welcome it's wednesday which of course
means it's theme park news time and
first up some good news disney is happy
to report that they've been making shed
loads of money
well they didn't quite say it like that
disney ceo bob chapeck revealed that
disney's collection of theme parks
posted the second best quarter earnings
of all time that's big revenues in q1 of
2022 doubled compared to last year up to
7.2 billion us dollars
bob
unsurprisingly was quoted saying i could
not be more pleased wow thanks bob
other theme park operators have recently
had similar stories too no doubt the
collection of rides intended for
disney's parks anniversary celebrations
will bring in even more guests too
disney is far from the nicest theme park
chain however that award seems to go to
hersh end hershey and enterprises the
operator of theme parks such as
dollywood and silver dollar city has
announced that they will cover 100 of
tuition fees for their employees that
are considering further education
that offer is available to all seasonal
part-time and full-time employees across
the operator's u.s attractions the
investment is being made through
hershey's new grow you program which ceo
andrew weckster claims is not only a
significant and transformational
investment in our employees growth but
also our love culture in action
what a fantastic piece of heartwarming
and genuinely nice news i mean you don't
hear stuff like that very often over in
europe some cool things are happening
too bear with me here oh god um
wow whatever it is finland's second
busiest theme park has big news a 100
million euro expansion plan the park
currently has a collection of
large-scale rides including a premier
ride skyrocket 2 and an intimate
suspended coaster in 2019 they attracted
roughly 700 000 guests but they planned
to attract even more before covid the
park set out a multi-year expansion plan
this would see the construction of
multiple indoor attractions and
experiences a new restaurant an
entertainment boulevard and a new hotel
and water park complex
with these large investments the park
aims to become a resort one which is
capable of operating at least in part
all year round
fortunately they have plans to invest
within the park itself a new family
roller coaster horror experience or dark
ride are all being considered the
expansion was put on hold during covid
but two years later it's back on
the park confirmed the construction of
the expansion will begin after this
summer with the first stage opening in
2023
other parks around the world are getting
big new expansions too two years ago
niagara amusement park in new york
formerly fantasy island permanently
closed that was until it was leased by
gene staples the savior of indiana beach
fast forward to a few days ago and the
park confirmed that they are adding a
new roller coaster not just any new
roller coaster a new schwarzkopf roller
coaster not just any new swatch cuff
roller coaster a swatch cuff shuttle
looping coaster complete with a flywheel
launch
in fact niagara amusement park will soon
be home to the original laser loop
located at kennywood back in the 1980s
how amazing the park tweeted an image of
the right track on their twitter account
stating that they hope to begin
construction as soon as the weather
cooperates
carter land amusement park in texas is
also getting a new attraction too sky
blazer a first of its kind amusement
ride will be coming to the park in 2022
the ride is past sky coaster park giant
frisbee guests will be hoisted to a high
point above the ground before swinging
towards the floor aboard a large circle
very cool unlike the sky coaster the
ride features traditional amusement ride
restraints offering a more comfortable
experience for guests
and finally sesame place san diego has
an official opening date
seaworld parks have announced that their
newest theme park will open on the 26th
of march unsurprisingly it will feature
a multitude of sesame street themed
rides and attractions becoming the only
sesame place location on the west coast
of the united states
and there we have it another week of
theme park news done and dusted perhaps
they're also one week closer to bob
spending some of that big money on some
of the worse off disney theme parks just
think maybe if they stopped churning out
figment popcorn buckets they'd actually
have time to install something 100
completely new at disneyland paris
won't happen though