Worlds of Fun also joined in on the 2017 Cedar Fair Announcements today. The Kansas City, Missouri, park is adding two classic flat rides, and like Kings Island and Carowinds, bringing Winterfest to the park in 2017. The two new...
Continue reading...Carowinds to Add New County Fair and Winterfest in 2017
After a successful re-election campaign, Carowinds‘ Mayor, Earnest Lee Higginbotham, made good on his campaign promises and announced a new County Fair area for the park, as well as a new Winterfest, both to debut in 2017. A new lineup of...
Continue reading...Vortex at California’s Great America Is Losing Its Floor, Becoming Patriot
Back in 2015 there was an article that hinted Vortex at California’s Great America, the oldest stand-up coaster in the United States, would be getting a floorless conversion like the one that turned Mantis at Cedar Point into Rougarou. In...
Continue reading...Cedar Point’s Soak City Waterpark to Become Cedar Point Shores in 2017
First announced on the park’s Instagram account, Cedar Point’s Soak City Water park will be expanded and rebranded to “Cedar Point Shores” in 2017. “Announcing the new Cedar Point Shores Water Park! It’s 18 acres of splish-splashin family fun, featuring...
Continue reading...Dorney Park Adding Two Flat Rides for 2017
Dorney Park today announced two new family rides and numerous park enhancements for the 2017 season. Two Family Flat Rides Dorney Park will open a spinning flat ride and bumper cars next season: Kaleidoscope is a HUSS Troika flat ride...
Continue reading...Knott’s Berry Farm Announces Details of 2017 Soak City Expansion
After their major renovation of GhostRider and Ghost Town this year in honor of the 75th anniversary of the oldest area of the park, Knott’s Berry Farm has decided to focus on their water park for 2017. In the first...
Continue reading...Reflections on Phantasialand’s Taron
A recent trip to Germany gave us the opportunity to experience Phantasialand’s new coaster coupling : the exceptionally unique Raik, Vekoma family coaster and it’s senior partner , the spectacular Taron, an Intamin multi launch coaster. You could see from...
Continue reading...InvadR Construction Update
While at Busch Gardens Williamsburg the other day, I made sure to take some time to snoop around (look over the fence) and see how the park’s newest coaster was coming along. InvadR will be the first wooden coaster at...
Continue reading...New York Wheel Construction Update and New Details
In the past twenty years, the title for world’s tallest Ferris wheel has been broken six times. In 2017, the record will not just be broken again; it’ll be smashed by eighty feet. Upon its opening, the New York Wheel...
Continue reading...Happy National Roller Coaster Day 2016
Happy National Roller Coaster Day! Today is the day where the white-knuckle thrill rides we love so much are celebrated from coast to coast (and beyond). And this year, one of our writers is celebrating the day in a big...
Continue reading...Mystic Timbers Construction Update
Several members of the Coaster101 team visited Kings Island this past weekend as part of the Great Ohio Coaster Club Mid-Summer Scream Pt. 2. Walking around the park, we came to an area of the park across from Reds’ Hall...
Continue reading...Everything You Need to Know About Dubai Parks and Resorts
The massive Dubai Parks and Resorts multi-park development will officially open on Monday, October 31, 2016. We’ve covered the Motiongate Dubai theme park, but there’s much more to the Dubai Parks and Resorts resort. So what’s inside Dubai Parks and Resorts? In total, the resort...
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