Holiday Gift Guide for Coaster Enthusiasts 2025
If you’re on the hunt for the perfect holiday gift for a roller coaster enthusiast in 2025, look no further—we’ve got your holiday gift guide for theme park fans! Since 2011, we’ve been publishing an annual gift guide just for coaster lovers, and our 2025 edition features an exciting range of ideas for every thrill-seeker and theme park fan on your list. This year has been a wild ride, and while it’s great to grab gifts for family and friends, it’s also a perfect chance to support your favorite parks.
Of course, you can’t go wrong with a season pass to your enthusiast’s local amusement park, zoo, or aquarium. But if you’re looking for something to wrap, check out our list below! We’ve organized our ideas into categories like books, games, toys, and more, making it easy to find something for every age and interest.
Happy shopping, and feel free to share additional ideas in the comments.
Any prices listed are subject to change. Last updated: November 26, 2025
Holiday Gift Guide for Coaster Enthusiasts
Coaster101 Merchandise
We’re biased, but we think our 2026 Roller Coaster Calendar is the perfect gift for any thrill seeker. The photographs featured were taken by members of the Coaster101 team. And best of all, we’re donating 100% of the net proceeds to A Kid Again. What’s better than getting a gift and contributing to charity at the same time? Purchase your calendar here while supplies last.
Do you want to wear your love for Coaster101 on your sleeve? Now you can! The link for our store, which features roller coaster-inspired merchandise, C101 merch and more, is HERE.
Theme Park Books
Images of Modern America: Libertyland is a chronological look at the theme park’s life, from blueprints to its razing and beyond. Photographs were gathered from former park employees, guests, historians, Memphis-area libraries, and the Shelby County Archives. Born and raised in Memphis, Coaster101 founder and author John R. Stevenson V rode his first roller coaster at Libertyland and considers his childhood days spent at the park unforgettable. This book is not only a tribute to Libertyland’s legacy, but also a history lesson for generations of Memphians to come.
Coasters 101: An Engineer’s Guide to Roller Coaster Design by Coaster101’s Nick Weisenberger will show you how roller coaster designers spend hundreds of hours creating, tweaking, and re-imagining ride paths to push the exhilaration envelope while carefully maintaining the highest safety standards. Features design example problems real roller coaster engineers face in the field today as well as career advice for any aspiring roller coaster engineers. 5th Edition now available in paperback and hardcover.
Thrill Ride: The Transformation of Hersheypark, a new book detailing the history of the chocolate-infused Hershey, PA, theme park. Author John R. Haddad, a professor of American studies and popular culture at Penn State Harrisburg, takes readers on a guided tour of every chapter of the park’s history and into every nook and cranny of its past, starting with chocolatier and founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company, Milton S. Hershey.
Ticket to Ride: America’s Theme Park Trains by Barry R. Hill is a new book for all theme park steam train lovers! This coffee table book shares the stories behind America’s theme park railroads—those still in operation and those long gone. Ticket to Ride can be found either on Amazon or at Rivershore Press. You may even get a signed copy and custom bookmark!
Even more theme park books listed here.
Official Park Shops
You want the gear without making the trip? Head to the official park store for drinkware, apparel, accessories, and more!
- SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Parks
- Universal Orlando
- Disney Parks
- HersheyPark
- Holiday World
- Indiana Beach
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach (you can even buy used ride parts!)
- Former Cedar Fair parks shops are listed here.
Roller Coaster Building Sets and Models
Currently, there’s no better place online for roller coaster toys and models than our good friends CoasterDynamix. Not only do they have the traditional nano-coasters that we’ve come to know and love, but have expanded into wooden “Coaster Cutout” models (some now in color!) and they make the CDX Block LEGO compatible roller coasters as well.
If the official LEGO brand roller coasters are out of your price range, there are now off-brand roller coaster models to consider. Mould King even has a LEGO roller coaster with a neat spiral lift!
Working LEGO-compatible Bumper Cars
I’ll admit, I was hesitant to try a non-LEGO building set, but this one completely exceeded my expectations. In fact, it ended up surpassing many official LEGO sets we’ve built in terms of fun and final presentation. It’s one of the best-looking sets we’ve ever completed, and the build was an absolute blast. I totally recommend this to any experienced builder looking for a unique challenge! Find it on Amazon here.
Mould King now makes a number of flat rides including Nature’s Tree Windmill aka Zamperla Nebulaz. Read our full review here.
Roller Coaster Video Games, Board Games, and More
Nearly every classic major Disney attraction has been turned into a board game. In the Disney Space Mountain Game, players will race to see who can complete their missions and visit all 5 Starports first. Not sure what is has to do with the ride other than the name but it features standees of all five Space Mountain rides from around the world. Other Disney attraction inspired games include It’s a Small World, Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, and Big Thunder Mountain. If you’re looking for a quick game to play with your kids then I do NOT recommend the Haunted Mansion game.
Hunt A Killer is one of the most popular murder mystery subscription box services. A great way to get a taste without fully committing is one of their standalone games. In Body On The Boardwalk, players investigate the death of a seaside amusement park employee and uncover the park’s dirty secrets that led to her murder.
The hottest new theme park related video game this holiday season is Planet Coaster 2. Planet Coaster 2 builds upon the foundation of the original game plus the addition of new management options, expanded social functionality and, of course, the massively requested addition of water parks. Get it on Steam, Epic, Xbox X/S and PlayStation 5.
Theme Park Apparel & Whatnot
Ohio-Based HOMAGE has a variety of Vintage-inspired shirts for the Cedar Point and Kings Island fans on your shopping list. I’ve gotten more comments from strangers when wearing The Beast shirt then any other, great conversation starter.
Looking for a roller coaster or theme park attraction poster? Made to Thrill has you covered.
Roller Coaster Restraint Stress Ball: Print My Ride Detroit is selling a fun souvenir that resembles a component of a roller coaster restraint in a fun collectable way. Resembling a clamshell roller coaster restraint as a stress ball.
What gifts are you getting your coaster enthusiast friends? Which coaster gifts are you hoping to find under the tree this year? Know of any good Black Friday or Holiday sales?
Discuss in the comments section below, and feel free to recommend additional gift ideas for coaster enthusiasts!
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