Toverland in the Netherlands announced this week major plans for its 2018 season including a wing coaster, large boat ride, a new area and more. The theme park’s 2018 additions center around a new area of the park, Avalon. The...
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Our Thoughts on Thunderbird at Holiday World
Last month, five members of the Coaster101 team met (for the first time in person!) at Holiday World for CoasterBuzz’s “Fall Affair” event which gave us extended ride time (ERT) on the park’s new Bolliger & Mabillard launched wing coaster, Thunderbird —...
Continue reading...Thunderbird Wing Coaster Takes Inaugural Launch
Holiday World shared an exciting moment yesterday of the park’s Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) wing coaster, Thunderbird, taking its first launch. The 0-62 mph, 3.5-second launch is B&M’s first in-house launch system. The Incredible Hulk’s (Islands of Adventure) launch system was...
Continue reading...Thunderbird Track Completed at Holiday World
Holiday World’s new-for-2015 Thunderbird wing coaster is complete. Yesterday, the final piece of the 3,035-foot-long track was put into place. “Thunderbird track piece #77, ready to fly,” the park revealed in a Facebook post. The piece placed appears to be...
Continue reading...Thunderbird Continues to Hatch at Holiday World
The off season has begun, but luckily parks like Holiday World are keeping us in the coaster spirit by sharing amazing photographs of their new-for-2015 coasters under construction. Holiday World’s Thunderbird — B&M’s first launched wing coaster — is already well...
Continue reading...Thunderbird’s Vertical Loop Completed
Holiday World’s Thunderbird wing coaster continues to grow with each passing day. Last week, the B&M wing coaster’s highest point, the Immelmann inversion, was completed. And now, it’s the vertical loop’s turn. The 11-ton section of the vertical loop prepares...
Continue reading...Holiday World’s Thunderbird Topped Off
Construction crews at Holiday World are wasting no time in erecting the Bolliger & Mabillard launched wing coaster. A few days ago, crews hoisted the top piece of the coaster’s Immelmann inversion into place. The pinnacle moment was also captured...
Continue reading...Thunderbird Track Arrives at Holiday World
Is it 2015 yet? As coaster enthusiasts anxiously await other parks to announce their 2015 plans, track for Holiday World’s recently announced Thunderbird launched wing coaster is already arriving at the park. The park tweeted the arrival of the first sections...
Continue reading...Holiday World Announces Thunderbird Launched B&M Wing Coaster for 2015
After 66 days of teasing, hints and speculation, Holiday World has finally revealed the 2015 project years in the making: Thunderbird, a launched Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) wing coaster. Thunderbird features a 0-60mph launch in 3.5 seconds — very rare for a...
Continue reading...GateKeeper in Slow Motion
Aside from the on-ride photographs available for purchase after a coaster ride, seeing riders’ expressions for more than a split second is difficult. But photographer and cinematographer Joe Vaughn captured incredible slow-motion footage of Cedar Point’s GateKeeper wing coaster last...
Continue reading...Heide Park’s Wing Coaster Takes Flight
Heide Park has released new video of Flug der Dämonen (German for “Flight of the Demons”), the park’s new Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster that will open this year. The coaster stands 130 feet tall and speeds at 62 mph along...
Continue reading...Heide Park Building Wing Coaster for 2014
Heide Park Resort in Germany will open a Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) wing coaster in 2014. The now nameless wing coaster will stand roughly 13 stories tall and will reach a top speed of 62 mph over the course of...
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