With the recent announcement of Legoland Florida I thought it would be a good time to look back at some pictures I took from Legoland California in 2006. Most of these pictures are of “Miniland,” a giant display of Lego...
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Cypress Gardens to become Legoland
According to this article Merlin Entertainment will announce Thursday that the company plans to open a Legoland amusement park at the old Cypress Gardens site. This was discovered in an e-mail sent to a county commissioner. Merlin, the world’s second-largest...
Continue reading...Create your own track record
Many coaster enthusiasts, including myself, like to keep track of all of the roller coasters they have ridden. Some websites allow you to do this, but you have to adhere to their rules and format. I decided to make my...
Continue reading...A ‘Lost’ Disney Attraction?
From Yahoo TV: Spoiler alert: “Lost” may find a happy ending after all, at Disneyland. That is, if some hardcore fans of both the happiest place on earth and the weirdest show on TV have anything to say about it....
Continue reading...Post-Holiday Coaster Gifts
So the holidays are over and we enter that period of time where students are counting down the days until spring break and everyone else is awaiting the opening of amusement parks. What are you going to do to pass...
Continue reading...Six Flags Magic Mountain
Forum member “CreditCrazy” took a trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain back in November and brought us back some great pictures from the park, including a few beautiful sunset pictures. Check them out in the gallery below:
Continue reading...New Harry Potter Construction Pictures
The Orlando Theme Parks News Blog has posted some new and truely amazig pictures of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter under construction at Islands of Adventure theme park. Hogwarts is huge and extremely detailed. A lot of progress has...
Continue reading...Cedar Fair Sale in the works?
From the Sandusky Register: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apollo Management LP is expected to acquire Cedar Fair for about $700 million. The deal would also include the assumption of $1.6 billion of debt, said people familiar with...
Continue reading...Wicked Twister CAD Model Tutorial
If you are a frequent visitor to Coaster101, you may have seen some of my CATIA amusement park ride computer models, like this. You may also have been asking yourself or wondering how I created those computer models. Well today...
Continue reading...S&S Screamin’ Swing CATIA Model
Today I decided to attempt to model an S&S Screamin Swing thrill ride in CATIA V5 R19. Here are two pictures and the 3D xml of what I made today. It’s a little rough around the edges but you get...
Continue reading...Magic Kingdom Trip Report
This is a continuation of Coaster101’s recent trip to Florida. This time I will be showing some pictures and sharing some thoughts about our visit to the Magic Kingdom at Disney World. You can also read my Hollywood Rip Ride...
Continue reading...Universal Orlando Trip Report
As you may have read, Coaster101 recently returned from a trip to Florida where we visited Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure Theme Parks. Here are a few pictures from the parks along with some of my random thoughts about...
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