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The theater seats gyrate and shift to bring to life the scenes featuring characters from DreamWorks’ “Kung Fu Panda” movies. Visitors sit in a theater equipped with projection mapping - a technology that projects moving images on uneven surfaces. Universal Studios Hollywood plans a June 15 opening for an immersive attraction that features some of the industry’s newest high-tech effects. An exact opening date has yet to be announced. The attraction, known as CraZanity, will swing 40 passengers as high as 172 feet off the ground, at speeds of up to 75 mph. Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia also is investing in thrill rides this summer by opening the world’s tallest pendulum ride. “HangTime, while being a more traditional coaster, is the first of its kind in California, featuring a 96-degree drop, which is the steepest in the state,” park spokeswoman Cherie Whyte said. The coaster, called HangTime, one of nine coasters in the park, travels at a maximum speed of 57 mph. A trade group for the nation’s airlines predicted that a record 246 million people will fly on U.S.-based airlines this summer, a 3.7% increase over last year’s record total.Īmong a handful of thrill rides featured this summer is the newest roller coaster at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park - a ride that carries passengers to the top of a 150-foot tower and then shoots them down a 96-degree drop, which makes the tracks disappear for a split second. Demand for airline tickets and hotel reservations has been rising steadily for several years. “They are bullish right now on the marketplace,” Bill Coan, chief executive of Itec Entertainment, a developer of theme park attractions and shows, said of theme parks.įor good reason. The attractions unveiled by Universal Studios Hollywood, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Knott’s Berry Farm, Disney California Adventure Park and others reflect optimism among park operators that demand for vacation travel and theme park rides will remain hot this summer. An immersive theater attraction starring a chubby panda, a 17-story pendulum, a gut-twisting ride with an ultra-steep drop and a roller coaster beset by a mischievous superhero baby are among the investments Southern California theme parks are unveiling this summer to draw new visitors.