Month: April 2021

Industry Insights

Ride Entertainment Introduces New Partner, NewcoUSA

Ride Entertainment Introduces New Partner, NewcoUSA

Ride Entertainment’s Maintenance & Installation Division (RMI) has installed and worked on roller coaster projects around the world including many record-breaking attractions. In doing so, the RMI team has built a reputation within the attractions industry as the...

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Ride Entertainment Partners with Clear Gear

Ride Entertainment Partners with Clear Gear

April 2021 Ride Entertainment, the gold standard in the attractions industry for safety, sales and support, is proud to announce a new, strategic partnership with disinfectant manufacturer, Clear Gear. Together, they seek to provide amusement parks of all sizes with...

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Lagotronics Projects Earns U.S. Patent for GameChanger

Lagotronics Projects Earns U.S. Patent for GameChanger

In 2016, Lagotronics Projects introduced their new ride concept ‘the GameChanger’: a rotating interactive dark ride, which is the first of its kind in the leisure industry! The first GameChanger worldwide opened in Shimao’s Max Wonder Park, China. Since then every...

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The Food Network Loves Hangtime

The Food Network Loves Hangtime

Recently the Food Network show "Buddy vs. Duff" visited Knott's Berry Farm and used the park as inspiration for their latest baking challenge. The two famous cake-makers squared off and enjoyed rides on several attractions, including the Hangtime roller coaster. The...

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Facebook Funtime offers Booster Unhinged

Facebook Funtime offers Booster Unhinged

With more than two decades of frightening passengers and delighting onlookers along midways with its Booster attraction, Funtime is making headway into the larger theme park market with this thrill ride. The company’s StarFlyer has already been a huge seller and is...

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Lagotronics Projects Unveils GameChanger XS

Lagotronics Projects Unveils GameChanger XS

The GameChanger-XS is a media-based interactive dark ride. Visitors will be seated on a rotating platform, which transports the visitors along three interactive media scenes. In total, the GameChanger-XS comprises 4 sections. Every section facilitates 2 players,...

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Viral Baby Shark Challenge Filmed at SeaGlass Carousel

Viral Baby Shark Challenge Filmed at SeaGlass Carousel

Our Parks & Attractions team was thrilled that drag artist Marti Gould Cummings chose the SeaGlass Carousel to film their entry into the "Baby Shark Challenge." Desmond is Amazing, other famous New York City performers and what looks to be the cousin of Left Shark...

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Greenway Carousel Celebrates the Holiday With Lights

Greenway Carousel Celebrates the Holiday With Lights

The Greenway Carousel at The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Grove is New England's one-of-a-kind attraction for all-ages, featuring native, handcrafted wildlife of land, sea, and sky. For the holidays, guests can delight in the Carousel’s annual Holiday Light Shows where...

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Adventures at Governor’s Island Opens Mini Golf

Adventures at Governor’s Island Opens Mini Golf

Ride Entertainment Parks & Attractions opened a new mini golf course on the island this summer. This family-friendly course allows you to putt your way across 18 holes of unique challenges for $7 per person (or 4 for $25!). No other mini golf course has our beautiful...

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Adventures at Governor’s Island Opens Mini Golf

Adventures at Governor’s Island Opens Mini Golf

Ride Entertainment Parks & Attractions opened a new mini golf course on the island this summer. This family-friendly course allows you to putt your way across 18 holes of unique challenges for $7 per person (or 4 for $25!). No other mini golf course has our beautiful...

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Hangtime Thrills Knott’s Berry Farm Riders

Hangtime Thrills Knott’s Berry Farm Riders

Hangtime has been a huge success at Knott's Berry Farm. The Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster, which features lighting from KCL Engineering, has become a new icon for the LA park. In addition to being a fun ride, the coaster is eye candy. This video from the Insider has...

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CNN: Take a whirl on New York City’s carousels

CNN: Take a whirl on New York City’s carousels

This winter CNN had a great spotlight on the many fantastic carousels in the New York City area, several of which are run by Ride Entertainment Parks & Attractions. Some of our attractions include: The SeaGlass Carousel, The Pier 62 Carousel, The Forest Park Carouel...

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A Muller Blast From The Past

A Muller Blast From The Past

Last year we updated the name of one of our sites in Queens, New York. The Forest Park Carousel became the Forest Park Carousel Amusement Village. In addition to the name change we added a third ride to the site, the Frog Hopper. Eli Parawan, the Marketing & Sales...

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Hangtime Coaster Coming to Knott’s Berry Farm

Hangtime Coaster Coming to Knott’s Berry Farm

Gerstlauer's new "Hangtime" Infinity Coaster at Knott's Berry Farm was recently featured in U.S.A. Today. They said: The scariest part of riding a roller coaster may not be the free-falling acceleration, crushing G-forces, upside-down acrobatics, or the other hairy...

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Nickelodeon Universe at American Dream

Nickelodeon Universe at American Dream

The indoor Nickelodeon Universe theme park at American Dream will be home to two record-breaking roller coasters by Gerstlauer. These have been confirmed as a Launched Euro-Fighter with a beyond-vertical drop, and a Spinning Coaster whose cars rotate on a vertical...

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Knott’s Berry Farm Announces Hangtime for 2018

Knott’s Berry Farm Announces Hangtime for 2018

Knott's Berry Farm recently announced their newest addition, a Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster called Hangtime. The Orange County Register said, "Sixteen riders will ascend 150 feet at a 90-degree angle. At the roller coaster’s apex, they will pause to catch their breath...

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Ride Entertainment Receives 2017 Bright Lights Award

Ride Entertainment Receives 2017 Bright Lights Award

Ride Entertainment, a leader in selling, operating and installing amusement and thrill park attractions worldwide, is proud to announce that its prolific and pioneering work in the attractions industry earned the company the 2017 Bright Lights Award for Innovation and...

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