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Park News - (4/22/08) MidWestInfoGuide has posted a couple of updates from the park lately. This first one focuses on the various improvements made over the off season while the second shows off all the survey flags that have sprung up for the 2009 project.
  (2/27/08) WorldsOfFun.org has posted a ton of new off-season photos taken from all around the park this week. Check them out.
  (1/21/08) According to a report on MidWestInfoGuide, Worlds of Fun will be cranking up the fright factor with this year’s Halloween Haunt by adding a new “Extreme Haunt”. They also report that the park will be having a concert series this summer as well as a new Oktoberfest festival in September.
  (1/16/08) A new photo update from World of Fun was added to Negative-G, though the photos were taken back in September.
  (7/25/07) Coaster Community has posted all new photos from Worlds of Fun including special access looks at Mamba, Patriot and Timber Wolf.

2008 - General Improvements - (2/14/08) The old parking toll booths from Geauga Lake have arrived as replacement for the park’s existing booths. You can see these and more pictures of other renovation projects underway in the latest update at MidWestInfoGuide. According to the latest release from Worlds of Fun the park will be holding Celebrate America festivals every weekend in July that will include concerts, new food offerings and special shows. The park will also hold a new Oktoberfest event on Sept 6-7, 13-14 in addition to an expanded Halloween Haunt in October. Lots of new retail options for the 2008 season as well with the addition of a Cinnabon Bakery, a Bavarian Nut Stand, new shooting gallery, a new value ($5 and under) store and a “for girls only” boutique. The park will also remodel three more of their restrooms, adding these to the 6 others they’ve remodeled over the past two seasons. The opening day of the season will be April 12th for Worlds of Fun, daily operations start on May 10th and Oceans of Fun opens on May 24th.
  (12/3/07) Worlds of Fun confirmed that they will not be adding a new ride in 2008. Instead they will focus on various internal improvements.

2009 - New Coaster and more - Rumor - (5/8/08) Worlds of Fun’s own official Blog has posted a bunch of interesting construction pictures of the ground clearing and survey markers now showing up, with each pictures marked with various “Hmmmmmm…” style comments. Yes, they’ve started to tease all the online enthusiasts out there and so far the only hint they’ve given is that, “It isn’t Cinnabon.”
  (4/14/08) New pictures taken inside Worlds of Fun and posted to Coaster Community and MidWestInfoGuide show off a ton of little construction survey flags now on site, marking the likely construction site for the 2009 project. The size of the site marked is quite large so we can only guess that it’s time for a new coaster to come to the park after all. So I guess the big question now is… are they still thinking about adding a new wooden coaster (GCI) to Worlds of Fun or do they have other ideas that could involve B&M (Floorless? Dive Machine?) or will they go back to Intamin one more time for something perhaps like Maverick? Given the site of the site and older rumors about the park getting some of Geauga Lake’s old rides, perhaps they are looking to build an entire new themed land.
  (12/3/07) According to the ACE Coaster Christmas Con attendees, Worlds of Fun is planning on adding their next major new ride in 2009. I’m going to assume at this point that this will be the park’s next big coaster, and previous rumors have indicated that the park was looking into adding a GCI Wooden Coaster over the past couple of years, so perhaps this could be it. I’ve also heard rumors that Worlds of Fun has locked in requests with the Cedar Fair headquarters to receive Geauga Lake’s Carousel and possibly the Americana Ferris Wheel as well at some point in the future. Sounds like a perfect trio for the Americana section of the park, doesn’t it?
  (2/5/07) Previous rumors indicated a new GCI wooden coaster was coming in 2009.
  (9/19/06) It’s a bit of a stretch to start talking about a possible new coaster for the park in 2009, but our latest rumor may have hit on something. We know Cedar Fair likes to install similar rides at many of their parks as we’ve seen them do many times before, and our source claims that if Valleyfair’s new 2007 wooden coaster does well then apparently Worlds of Fun is next on the list for 2008 or 2009.