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(6/22/09) I just wanted to make a quick update about our weekly Screamscape Ticket Giveaway drawings since I haven’t given the winner’s their props in a few weeks. Over the last four week’s we have given away 2 pairs of tickets to Dollywood and 2 more pairs to Holiday World. Congratulations to Joseph of Florida and Bobby from Alabama for taking home the Dollywood prize packs! Our Holiday World winners are Nicole of Indiana taking the prize on May 31st and Holly from Indiana being this past week’s prize winner! Congrats to the “home team” is in order it seems as I’ve noticed that quite a few of our Holiday World ticket winners are all from Indiana, though I’m sure Holiday World promoting our giveaway on the official HoliBlog has a lot to do with that.
(6/18/09) Fathers Day is coming this weekend and I thought this would be the perfect time to spill the beans to everyone about our summer plans here at Screamscape HQ. In short… we’re pretty much going nowhere for the summer due to the fact that my wife is expecting our third child sometime in early August. Those of your that I’ve “friended” to my Facebook page have probably already guessed that little bit of news, but I figured it was time to let everyone else in on the secret that our little girl is on the way to meet her two big brothers. Lord help us all… there’s about to be a lot more Screaming going on.
(5/25/09) I wanted to congratulate our latest Screamscape Ticket Giveaway winners this season. Last week Stuart from Georgia won the prize pack for 2 free tickets to Dollywood while this week’s winner of two free tickets to Holiday World goes to Traci from Indiana. This week’s prize is another pair of tickets to Holiday World so head on over and find out how easy it is to win!
(5/11/09) It’s time one again to congratulate the lucky ones who have won prizes in the Screamscape Ticket Giveaway drawings we have been holding nearly each week. Since our last announcement Adrienne of Indiana, Angelica of Illinois, Jeffrey of Connecticut and Paul have all won 2 free tickets to Holiday World.
And I’d also like to congratulate our newest winner, Aaron from Georgia, who will be getting a pair of tickets to Dollywood from our latest prize drawing from last week. Two more tickets for Dollywood are up for grabs this week, so what are you waiting for? Go enter... winning couldn’t be any easier.
(3/31/09) Congratulations to Jim from Ohio, who was this week’s lucky Ticket Winner, getting two free tickets to Holiday World. Two more tickets are up for grabs this week, so enter now.
(3/24/09) Congratulations to the following Screascape Prize Pack winners who are
getting a free copy of The Prototype: Rides N Parks. The 3D Photo CD-ROM goes to:
Kevin of Ohio, Jonathan of Florida, John or Pennsylvania and Allen of California. If you want to learn more about The Prototype or see how you can buy your own copy, read our review below.
It kind of goes hand in hand, but most theme park fans always perk up an ear when the subject of 3D is mentioned. It makes sense, as most of the top theme parks include one or more attractions that use 3D technology ranging from a 4D Theater presentation like Mickey’s Philharmagic to the use of larger than life 3D projection screens in the Adventures of Spider-Man. While most people can enjoy the benefits of 3D, there are very few people out there who have taken the time to learn how to create their own 3D images.
Click here to learn about The Prototype, a CD-ROM collection of 3D images created from carefully shot still photography from inside some of your favorite theme parks such as Walt Disney World, Six Flags over Georgia, Dollywood, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Busch Gardens Tampa, Holiday World, Hard Rock Park and more. The images are wonderful and it’s clear that this project has been a labor of love for its creator, as the process to make even a single 3D image is a very time consuming process. This is obvious as The Prototype has been three years in the making.
This collection of “3D Rides N Parks” also comes with a pair of Red/Cyan 3D Glasses allowing you to view the images on virtually any computer screen, though an LCD monitor is considered to provide the best quality. There is also a collection of sample images on the official website that you can view or you can just buy your own copy of the CD plus the included 3D glasses for just $10.
