Theme park news: Kobe rides Terminator coaster; bring back Captain EO; Hong Kong Disneyland expansion

A roundup of my theme park Twitter updates for the last week:

* Online petition: Bring back Captain EO as a tribute to Michael Jackson at Disney Parks. Watch EO in 3-D at home. (Distant Creations)

* New lands at Hong Kong Disneyland: Grizzly Trail (a.k.a. Frontierland), Mystic Point (supernatural rain forest), Toy Story Land. Marquee rides: Big Grizzly Mountain coaster, Mystic Manor (a.k.a. Haunted Mansion), shuttle coaster on a U-shaped track. (Disney and More)

* Spoiler: Tinker Bell does double duty as Dumbo during Disneyland fireworks show. (Mouse Planet)

* Three locations under consideration for Legoland Florida: old Cypress Gardens site, old Splendid China site, Old Town Kissimmee. (Screamscape)

* Delayed $5-million Adventure Mountain zip line and ropes course back on track for 2010 at Dollywood in Tennessee. (Screamscape)

* Survey says: Disney’s California Adventure considering a Club 33-style members-only Carthay Circle Club restaurant. Initiation: $10,000, Annual dues: $3,000. (Mice Age)

* Snoopy Rocks ice show opens in new $6-million theater at Dorney Park in Pennsylvania.

> Photo: Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and wife, Vanessa, ride the new Terminator roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Check out the bling.

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

— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Photo credit: Six Flags Magic Mountain]

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