We have been following a lot of the happenings at Carowinds for 2015 here at Coaster101. Not only is the park redoing their entire entrance and building the tallest, fastest and longest Giga Coaster in the world with Fury 325, but today,...
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Walt Disney World’s “Keys To The Kingdom” Tour Review
For the last several years, I have been on a quest for knowledge about Walt Disney World. I honestly can’t get enough of it. I’ve read everything I can get my hands on, and I still feel that there is more...
Continue reading...Ryerson Design Competition Recap: Day Two
The inaugural Ryerson Invitational T.H.R.I.L.L. Design Competition was held at Ryerson University in Toronto from October 31st to November 1st. The contest pitted teams from Drexel, Waterloo, Guelph, Cornell, and Ryerson universities against each other in three unique challenges designed to...
Continue reading...Trip Report: SeaWorld Orlando 1/19/2015
For the first ten years of my life, I lived in South Florida. A drive up Florida’s turnpike made SeaWorld Orlando a very reasonable and easy day trip. We regularly visited SeaWorld once or twice a year. Then I moved away....
Continue reading...How to make a Great Coaster – Q&A with Adam House of Great Coasters International, Inc.
I’ve long been a fan of Great Coasters International Inc. (GCII), known for their twisting, fast, wooden coasters. I considered myself incredibly lucky when they built Gold Striker in 2013 at California’s Great America, one of my local parks, and that...
Continue reading...Bay Beach Amusement Park Plans for 2015 and 2016
Bay Beach Amusement Park continues to grow following the success of the Zippin Pippin. The Green Bay, Wis., amusement park announced today plans for three new rides and an expanded train that will run under Zippin Pippin’s structure: Coming in...
Continue reading...Rocky Mountain Construction Facebook Q&A
Rocky Mountain Construction is designing and building the hottest new roller coasters these days. They’ve produced the incredible Outlaw Run at Silver Dollar City and Goliath at Six Flags Great America. They’re a small, family owned business that’s always been very...
Continue reading...Mystery Coaster Monday #116
Only a few weeks left. Are you ready for Mystery Coaster Monday #116? We’re keeping track of who guesses correctly and the person that guess the most correct answers at the end of the feature will win a Coaster101 Prize...
Continue reading...Our 2015 Coaster Resolutions
In our recent two part series we shared with you all our top theme park related moments from 2014. Today, we’re going to share our goals for 2015, our “coaster resolutions.” John 2014 was an exciting year full of many...
Continue reading...Our Favorite Moments from 2014, Part 2
The 2014 coaster season was a stellar one for the Coaster101 team, and we’re highlighting a few of our favorite moments from the year in this two-part series. Read “Part 1” of our Favorite Moments from 2014 feature here. Kyle Coming...
Continue reading...Our Favorite Moments from 2014, Part 1
The 2014 coaster season was a stellar one for the Coaster101 team, and we’re highlighting a few of our favorite moments from the year in this two-part series. John Timber was a common theme of my 2014 coaster season. Wooden...
Continue reading...Mystery Coaster Monday #115
We are into week 15 of Mystery Coaster Monday! Try to correctly guess the coaster in the edited picture. We’re keeping track of who guesses correctly and the person that gets the most correct answers at the end of the...
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