(3/8/09) I’m happy to announce that this week’s winner of a Screamscape Ticket Giveaway prize pack was Natalie from Apex, North Carolina. She’ll be getting two free tickets to Holiday World good anytime for the 2009 season.
(3/4/09) Thanks to one of our readers for pointing this out, but I actually failed to announce the winners of our Business of Fun DVD giveaway contest from last month. The winners have already received their DVDs of course, but lets congratulate Jared of Tennessee and Carl of Connecticut just the same!
(3/2/09) Congratulations to Heather of Orlando, FL who was picked as this week’s random winner of two free tickets to Holiday World! The fun is just starting however as we have two more tickets to give away this week, so head on over to the Holiday World page to sign up for this week’s drawing!
(2/23/09) Congratulations to Maurice or Ohio who is our first winner of a Screamscape Ticket Giveaway prize pack to Holiday World! Head on over to our official Holiday World page to read how you can sign up to win another pair of tickets to the park this week!
(12/31/08) SCREAMSCAPE CELEBRATES 10 Years -
It was 10 years ago today that Screamscape.com first went online with the idea of covering amusement and theme park news and rumors from around the world. I’d like to give thanks to everyone who had read Screamscape over the last 10 years and helped the site grow from a wild idea into the benchmark that it has become. 10 years ago I had no idea of just how wild a ride I was about to embark on, so I can only wonder just where the next decade might take us. Thanks to everyone for supporting Screamscape and keep checking back every day. I hope to offer even more promotional giveaways from your favorite parks throughout the upcoming year if all goes well.
(11/19/08) Since “construction season” is in full effect, I’d like to remind all of you casual photographers out there looking to document the action at your local parks to please be mindful of where you are taking those pictures and please don’t trespass into any areas you are not supposed to be in while visiting your local park. While everyone enjoys seeing the latest progress shots, it’s not worth the trouble of getting in trouble for being somewhere you shouldn’t be.
(10/29/08) Congratulations to our last two winners of Dollywood ticket prize packs, Christy of Virginia and Stephen of North Carolina. Courtesy of Dollywood, each is getting two free passes to Dollywood and a pass for a free Q2Q rental for the day joining our previous six winners: Kevin of Ohio, Nathan from Tennessee, Matt from North Carolina, Ed from Ohio, Randy from Illinois and Doug from Georgia. Thanks to the great people at Dollywood for showing some love to the Screamscape readers and making this happen for the second year in a row!
(10/10/08) If your on Facebook, be sure to sign up to our new official Facebook fan site.
(9/1/08) I just wanted to make a quick recap to congratulate all our prize winners over the last month.
8/31/08 - Morgan of Minnesota - 2 Free Tickets to Cypress Gardens
8/24/08 - Cheri of Louisiana - 2 Free Tickets to Cypress Gardens
8/17/08 - Ryan of California - 2 Free Tickets to Cypress Gardens
8/10/08 - Raul of New York - 2 Free Tickets to Cypress Gardens
8/10/08 - Nick of Minnesota - Screamscape Swag Sweepstakes Grand Prize
8/10/08 - Steve of Florida - Screamscape Swag Sweepstakes Second Prize
(7/1/08) And now an important message from my Wife...
Hello Screamscape readers. I am writing this article with the hope of sharing a wonderful opportunity with you. As most of you know, Screamscape was born about 10 years ago. Lance’s love and knowledge of theme parks and rides allowed him to create a website that is know worldwide. In 2006 we relocated our family from Orlando to North Carolina and I went back to work full-time so Lance could stay at home with our boys and devote more time to Screamscape. Since Screamscape has attracted readers from all over I realized I had a chance to share a new business opportunity that could give others the chance to make some of their dreams come true. We all have dreams and they could be as simple as paying off some debt, or maybe having a credit card free Christmas. Maybe you would like to take your family on a vacation to one of the places you read about on Screamscape. Maybe you are a stay at home Mom and you would like to contribute to your family finances or maybe you are a college student and could use some extra cash.
