Theme park news: Little Mermaid ride, Star Wars weekend, Hollywood Horror Nights, backyard coaster

A round-up of my theme park Twitter updates for the last week:

* Uber-Imagineer Tony Baxter discusses the Little Mermaid attraction that never was at Disneyland Paris.  (Disney and More)

* Star Wars Weekend: Get your geek on at Disney’s Hollywood Studios — 100s of Pix. (Mouse Steps)

* 6-foot-tall version of desk lamp mascot Luxo Jr. hopping over to Pixar Animation Studios at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (Orlando Sentinel)

* $6 million pirate-themed water park in the works for Savannah, Georgia. (Augusta Chronicle)

* Universal Studios Orlando releases dates for Halloween Horror Nights 2009. (Lifthill)

* Photo tour of homemade backyard roller coaster – with a loop! (Theme Park Review)

* POV animation video of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit coaster from Universal Studios Orlando. (Orlando Attractions)

* Video of the new Magical fireworks show at Disneyland featuring a flying Dumbo. (Around Disney)

* Disneyland castle’s purple+gold Lakers lights versus Disney World castle’s blue+white Magic makeover.

* Are wider pirate ships on Peter Pan’s Flight at Disneyland designed to accommodate growing waistlines a la Small World? (Mouse Planet)

> For the most complete coverage of theme park news, check out Screamscape.

Find the latest amusement and theme park news at the Los Angeles Times Funland blog: www.latimes.com/funland. Follow Funland on Twitter.

— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Image: Universal Studios Orlando]

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