Thrills and chills take center stage at Lake Compounce as the amusement park announces enhancements to the guest experience through upgrades on the Wildcat Roller Coaster and the reintroduction of its hair-raising Halloween event, Phantom Fall Fest. Lake Compounce promises to deliver a...
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Six Flags Great Escape Announces Bobcat Wooden Coaster for 2024
Six Flags Great Escape today announced plans to open Bobcat in 2024. The Gravity Group family wooden coaster will stand 55 feet tall, reaching a top speed of 40 mph along its 1,412 feet of track. Bobcat will feature two...
Continue reading...A Quick Visit to One of the Only Remaining Free Admission Amusement Parks: Waldameer
Four members of the Coaster101 team recently converged on Niagara Falls, Canada before we visited Six Flags Darien Lake and Canada’s Wonderland (more on those parks soon). Instead of flying from Ohio, I decided to drive specifically so I could...
Continue reading...Small Park Showcase: Kemah Boardwalk
During a recent trip to Houston for work, I had some extra time to check out a few “new-to-me” parks in the Lone Star State. While they say “Everything’s Bigger in Texas,” after visiting the compact Galveston Island Historic Pleasure...
Continue reading...A Quick Visit to Kings Island’s 50th Anniversary Season
Recently, I purchased a Cedar Fair Platinum pass and wanted to get some use out of it, so I decided to make a quick visit to Kings Island’s 50th Anniversary season on Thursday, July 7th. Platinum and gold pass members...
Continue reading...Coaster101’s Audio Guide To Quassy Amusement Park – The Coaster101 Podcast
This week on the Coaster101 Podcast we’re going hyper regional! Shane paid a visit to Quassy Amusement Park, a small pay-as-you-go park in his neck of the woods best known for their Gravity Group Coaster, Wooden Warrior. He and Andrew...
Continue reading...How Every Modern Wooden Roller Coaster Traces Back to One Company
For the last 20 or so years, there have been two primary wooden roller coaster maker: Great Coasters International and the Gravity Group. Custom Coasters International dominated the wooden coaster market in the 1990s. Before CCI, names like Dinn and...
Continue reading...Small Park Showcase: Waldameer
With a free day in Western Pennsylvania earlier this month, I decided to tackle two “new-to-me” (but far from “new”) parks before visiting Kennywood for Steel Curtain Media Day. Following a brief stop at Conneaut Lake Park, I drove just...
Continue reading...15 Fun Roller Coasters Under 35 MPH
Tachophobia, the fear of speed, is the abnormal, often unwarranted fear of doing something too fast. While the most common reasons for being too scared to ride a roller coaster might be due to height or inversions, fear of speed...
Continue reading...Kentucky Flyer Rises at Kentucky Kingdom
Kentucky Kingdom’s Kentucky Flyer wooden coaster is growing day by day, and the park has been documenting the construction regularly over the past few months. Below are just a few of my favorites. Kentucky Kingdom announced Kentucky Flyer in late...
Continue reading...Fun Spot America Announces Name of 2017 Coaster
Fun Spot America yesterday announced “Mine Blower” as the name of its new-for-2017 inverting wooden roller coaster. The Kissimmee, Florida, amusement park (separate from the Orlando park) announced the Gravity Group wooden coaster in December, but withheld the name and theme...
Continue reading...Top Ten Roller Coasters Opening in 2017 in US
As 2016 comes to a close it’s time to look ahead to next year. Here’s our list of the top ten roller coasters opening in 2017 in the US that you need to ride next year. 10. Rollin’ Thunder at OWA...
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