a-z coaster 2017 Archives

The 2016-17 A-Z Coaster of the Week Roundup

After 26 weeks featuring 26 different roller coasters, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet, we finally wrapped up our 2016-2017 version of our A-Z Coaster of the Week series, and I thought it would be interesting to...

Apr 11, 2017 by Eric Wooley Features 0

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Zeus at Mt. Olympus

We’ve reached the end of another installment of A-Z Coaster of the Week! We’re concluding this cycle with Zeus at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells. Photo © Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park Zeus stands 90...

Mar 23, 2017 by John Stevenson Features 0

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Yamaha Racing Coaster

Welcome back to our A-Z Coaster of the Week, where we highlight a roller coaster that corresponds with each letter of the alphabet. Did you know that there are only 9 roller coasters in history that begin with the letter...

Mar 13, 2017 by Andrew Stilwell Features 0

A-Z Coaster of the Week: XLR-8

For our A-Z Coaster of the Week we’ve arrived at the letter “X” and must travel back in time to the days of Six Flags AstroWorld to find XLR8, the first “successful” suspended roller coaster. AstroWorld was a massive theme...

Mar 6, 2017 by Nick Weisenberger Features 1

A-Z Coaster of the Week: V2: Vertical Velocity

This week’s “A-Z Coaster of the Week” brings us to the letter V, and a ride that when it was first built wasn’t very unique at all. However, thanks to a city regulation, the ride was modified into something one of...

Feb 21, 2017 by Eric Wooley Features 1

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Ultra Twister

For this week’s A-Z coaster, we’ll take a look back at Ultra Twister, a TOGO pipeline coaster formally located at Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Astroworld, and now currently sitting in “storage” at Six Flags America. Ultra Twister...

Feb 14, 2017 by Mike Features 0