you think the 'tunnel' of Superman logo shaped rings at the bottom of Bizarro's (New Jersey) first drop were cool? Well those cool LED lights were provided by Elation Architectural, a firm that specializes in projects such as Six Flags Great Adventure's coaster transformation. And they have a link to a great close up video of the lights in action! Check out the story and video link here.

Six Flags Great America and Pert Plus shampoo teamed up a few days ago to try to snatch two world records - both of which are interesting sounding: The World's Largest Shower and Most People Showering Simultaneously In One Venue. Now that's a publicity stunt if I've ever heard of one! This article has the details, but it actually sounded like a lot of fun and was probably successful!

This probably does not bode well for Freestyle Music Park, but the park has decided to keep their 4th of July admission promotional price for the entire month of July. If purchased before 4 p.m., you can get two entrance tickets for only $17.76, or only $8.88 a person. What a deal! If you show up after 4 p.m. one ticket is still only $17.76, considerably less than most parks evening admission rate. Click here to read the details.