After years of visiting amusement parks, many coaster enthusiasts amass a sizable collection of artifacts, trinkets and souvenirs from their travels. These items provide a nostalgic reminder of their days of coaster-riding. Below, members of the Coaster101 team have shared a few...
Continue reading...Features
A-Z Coaster of the Week: Iron Dragon
This week we head back to Cedar Point to one of the more overlooked roller coasters at the park, Iron Dragon. Built in 1987, this is the oldest operating Arrow Dynamics Suspended steel roller coaster in the world, a sort...
Continue reading...RoboCoasters-101
In the race to build even more thrilling and unpredictable ride experiences, the RoboCoaster has emerged as one of the most dynamic ride systems out there. From stationary rides to state-of-the-art motion base attractions, RoboCoaster is raising the level of...
Continue reading...Your Top 10 Coasters
A couple weeks ago we shared our Top 10 coaster lists and asked you to send us yours! We received many responses and they were very interesting! Check out these lists to see how different people rank their coasters! Stephanie...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
Our “H” Coaster of the Week takes us back to Central Florida and the Universal Orlando Resort as we highlight Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Florida. This Maurer Söhne X-Coaster opened on August 19, 2009. Hollywood Rip Ride...
Continue reading...Final Design of Goliath Revealed
Six Flags Great America released new images of the final design of Goliath which includes a redesigned lift hill structure not seen before on this kind of roller coaster. The layout itself hasn’t changed, but the lift hill and...
Continue reading...Cedar Point Adding New Dining Options and SlingShot in 2014
Last October, we highlighted two new attractions coming to Cedar Point, the flagship park of the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. Today, Cedar Point announced that they are adding even more for the upcoming park season. Chickie’s and Pete’s, a Philadelphia-based Sports...
Continue reading...Q&A with Evan Souliere of Great Coasters International
A few weeks ago, Coaster101 posted photos of the progress of Great Coasters International’s refurbishment of Hurler at Carowinds, located in Charlotte, NC. We recently had the opportunity to interview Evan Souliere, Design Engineer at Great Coasters International about the Hurler...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Griffon
We head to Williamsburg, VA for our “G” Coaster of the week. Griffon opened at Busch Gardens Williamsburg on May 18, 2007, replacing the park’s iconic Le Mans Raceway, in the New France section of the park. A Bolliger and...
Continue reading...Our Top 10 Coasters
It seems that everyone who possesses a love for roller coasters has their own Top 10 list. The Golden Ticket Awards give us an overall consensus as to what the population believes to be the “Top 10” roller coasters, but...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Firehawk
This week we travel to Kings Island to ride one of the most unique roller coasters in the world, Firehawk. Relocated from Geauga Lake in 2007, this is only one of two 1018M Vekoma Flying Dutchman roller coasters built. Located...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Exterminator
This week we travel to West Mifflin, Pennsylvania for our A-Z Coaster of the Week: Exterminator. Built in 1999, this coaster is not your typical wild mouse, it takes place entirely in the dark! Unlike many of Kennywood’s other coasters,...
Continue reading...
Recent Discussion