Not very surprisingly, plans are no more for the Orlando Thrill Park: “Plans for an thrill-ride park at the north end of Orlando’s International Drive have been abandoned. The developer, I-Drive Investors LLC, has dropped its bid to put a...
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Cedar Fair names new CEO, Matthew Ouimet
Cedar Fair has named Dick Kinzel’s replacement, Matthew Ouimet. The Los Angeles Times reports: “A former Disney executive and hotel chain manager has been named president of Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., the Ohio theme park company that owns Knott’s Berry...
Continue reading...Fourth Annual Coaster101 Photo Contest
Get out your cameras and dust off the lens – it’s time for our fourth annual photography contest! This year’s categories will remain the same from last year: original, edited, and humor. Submissions will be accepted through July 8th, 2011. Voting...
Continue reading...Europa Park to add wooden coaster in 2012
Europa Park announced today a Great Coasters International wooden coaster for the 2012 season. While the name and layout of the coaster have not yet been revealed, the park did release some pretty telling ride specifications: The currently unnamed coaster...
Continue reading...How does weather affect coasters?
The Weather Channel recently posted an excellent article explaining how various weather conditions affect rollercoasters and how both coaster designers and amusement park management deal with weather. Below is a snippet of the article: “We talked to Great Coasters International,...
Continue reading...Windseeker at Cedar Point is open
After some minor delays, Windseeker at Cedar Point officially opened on the night of June 14, 2011. From the OnPoint! blog: “It’s the moment you all have been waiting for. . . WindSeeker is now open! Guests in the park...
Continue reading...Coaster101 Turns 6 Years Old
Six years ago today Coaster101 began as a small Freewebs website. Since then, we have experienced tremendous growth, and we owe a lot of that growth to our faithful readers. As always, we are grateful for and humbled by your...
Continue reading...New Magic Kingdom Fantasyland Concept Art
New concept art of the massive expansion of Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom was posted on the Disney blog. This piece of concept art focuses on the Storybook Circus area of Fantasyland. The blog author writes: “I know it’s going to be a great...
Continue reading...Untamed opens at Canobie Lake
Untamed, a compact Euro-Fighter model recently opened at Canobie Lake Park. The park posted some photos and a video of the ride in action on their website: Untamed’s theming is top-notch. The coaster stands 72 feet tall and features a 97...
Continue reading...Confirmed: Blue B&M Track at Dollywood
All signs point to Dollywood receiving some type of B&M coaster in 2012 after photos were posted at Thrill Network of blue B&M track sitting in a construction area inside the park: You can hardly make out the blue B&M...
Continue reading...Possible Dollywood 2012 Track Spotted
Blue B&M track was reportedly spotted en route to Dollywood. I came across this interesting blog post on Tumblr: The caption states: “Some delicious B&M track on its way to Dollywood!” When a reader asked how the blogger knew the track was...
Continue reading...Flying Turns Onride Video
Knoebels released a full onride video of their delayed Flying Turns coaster on Facebook. Click here to watch the video. The unique coaster was originally supposed to open in 2007 but various delays have pushed the opening back several times....
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