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20. The Flash: Speed Force
The new surfboard-style shuttle coaster coming to Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia will pit The Flash against his greatest rival, The Reverse-flash.
The 100-foot-tall Flash: Speed Force will reach speeds of 44 mph as riders race along the 220-foot half-pipe track.
The Intamin Surf Rider shuttle coaster places riders on two spinning platforms atop a giant skateboard that glides back and forth on the half pipe track.
21. Ultra Surf
The Intamin ride takes the concept of the Intamin Surf Rider shuttle coaster and adds water — lots of it.
The Ultra Surf at Six Flags Over Georgia will reach a top speed of 60 mph over a 590-foot-long, U-shaped track.
In between the 144-foot-tall spikes, the surfboard-shaped train with two spinning circular platforms will race backward and forward over an airtime hill and through a splash zone.
22. Camp Snoopy
The Camp Snoopy makeover, set to debut Memorial Day weekend at Knott’s Berry Farm, will add a new family coaster and supersize kids swing while updating an off-road rally race and miniature train ride.
The new Snoopy’s Tenderpaw Twister Coaster by Zamperla will take the place of the 1983 Timberline Twister coaster and the 1992 Camp Bus flying carpet ride at the Buena Park theme park.
Knott’s sister park Kings Island in Ohio will also expand its Planet Snoopy kiddie land with a Vekoma family boomerang coaster and other “Peanuts”-themed attractions.
The former Montezooma’s Revenge at Knott’s remains in a state of flux as the addition of a randomized launch sequence to the classic shuttle coaster has hit repeated delays.
23. Dino Valley
The new themed land coming to Legoland California will feature two new rides alongside the park’s 2004 Coastersauraus roller coaster that zips around Lego versions of a brachiosaurus and parasaurolophus.
Dino Valley will include the Explorer River Quest and the Duplo Little Dino Trail rides, a dino-themed Lego brick build-and-play area, a reimagined Dino Dig fossil-finding sandbox, and meet-andgreet opportunities with new prehistoric characters.
The boat ride will sail past Lego dinosaurs, including a T. rex. Kids can use cameras to catch Lego dinos in a game of hide and seek on the Duplo safari ride.
24. Spongebob's Crazy Carnival Ride
This ride will bring the mad antics of the undersea residents of Bikini Bottom to the Circus Circus Las Vegas indoor theme park.
The backstory of the interactive dark ride involves Mr. Krabs inviting riders to play the midway games in his new Bikini Bottom carnival when everything goes hilariously wrong, thanks to Spongebob and Patrick.
The Sally dark ride travels past practical sets with animatronic characters and special effects. Riders fire Krabby Patty patties, buns and sea tomatoes at targets on multimedia projection scenes.
25. Peppa Pig Theme Park Texas
The second “Peppa Pig” park in the United States will open this year in the Dallas/fort Worth metropolitan area.
The park will have kid-friendly rides, wet and dry play areas and a host of other entertainment. The marquee attraction will be Daddy Pig’s Roller Coaster — billed as a “family-friendly thrill ride” destined to become the first coaster ride for generations of kids.
The “Peppa Pig” animated television show, starring Peppa, her family and their animal friends, first aired in 2004 and now plays in 40 languages around the world.
The first “Peppa Pig” park in the U.S. opened in 2022 next to Legoland Florida.