Back in February 2016, Brady MacDonald of the Los Angeles Times broke the news that Cedar Fair had acquired a number of vintage flat rides from parks around the world. After a series of entertaining teases as part of their...
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Construction Update: Carowinds’ County Fair
Yesterday, Coaster101, along with several local area media and journalism students, were invited to take a hard hat tour of Carowinds‘ new County Fair area. A ton of progress has been made since we were at the park back in...
Continue reading...Worlds of Fun Adding Two New Flat Rides, Winterfest for 2017
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...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...Analyzing Carowinds 2017 Tease- Week Four
Just a few days remain before Carowinds reveals their plans for the 2017 season, and we have our fourth week of teases. The tease involves Carowinds’ mayor, Earnest Lee Higginbotham, and his campaign for re-election to serve as the park’s...
Continue reading...Carowinds Begins to Tease for 2017 (And Our Speculation!)
Last week, Carowinds‘ YouTube channel posted a cryptic video with the title “2017…” Inside this video, there are various screenshots from around the internet discussing the Los Angeles Times report from February that Carowinds, along with other Cedar Fair parks, would...
Continue reading...Carowinds Adding Vintage Flat Rides in 2017
We’re just 36 days away from the opening day of Carowinds‘ 2016 season — a season that promises to build on park’s successful 2015 campaign with the rebranding and expansion of Carowinds’ existing Boomerang Bay water park into “Carolina Harbor,” and...
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