Today I returned from a full day of Six Flags Great America after a four-year hiatus of visiting the park. This was the first time seeing the park in the “Shapiro-era”, so I was curious to see what all had...
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Coaster vs. Toupee
This is a few days old, but the story is too funny to pass up. Dennis Murphy, a local business owner in Myrtle Beach saw a commercial for Freestyle Music Park’s Time Machine coaster in which a piece of a...
Continue reading...Guess the Coaster: Round 1
This is pretty self-explanatory. Each week or so I will post a heavily-distorted picture of a rollercoaster. It is not necessarily a picture that can be found on Coaster101, so you can’t go snooping around for a look alike! You...
Continue reading...Big Bad Wolf to be retired
There is some sad news out of Williamsburg today from Busch Gardens: “WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (July 24, 2009) – After 25 years traveling at the speed of fright, The Big Bad Wolf will take its last trip through Busch Gardens’ Bavarian...
Continue reading...Fading Secrecy
Secrecy has become a non-priority in the amusement park industry. In today’s world of the internet, iPod, and iPhones it’s much harder to keep secrets than it was in years past. The internet culture has changed the game. The industry...
Continue reading...Efteling adding dueling coasters!
We tend to not cover many international parks, but that’s one of the many changes coming to the new Coaster101! The big news out of the Netherlands: Efteling is expanding in a huge way in the coming years. Out of a slew of...
Continue reading...Remember Libertyland
It’s been nearly four years since Libertyland in Memphis, TN closed its doors forever. I made this video a few years ago as a final goodbye. But with half of the park still standing… abandoned… it’s really hard to see...
Continue reading...What’s coming to California Adventure
It might be old news that Disney’s California Adventure is receiving a major makeover, I thought I would share a link to a new website Disney has launched in order to show you what all is ahead for the park....
Continue reading...Six Flags St. Louis Video
This video is from August 2008. It features the major attractions of the park including the new Evel Knievel, Batman: The Ride, Boss, Ninja, Tony Hawk’s Big Spin, Screamin’ Eagle, and more!
Continue reading...Magic Springs over the years
Lately you might have heard that several of the rides at Magic Springs are not operating. X-Coaster has remained closed all season and will not reopen until 2009. The park has issued reasons as to why the rides are not...
Continue reading...Odin’s Temple of the Tiger
I think one of the most amazing dynamics a themepark can have is animal interaction. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, located in Vallejo, California, continues the tradition of incredible animal attractions with the addition of Odin’s Temple of the Tiger. From...
Continue reading...2012… the coaster?
In continuing my posts on movies that could be turned into coasters, I recently saw the trailer for the upcoming movie 2012. If you haven’t heard of the year 2012, it is predicted by some ancient Mayan civilization stuff that...
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