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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom re-opened from its 16-month refurbishment yesterday, but then a small fire occured in the station close to 6 P.M, leading to the coaster being shut before re-opening later that evening. The exact cause of the fire is being investigated.

Track is rising fairly high off the ground for an outdoor Disney coaster

The first concrete walls of Londinium have risen Source: https://forum.coastersworld.fr/threads/parc-asterix-londinium-projet-operation-magic-potion-multi-dimension-coaster-intamin-2028.11924/post-421807

So in a surprise twist, All Speeds has reopened.

And speaking of closed parks…

Seems like the entire park including Thunder Dolphin will be closed indefinitely, at least until the end of June as of now. https://en.www.at-raku.com/openhours/

Annual results from Disney’s Asian resorts have started trickling in. Tokyo Disney Resort reported record revenues in the last fiscal year, owing to the first full-year impact of Fantasy Springs being open at DisneySea. Hong Kong Disneyland, meanwhile, announced near-record results and that...

New Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain is now The Great American Revolution in time for the coaster’s 50th anniversary...

The first ride vehicle has been spotted backstage

The train has been spotted in the station Theming is coming along well Source: https://coasterfriends.de/freizeitparkforum/index.php?threads/2026-neuheit-cornwall-coaster-best-kept-secret-i-familienachterbahn-gerstlauer-hansa-park.1227585/post-1299701

Lion King has started to go vertical Source: https://x.com/DLPReport/status/2046869696926957756?s=20

Blue support columns have arrived on scene https://blogmickey.com/2026/04/light-blue-columns-spotted-for-monsters-inc-door-vault-roller-coaster/

Epic Universe has begun trial runs on photo validation systems at the entrances to the various lands, likely meant to allow for virtual queueing during times the park gets exceptionally busy.

Jardin d'Acclimatation has announced a new pirate-themed area set to open at the end of this month. The area will come with multiple play structures and two family attractions — a pirate ship ride, and the relocation of the Kilic Lunapark wacky worm Fils du Dragon, now rethemed and renamed to...

Looks like the Port Discovery reimagining is moving forward, with the resort announcing that Aquatopia is closing permanently on September 14th, at the end of the resort’s ”Summer Cool-Off” event. https://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/topics/event/summer2026/tds.html

Not sure if this should go in the merger thread or here, but looks like Seibert’s baby will have to proceed without him

I’m fairly confident they’re made by Sunkid. You can barely make out their logo on the technical plaque on the train chassis, and an identical-looking train (maybe even the same one) was featured in a Blooloop article about their German subsidiary from last year...

T-Express is no more. As of April 27th, the fourth (and last) Intamin pre-fab will be renamed Monimo RUSH, as part of a new sponsorship with Samsung’s monimo app.

Gold Reef City’s Anaconda has received fresh new trains as part of a 24 million rand (~$1.45m) investment into the unique inverted coaster.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom re-opens from its 16-month refurbishment on May 3rd, and will come with a lowered height requirement from 40 inches to 38. Disney says the various improvements to the coaster, including a full retracking and refreshed train carraiges, as well as a...