http://www.coaster101.com Experience the Coaster Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:30:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/18/650-foot-coaster-proposed-for-las-vegas/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/18/650-foot-coaster-proposed-for-las-vegas/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:10 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=12061

The tallest roller coaster in the world could rise from the Las Vegas skyline. In April, Florida-based US Thrill Rides filed an application with the Federal ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/18/650-foot-coaster-proposed-for-las-vegas/feed/ 0 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/17/my-favorite-amusement-park-sounds/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/17/my-favorite-amusement-park-sounds/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:07:21 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=11361

Two months ago, I wrote about my favorite amusement park aromas, and writing that made me think of what my other senses encounter when at ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/17/my-favorite-amusement-park-sounds/feed/ 1 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/16/review-of-cannonball-run-at-waterville-usa/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/16/review-of-cannonball-run-at-waterville-usa/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:40:10 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=12040

Rising from Alabama’s Gulf Shores skyline stands Cannonball Run at the Waterville USA amusement and water park. The 1995 Custom Coasters International (CCI) wooden coaster ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/16/review-of-cannonball-run-at-waterville-usa/feed/ 0 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/16/full-throttle-opens-saturday-june-22/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/16/full-throttle-opens-saturday-june-22/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:58:00 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=12032

Six Flags Magic Mountain recently announced that its newest coaster, Full Throttle, will officially open to the public on June 22. Full Throttle launches Saturday, ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/16/full-throttle-opens-saturday-june-22/feed/ 0 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/15/celebrating-8-great-years-of-coaster101/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/15/celebrating-8-great-years-of-coaster101/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:00:45 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=12020

On June 15, 2005, Coaster101 was born as an amateurish, free-hosted website. Little did I know that eight years later, my unassuming website would (a) ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/15/celebrating-8-great-years-of-coaster101/feed/ 0 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/14/coney-island-building-new-thunderbolt/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/14/coney-island-building-new-thunderbolt/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:56:27 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=12010

Zamperla will construct a re-imagined Thunderbolt roller coaster at Luna Park at Coney Island in 2014. The steel coaster will stand near where the original ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/14/coney-island-building-new-thunderbolt/feed/ 0 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/11/the-bat-pov-video/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/11/the-bat-pov-video/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:00:47 +0000 Nick http://www.coaster101.com/?p=11885

Take a ride on one of Kings Island’s most notorious rides by watching The Bat POV video. This rare footage includes a full-circuit POV video ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/11/the-bat-pov-video/feed/ 1 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/11/busch-gardens-tampa-announces-falcons-fury/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/11/busch-gardens-tampa-announces-falcons-fury/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:44:46 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=11969

In spring 2014 Busch Gardens Tampa will take guests’ experiences to new heights with Falcon’s Fury, the first drop tower of its kind in the ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/11/busch-gardens-tampa-announces-falcons-fury/feed/ 0 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/10/x-labs-roller-coaster-factory/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/10/x-labs-roller-coaster-factory/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:15:27 +0000 Nick http://www.coaster101.com/?p=11899

CoasterDynamix, the company behind the super realistic roller coaster models, made a big announcement via Facebook today. From their post: “After 3 years of development, ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/10/x-labs-roller-coaster-factory/feed/ 0 http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/10/six-flags-great-america-photo-gallery-2/ http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/10/six-flags-great-america-photo-gallery-2/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:22:43 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=11802

See below for a photo gallery of more pictures that we took during our trip to Six Flags Great America last week. Inside the gallery ...]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2013/06/10/six-flags-great-america-photo-gallery-2/feed/ 0