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1/21/2010
 * NICKELODEON UNIVERSE (Bloomington, MN) has confirmed that there will be a new ride for the 2010 season. Click here for the picture of the construction site.
 * UNIVERSAL STUDIOS SINGAPORE (Sentosa, Singapore): Videos have been taken on the hotels at the park. There is footage of the testing of Battlestar Galacticaand footage of the testing of Jurassic Park River Adventure.

1/20/2010
 * DISNEY WORLD (Orlando, FL) has revelaed the name as well as the official website for their new Resort Hotel in Hawaii. They have named it Aulani. In case you were wondering, According to an official Disney tweet, Aulani means “the place that speaks for the great ones” or “the place that speaks with deep messages.” Judging from the artwork they’ve got on the site, it looks like a beautiful resort.
 * DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE (Anaheim, CA) is currently under construction for the Cars Land, World of Color, Little Mermaid and more.
 * KALAHARI (Fredericksburg, VA)While nothing much has happened with the development of the proposed Kalahari Resort in Fredericksburg, this could all change very soon. According to this article Kalahari is facing a deadlines of March 31st to apply for $25 million in tax exempt financing from the state, which also has a restriction that construction would have to begin no later than June 30th. A statement from Kalahari reinforced the importance of these funds as being an “integral part” of the financing for the $260 million resort. If all goes as planned, the new resort could be ready to open by March 2012. The resort, as planned, will feature a 12 story tall building, 832-rooms, a 200,000 sqft indoor waterpark and 100,000 sqft indoor theme park area.
 * KINGS DOMINION (Doswell, VA) has officially announced on their website the newly changed Scooby Doo Dark Ride is changed into Boo Blasters on Boo Hill. The Scooby Doo Ghoster Coaster has also been changed to Ghoster Coaster.
 * Six Flags Magic Mountain (Valencia, CA) announced on their website has said that X2 is temporarily closed
 * Six Flags St. Louis (Eureka, MO) has posted on their Facebook page that they are repainting Ninja during the parks off-season.

1/19/2010
 * SANTA'S VILLAGE (Jefferson, NH) has confirmed on their website that they will open Ho Ho H2O for 2010, a new winter wonderland themed water fortress attraction. Click herefor all the infomation
 * SEAWORLD (San Diego, CA) has confirmed that the Manatees will be leaving the San Diego park due to a request by the US Fish & Wildlife Services that they be relocated back to Florida. However, it seems nothing is known at this point in time as to what will replace the attraction. I imagine all plans are still up in the air, thought I would think a Shark’s Underwater Grill type facility could be on the short list of options.
 * UNIVERSAL'S ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE (Orlando, FL):the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is under construction taking half of the Lost Continent land. Dueling dragons is changeg into Dragon's Challenge and the Flying Unicorn is changed into The Flight of the Hippogriff. Universal will also add on to the land. click here for more.
 * UNIVERSAL STUDIOS SOUTH KOREA is still moving ahead after a slight delay due to the world economy problems over the past couple of years. The new timeline is set to have a ground breaking in early 2011 and to open the new theme park by 2014. The overall resort will include the Universal Studios theme park, a CityWalk retail area, a water park, golf course, hotels and more.
 * WALIBI WORLD's (formerly SixFlags Belgium) new proposed Dark Ride from Mack could be given a Wild West theme and may have dark ride sections as well as higher speed coaster sections. One rumor also claims it will take over the King Solomon’s Mines show area.