THE BALLOON MAN

Theme parks open new attractions, roller coasters


 

AP - People ride the Dumbo the Flying Elephant attraction in the new Storybook Circus area of Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom Park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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The Associated Press 
Posted: May ntasyland at Florida’s Walt Disney World, the new Cars Land at California’s Disneyland based on the “Cars” movies, and Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Transformers ride top the list of new attractions at theme parks across the country in 2012.

And thrill ride enthusiasts won’t be disappointed, with at leas25, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. — The first phases of a reimagined Fat 20 new roller coasters debuting at parks from Maryland to California.

Disney said the renovation and new construction at Fantasyland inside Magic Kingdom in Florida is the largest expansion project in the park’s 40-year history, doubling the size of the current Fantasyland. Part of it — including one of what will eventually be dueling Dumbo rides and the rethemed Barnstormer family roller coaster — opened in April
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