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, June 22. Get ready to live it, be it, ride it. #gobig #gosixflags #gofullthrottle pic.twitter.com/Ii1cOBxTVy...
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Smiler Begins Testing
Alton Tower’s record-breaking Smiler coaster is nearing completion, and we’re beginning to see video of the coaster in action. The video below taken from the midway shows the 16-person Smiler trains maneuvering through the 3,840-feet of track and 14 inversions....
Continue reading...Onride Iron Rattler Video
Six Flags Fiesta Texas recently released onride video footage of the soon-to-reopen Iron Rattler coaster. The former wooden roller coaster received a major refurbishment and re-tracking from Rock Mountain Construction. Watch the video below: Will you ride Iron Rattler this season? What...
Continue reading...Take a Virtual Ride on Gold Striker
California’s Great America released today an on-ride video of the park’s new-for-2013 wooden coaster, Gold Striker. The Great Coasters International (GCI) coaster is in the midst of the testing phase. Watch the video below: The coaster seems slightly sluggish in a few...
Continue reading...Building the CoasterDynamix Comet
Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to build a realistic wooden roller coaster model. I always wondered how to make a roller coaster model. Thanks to CoasterDynamix I’ve finally been able to do so. The Comet is...
Continue reading...My First Coaster RCT3 Short Film
Do you remember your first ride on a roller coaster? “My First Coaster” is a short film created with Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (RCT3) that follows a boy as he overcomes his fear of riding a roller coaster. It is...
Continue reading...Outlaw Run Testing POV Video and Photos
Silver Dollar City has released an on ride video of its brand new Outlaw Run coaster testing. Watch the video below: The speed of the coaster is incredible. It appears as though airtime will be plentiful throughout the ride. The...
Continue reading...Busch Gardens Williamsburg New Webcam
Busch Gardens Williamsburg has debuted a really spectacular new webcam strategically placed inside the bridge over Verbolten’s final drop over the Rhine River. This is perfect for those long work days where you could really use a theme park escape....
Continue reading...DCA Week: Radiator Springs Racers POV
We continue our week-long celebration of this Friday’s reopening of Disney California Adventure with an onride video of Radiator Springs Racers! A few lucky season passholders had the chance to take an early ride on the new Radiator Springs Racers ride at...
Continue reading...Take a Spin on Skyrush
Skyrush, Hersheypark’s brand new Intamin hyper coaster opens this weekend. In anticipation of the coaster’s debut, Hersheypark has uploaded a point-of-view video of the lightning fast coaster: From the video, it appears as though Skyrush will be a coaster that...
Continue reading...X-Flight On-ride and Off-ride Video
We were at Six Flags Great America today for the X-Flight media event. See below for two videos from today’s event: On-Ride Video The below video features an onride point-of-view video, and a rider showing yours truly taking on X-Flight....
Continue reading...Black Widow Rises at Kennywood
Kennywood’s under-construction Black Widow ride is rising quickly, and the park has provided a cool time lapse video to show us the progress: The ride will seat 40 guests and will spin them nearly 15 stories off the ground. The...
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