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 | No matter what theme park or amusement park you visit, you're going to have to crack open your wallet to ride a coaster or hop on a carousel. But, while most parks charge a flat, pay-one-price fee--and often a hefty one at that--to pass through its turnstiles and ride unlimited attractions, a handful offer free admission and a pay-as-you-go policy for its rides. Also this week, let's take a look at new Harry Potter land info and images and reminisce about the almost-new Freestyle/Hard Rock Park and its incredible downfall. | |
Come On and Take a Free Ride
For families on a budget, or visitors who are along for the ride but aren't all that keen to try the rides, free-admission theme parks and amusement parks can be great bargains. Besides (or instead of) open gates, some parks offer free parking and other free amenities. Read more about free amusement parks.
| Hogwarts Drawbridge to Drop June 18
With Potter-mania building to a fever pitch, Universal Orlando announced today that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will have its official grand opening on June 18. The theme park also released additional info about the new land's signature attraction, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey--although not all of the significant details. Long rumored to incorporate roving ride vehicles mounted on robotic arms, Universal will only say that Journey will use an "advanced robotic ride system" and that it will employ an "entirely new technology," without specifying any additional particulars. To discover what info Universal's wizards did release today, see the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter overview. The park also made some stunning new images available, which are featured in the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Preview Photo Gallery.
| No More Tickets to Ride?
Speaking of free (as in my earlier post about free amusement parks), it appears that nobody will be able to get into Freestyle Music Park this season, no matter what they're willing to pay. That's because the financially strapped owners of the Myrtle Beach theme park have been unable to secure new investors and the park remains closed--and will likely remain shuttered for the rest of 2010. The future of the park, which opened as Hard Rock Park in 2008 to great fanfare and quickly ran into trouble, remains unclear. You can read about what a short, strange trip it's been on my Freestyle Music Park overview.
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