We love a good roller coaster model here at Coaster101, so when I stumbled upon the video below of an awesome working custom made creation, I just had to know more. Luckily, I was able to get in contact with...
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Virtual Queues and More with accesso CEO Steve Brown
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is leaving no part of the theme park experience unchanged. As theme parks begin to reopen, their standard operating procedures are drastically different with new safety protocols and other operational changes in place. In addition to...
Continue reading...15 to 15: Our 15 Favorite Interviews on Coaster101
Over the 15 years of Coaster101, we’ve done well over a lot interviews with people from all over the theme park industry. It’s been one of the most consistent features of the site, mostly because we love getting to talk...
Continue reading...A Tale of Two Mine Trains: Interview with Jay Jacobs
35 feet tall, 2,485 feet of track, and special in every way. I’m of course talking about the Runaway Mine Train. Opened in July of 1966 and located at Six Flags Over Texas, this family coaster was the first mine...
Continue reading...Talking Disney Parks With Professional Wrestler Matt Cardona
When you have a hobby, it’s always fun to find someone who shares a similar hobby as you. When that person happens to be professional wrestler Matt Cardona (formerly known as Zack Ryder during his time in WWE), and that...
Continue reading...Coronavirus’ Impact on Theme Parks with Bill Coan of ITEC
The ongoing COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic has closed nearly every amusement and theme park across the globe for the foreseeable future. When many of these parks will reopen remains unknown. To learn what the future may hold for theme parks...
Continue reading...Carlye Wisel Dishes on How She Became a Theme Park Journalist, Favorite Attractions, and Junk Foods Around the World
If you’ve ever searched for what the best things to eat at a Disney park are, then there’s a very good chance you’ve read a piece written by Carlye Wisel. Over the last several years she’s become one of the...
Continue reading...Chatting with Coaster Modeler Jonnie Rothfus
Jonnie Rothfus recently completed a custom-built, Arrow Dynamics-inspired roller coaster model in his apartment. I had the chance to chat with him to learn about the design process and construction of the incredible working model. UPDATE (8/16): Jonnie’s model is...
Continue reading...Inside Worlds of Fun’s “Sparkle Factory” with Costume Designer Shellie Jeffrey
In 2015, Worlds of Fun Costume Designer Shellie Jeffrey arrived at work during Worlds of Fun during Halloween Haunt, and wanted to let her Facebook friends know where she was. “I wanted people to know that I wasn’t actually at...
Continue reading...“About Theme Parks” with Writer Arthur Levine
For many years, I’ve been a listener of CoasterRadio.com. For those who are familiar (or unfamiliar), a frequent guest on the original theme park podcast is theme park writer Arthur Levine, who often helps CoasterRadio with their “Upcoming Year in...
Continue reading...Talking the Future of Theme Park Technology with FORREC’s Eric J. O’Rourke
Over the last decade, a variety of new and exciting technologies influenced both theme park attractions and the overall guest experience. Some caught on, while others were short-lived. So what do the 2020s hold? How will the theme park experience...
Continue reading...Inside Iron Gwazi with Project Manager Andrew Schaffer
Last month, we visited Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to cap the end of a trip to the IAAPA Expo in Orlando. If you haven’t been paying attention to the park’s mass of purple steel and wood reaching into the Tampa...
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