A few months ago I stumbled upon a company called Thirty-One Gifts. They are a direct sales company that sells fabulous items that can be personalized for FREE. I immediately fell in love with their  products and requested information from their home office. I was given the name and number of a consultant and immediately contacted her so I could order some items for Christmas gifts. I began looking at the business opportunity and asking questions. I discovered that Thirty-One Gifts was only 5 years old and that there were still states that didn’t have any consultants at all. Since the direct sales industry was not new to me I quickly realized the potential growth with a company like this. I talked with Lance and we both decided this was definitely an opportunity I should not pass up. I made the $99.00 investment and thus my own Thirty-One business was born. I have had a tremendous response to the products and opportunity in the few months I’ve been selling Thirty-One that I decided I wanted to share Thirty-One with others all over the United States. Thanks to Lance and Screamscape I am able to do that. Currently the products and business opportunity are only available in the United States. My apologies to international readers, but I promise to update you if that changes.
This company is and will continue to grow very quickly. I hope you will visit my website www.mythirtyone.com/kerry and check out the great products. Online shopping is available if you see something you like. You can also click on the following link for more information on the consultant opportunity.
If you like what you see or if you have more questions please contact me via e-mail at kerry@screamscape.com The products in the current catalog will only be available until the end of July. Starting August 1st a brand new Fall/Winter catalog will debut and the new products are fantastic. With the Holiday shopping season approaching I can’t think of a better time to start a direct sales business. You won’t be disappointed and those who are interested in the opportunity I would like to advise you to wait until after July 10th to start. Waiting until after this date will ensure that your starter/display kit contains the items from the upcoming catalog. Please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to helping make your dreams come true-whatever they may be! If you know of someone who may be interested in Thirty-One and you know they do not read Screamscape I would appreciate any referral. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
(6/28/08) One of our readers wrote in to discuss some matters they felt were important with their local park which involved talking about all the sweeping changes we’ve seen in the industry over the last few years. It’s unfortunate that so many new “improvements” to the industry seem to involve parks now charging extra for little perks like the ability to cut to the front of the line for major rides, reserved special seating for shows and even premium parking. Long gone are the days when all theme park guests were treated to an even playing field as equals as the parks are all more than willing to take advantage of our impatient nature and just how quickly some people will throw money around to get an advantage over the next guy. Mulling all this over, our reader brought up how much everything had become like George Orwell’s book Animal Farm.  In the beginning “All Animals are equal” but after things start to change the Pigs change this proclamation to later say, “All Animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” As perfectly described in Wikipedia, this was a comment on “the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite.” But I’ll be damned if it doesn’t sound more and more like our beloved Theme Park industry anymore. Just something to chew on the next time you head out to your local theme park.
(5/31/08) Ten years ago Screamscape was nothing more than a thought.
Ten years ago there was no Screamscape.com... only the raw and unorganized experiment of a website that I had called The Ultimate Guide To Theme Parks.
But somewhere during the Summer of 1998 someone had asked me an interesting question. “If you could create your very own theme park, what would you call it?” I thought long and hard for a bit... and began to imagine just what such a park be like. Before I could event focus on what the inside might look like, I began to ponder what it would look like from the outside. I liked Roller Coasters to be sure, so if I were going to have a park, there would be a whole armada of mean machines rising up all over the skyline. A landscape vista full of lift hills, drops, inversions, giant towers and more... and no matter where you looked the sky was alive with the roar of trains and the screams of the riders. A landscape of screams... A Screamscape.
The name stuck in my head and it wasn’t long before visions of a little yellow screaming happy face began to haunt my dreams. By December 1998 Screamscape.com was launched and the rest was history. Now as we approach the 10th anniversary of Screamscape I’m thinking it’s about time that the site was given a face lift and maybe some improvements made to this landscape of screams. So I’m looking for any and all suggestions I can consider as possible improvements or even new features to add to the site in the future. Just don’t ask me to add a forum... it’s not going to happen.
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