Come back to this blog regularly for additional date post, I will post on Twitter as well for additional dates as well.

Confirmed Dates:

• Holiday World – August 13^th, 2009
• Kings Dominion – August 20th, 2009 @ 11 AM.
• Carowinds – August 26^th, 2009

Sometime in August:

• Universal Studio in Orlando and Hollywood will reveal all of their HHN haunted house, scare zones, and shows.
• Busch Gardens Africa will reveal House of Vayne!
• Busch Gardens Europe will reveal more information about Christmas Town coming in November thru January.

Also the parks will reveal their Halloween events as well so that is another reason why August is awesome!  Stay tuned for more information!

In Septemeber, I will post my reaction toward to each major announcements.  I can’t wait to see what the parks have in their sleeves!

Photo by KDFansite.com

Let start with the most obvious one at Kings Dominion:  The tracks are laid down on King Dominion’s parking lot and the land has been clear in the far back and it is going to be a Giga Coaster made by Intamin which is pretty obvious from this point.  Thanks to KDFansite.com and CoasterCrew for keeping the Coaster Enthusiasts around the world by giving the latest update about what’s going on at King Dominion. 

Photo by CarowindsConnection.com

Carowinds have something going on as well.  The land has been clear and already has one huge footer installed so what could it be?  It can be a roller coaster or it can be the most extreme thrill ride coming out or something!  But what?!  That will come in months later!  Many are saying another Hyper Coaster or Mega Coaster.  August is usually the time when the park start to announce the new attraction but that is not always the case thou.   This is going to be driving me nut!  Good thing I have more than 2 reason to go back to Carowinds:  1) Just to get back on my #1 coaster all time, Afterburn 2) Get my Thunder Road credits, and 3) Ride on this and/or see this new attraction at Carowinds!

We will be seeing the Coaster Wars still going on at Cedar Point and Six Flags Magic Mountain.  So last but not the least, Cedar Point.  We don’t have any particular photos at this point but there are rumor going on that there will be a roller coaster over at the Millennium Force Island since there has been some clearing going on so that will be later on.  Could it be true or could my guts be true seeing Aquatrax at Cedar Point?

Who knows what next year will bring but I’m excited to see what they have in store for 2010!

I just recently put myself through torture this past week just by watching SAW series and it was a sick journey.  I am not saying that I don’t like it.  I still am a horror movie geek but I don’t think it is really classify as a horror movie.  I pretty much would say more of a thriller movie.  I do admire one thing from the “Saw” series which is rare to see that you don’t normally see from many films I have watched in my life.  Every series of “Saw” really tied in together and it make sense after you watch each one series.  Yes I already lost the thrill after watching Saw III but still Saw V really highlights the truth behind Saw.  I’m looking forward to see Saw VI which is supposed to be the last series of Saw and it may tell you the whole truth behind Jigjaw.  I’m not planning to see Saw VI in the theater but I will watch it on DVD.  I spend the same amount of dollars on the rentals for all 5 series of “Saw” that I would normally spend in the movie theater for one film alone.  I’m not a fan of Saw but I can appreciate the storyline alone and how they put it together.

As of 2009, here is what happens that revolve with “Saw”.  Saw V was released on DVD on January 20, 2009.

Thorpe Park opened SAW: The ride which is a roller coaster on March 14, 2009!  Hooray for new credit!   The whole scenario is really eerie to me.  You are actually being put into a test.  The roller coaster look awesome and no problem-o but the queue line is where the game will test your tolerance from what I have read.  I’m looking forward to be a part of it.  Also a few sources said that there are live actors/actress in the queue line, interesting…   After I visit UK, I will come back to this roller coaster in particular in the future blog.  For more info about Saw: The Ride, check out Thorpe’s mini site for it: http://www.sawtheride.com/

On June 16, 2009, Both Universal Studio Orlando Resort and Universal Studio Hollywood has declare Halloween Horror Night 19 icon.  Chucky, Wolverine, and JigJaw have been introduced.  Part of the story being Halloween Horror Night is to allow the visitors to experience the movie before it comes out to the theater.  It is a clever idea.  But again, bring Saw back again?  Which bring this next clue…

On October 23, 2009, Saw VI will be released in the movie theater.  There something in me that is hoping it is the last series of Saw.  Don’t get me wrong, but I think the time for it to be done.

I’m going to leave you to decide the fate if Saw is actually going overboard or not.

Get connected with the park with Facebook, Twitter,  MySpace, and YouTube!  It is a great opportunity to follow the park and seeing what they are up to.  Social Media is becoming popular and it is a great way to get update with the park while you’re away from the park.   This is also a great opportunity to get teaser, follow any construction, and upcoming events.  That’s not all.  There are many things that can feature on the park’s use with Social media network.

Holiday World was one of the very first park that use Social Media after being the first to use the blog format to post update and share funny moments with the readers.   Then we are seeing major parks like Cedar Point join along and Kings Island started blogging this year.

Just a little head up with CoasterWarriors.com park database, we will be adding a couple new features.  One of the new features in the park snapshot, there will be links to Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube channel if the park has any.  We should have the improved version of the Park Database by end of August.

You can follow us:

Blog – http://www.coasterwarriors.com/blog/

Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/coasterwarriors

MySpace – http://www.myspace.com/coasterwarriors

Facebook – http://facebook.coasterwarriors.com/

The conference have a lot of unique things and all the upcoming new rides and all the new rides that is coming out in the future as well. There are attractions that will be located on the site for the park owner to try out the rides and experience the thrill or the calmness of the ride. Enjoy and look forward to next week update for IAAPA update from Gulin’s Blog in courtney of Custom Creations.