Poll Update

Halfway through the month means we're halfway through May's poll. Here is where we stand as of today:

Herschend currently has 10% of the vote.

Six Flags has 13% of the total votes.

Busch Entertainment (who does not really have their own logo, boo) has 37% of the votes.

And Cedar Fair has 40%.

Now happy with those results so far? Well if you haven't voted yet, then get to it! This is a democracy, after all and every vote counts!

Dark Knight Opening Photos

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Well, here's the first batch of Dark Knight photos from the ride's opening today at Six Flags Great Adventure. GADVOnline has a ton of photos of the ride and its opening ceremonies.

The first rider reactions keep mentioning that the mouse is not braked much and you fly by the scenery so fast that it's just a blur. That's a bummer, but it was opening day so I'm sure test & adjust isn't over yet...

The preshow room looks pretty sweet, along with the indoor queue and station. I'm sorry though, painting a blue and gray sky on that huge building does not make it any less ugly... maybe they're not done with that yet either?

Dubailand Marvel & Six Flags

Here are links to two press releases about the Six Flags and Marvel Theme Parks going in to Dubailand.

The Six Flags article is pretty much fluff, here's the link if you want to read that one. The Six Flags park, with 30 rides and attractions, will break ground in 2009 and open in 2011.

The Marvel park, however, has plenty of new information available from its release. The park will be split into three areas, City Centrum, the HUB, and The Marvel Academy. They also say that three of the park's rides - Flying With Spidey, Fantasticar, and X-Men: Danger Room - are already testing offsite.

The park will have 17 rides and attractions, and will open at the very end of 2012. Interestingly, that means though the Six Flags and Marvel parks will break ground at the same time, roughly, they will open a year (or more, depending) apart from one another. We know what that means for the Six Flags park - but hopefully that means that the Marvel one will be detailed and require that much extra time.

Dark Knight Press Video

The Dark Knight coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure opens today, and the park has released a video of the ride that has some good footage:

The ride looks pretty cool on the video, but I'd have to ride it in person to really get a feel for how the theming is.

I'm sure there will be tons of photos of the right starting tonight all over the web, we'll have to check those out now won't we.

Ravine Flyer II POV Video

Check out this POV video of the Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer Park from ErieTube.com. The ride looks great!

Make sure to check out the view of Lake Erie from the top of the lift in the caps below. That's amazing! The park is also auctioning off the first seats on the first train for charity. You can check out the page for bidding here.

I hope somewhere down the line some corporate parks get involved in building rides by The Gravity Group.

The OOC MotoCoaster

Thanks to one of our readers, Steve, now I know where the OOC MotoCoaster at Darien Lake is located! Steve left a comment on the last Daily Spin post and informed us that the coaster is located where the pool used to be for resort guests. (seen above)

That's a nice location for the ride, I hope that they continue to 'fill in' the area around that lake, the Boomerang and Top Spin were always sorta out there by themselves.

Now my next question, how do you get to the ride with the antique cars running all along there? Did they do a bridge over them?