Myrtle Beach Travel Guide
5/07/2008 at 4:15 PM
Tags: Roller Coasters, Led Zeppelin, Theme Parks, Attractions (all tags)
For smooth-jazz lovers, it's a "Highway to Hell": South Carolina's Hard Rock Park promises all the thrills of your local theme park with a much better soundtrack.
While the tourist attraction doesn't have its official grand opening till June 2, a "sound check" is letting ride aficionados get their first look at Hard Rock's first theme park.
The coasters in this $400 million park are designed to be extra quiet so riders will be able to hear the corresponding songs--even over all the screaming.
Besides the "Life In The Fast Lane" and "Nights In White Satin" rides, the park boasts a memorial to dead musicians, a Mount Rockmore and a "Bohemian Rhapsody"-themed fireworks show. Alas, there will be no "Love Roller Coaster."
Related Stories:
· Hard Rock Park [Official Site]
· Led Zeppelin Ride Centerpiece of Rock and Roll Theme Park [Jaunted]
[Photo: Wikipedia]
by egw
10/01/2007 at 4:15 PM
Tags: Theme Parks, Roller Coasters (all tags)
Remember Led Zeppelin's one time reunion gig set for London next month? Well just in case you can't pay scalper's prices or get yourself to London the Hard Rock has you covered, if you can make it down to Myrtle Beach next May.
The Hard Rock Park, a.k.a the world's first rock 'n' roll theme park will open next spring and will feature "Led Zeppelin -- the Ride," a 155-foot-tall steel roller coaster. Apparently, Jimmy Page named the ride himself and picked the song "Whole Lotta Love" to be played as riders try to stomach six loop rolls at 65 miles per hour.
The 140-acre park will have more than 40 attractions, including, three other roller coasters, a hip-hop-themed ride, and a "Pinball Wizard" arcade. Sweet, but there better be some sort of KISS ride in this park.
Related Stories:
· Hard Rock Park [Official Site]
· Theme Park Coverage [Jaunted]
· Myrtle Beach Hotels [HotelChatter]
by markj
9/06/2006 at 10:50 AM
Tags: Attractions, Miniature Golf, Adventure Travel (all tags)
Who knew that Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is the Minigolf capital of the word? We didn't, until we
read about it in the San Francisco Chronicle. After an abortive attempt to play miniature golf in our own hometown over Labor Day weekend, we definitely wish that at least one of the courses mentioned in the article--there are 50 in town--would relocate.
What were we missing? Only this:
The next day we assembled at Dragon's Lair Fantasy Golf. Dragon's Lair was voted No. 1 in the "Best of the Beach" poll and features both a replica of a Viking ship and a life-sized fire-breathing dragon.
Man, all we wanted was a windmill and a few waterfalls, but that's an entirely higher level of minigolf course construction. Forget other players on the PGA Tour; we'd like to see how Tiger Woods would fare against a dragon.
[Image via Putting Penguin/Flickr]
Related Stories:·
Miniature Golf Paradise [SF Chron]
by AVB
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