This Friday I got a chance to take a a behind-the-scenes hard hat tour of The Joker at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, the new Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid of the former Roar set to open this Spring. The tour was timed to...
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The Joker Construction Photos from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
The Joker Construction Update I swung by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom yesterday to take a look at the how the construction has been going on The Joker, the new Rocky Mountain Construction conversion of the Great Coasters International “Roar” coming...
Continue reading...Sidewinder Safari Opens at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, And It’s Their Best Themed Coaster
Sidewinder Safari, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s newest coaster, opens today! We joined the park for a media preview yesterday to take in the new ride, as well as the all new snake exhibits opening with it. Drops and Spins The...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: Medusa at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
For our next stop in our 20 in 2020 look at coasters celebrating their 20th anniversaries this year, we’re heading back to the California, and to a park that we also featured in our 19 in 99 series last year....
Continue reading...15 to 15: Our 15 Favorite Coaster Construction Tours
Over the last 15 years, the Coaster101 team has had the opportunity to tour numerous roller coaster construction sites. These tours have given us up-close looks at a new coasters’ shiny track, freshly cut timber or glistening trains. As we...
Continue reading...19 For ’99: Roar at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Over the last several months we’ve been taking a look back at some of our favorite coasters celebrating their 20th birthdays this year in our 19 for ’99 series. This week we’re looking at a wooden coaster that is no...
Continue reading...Rocky Mountain Construction Part Recall Closes Coasters
Update: We’ve added some new information about the earlier Joker closure to this post. A Rocky Mountain Construction part recall has closed two of its newest roller coasters, including Lightning Rod at Dollywood. So if you’re planning to ride a new...
Continue reading...The Joker Twists, Turns, Makes Me Laugh Like a Child
The Joker Media Day Festivities After watching the Joker, the new RMC conversion at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, construction progress over the past 9 months, it was incredibly exciting to see the finished product at the media day for the...
Continue reading...The Joker Construction Tour – April 2016
Construction on the Joker at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is getting pretty close to completion, so the park offered one final hardhat tour of the construction site to allow us a chance to look at the progress, and really a couple...
Continue reading...Pacific Rim “5-D Experience” Coming to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom THIS MONTH!
Earlier this week Six Flags Discovery Kingdom teased that something might be happening in their old Iwerks theater, which opened in 1997 and has been used for storage and Halloween mazes since 2008. Today they announced what’s happening, and it’s...
Continue reading...Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Announces RMC Hybrid, The Joker
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has announced what we all expected, that the recently closed Roar (check out our post on our visit to Roar’s final day) is being converted to a hybrid coaster by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) called “The...
Continue reading...Ranking Every RMC Pre-Lift Segment
Pre-lift: the section of track immediately after the station before reaching the first lift hill or launch track. On the majority of steel roller coasters, the pre-lift consists of a short straight track, a ninety-degrees turn, or a 180-degree turn....
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