The Coaster101 Podcast: Hard Rock Park Memories with Josh Liebman

Welcome back my friends to the podcast that never ends! We’ve got a late Christmas present for you to unwrap! For our last podcast of 2021, we’re reminiscing about a park that’s no longer with us, and has a bit of a cult status in the enthusiast community – Hard Rock Park. We’re joined by Attraction Pros’ Podcast Co-Host Josh Liebman, who worked as an Operations Supervisor at the “Park That Rock Built” during its lone operating season in 2008.

We talk a bit about what it was like working at Hard Rock Park, attractions like Led Zeppelin: The Ride, Maximum RPM! and Nights in White Satin: The Trip, the transformation to Freestyle Music Park, Rock Stars trashing trailers, kitchen island-sized banners, and how many energy drinks it took to cycle a roller coaster prior to opening to the public!

Listen to the podcast in the player below, or anywhere you listen to podcasts! Also, be sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss an episode! And please give us a rating and review wherever you listen, it helps new listeners find us!

Theme Park University wrote a great multi-part article about the rise and fall of Hard Rock Park. Check out Part 1 here, and click through for the other parts!

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Thanks to JM Music Design for providing our theme song. For more on them, check out jmmusicdesign.com.

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