When we visited LEGOLAND Florida for the first time last fall, we felt it was one of Central Florida’s best kept secrets. As LEGOLAND Florida Resort celebrates its ninth birthday today, the park has announced plans to commemorate ten awesome...
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Cliffside Coaster, North America’s Longest Mountain Coaster, Opens in Lake Placid
Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme! Get on up! It’s Mountain Coaster Time! ADG Mountainsides is proud to announce the opening of their latest mountain coaster, The Cliffside Coaster, at the US Olympic Venue in Lake Placid, New York. At...
Continue reading...2021 Coaster101 Calendar Now On Sale; 100% of Proceeds Benefitting Give Kids The World
It’s okay, we can say it. 2020 has been a rough year for a lot of people. The best way to forget about 2020? With a 2021 Calendar, of course! We’re proud to announce our 5th Annual coaster calendar to...
Continue reading...Premier Rides Assists Park at OWA with Hurricane Cleanup
In the Muscogee Creek language, OWA means “Big Water,” and due to Hurricane Sally, the name of the Foley, Alabama amusement park took on a double meaning. The area between Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, took the brunt of the...
Continue reading...The Story Behind G-Force: A Movement to Support, Unite and Empower Women in the Coaster Community
For Gabby Gomes, it was her first ride Kingda Ka that drew her to the hobby of roller coasters. For Sarah Anderson, it was El Toro. “I was hooked right then and there,” Gomes said, recalling a ride from when...
Continue reading...Universal Orlando Officially Announces “VelociCoaster” for Summer 2021
After speculation that Universal’s Islands of Adventure would become home to a new state-of-the-art churro stand or bird sanctuary, the (worst-kept) secret to what Universal is constructing inside of Jurassic Park at Islands of Adventure has been revealed: Jurassic World...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: The Four New Coasters of Six Flags Ohio
Unless we’re talking about the opening of a brand new amusement park, it’s almost unheard of for one park to open four new roller coasters in one operating season, however, 20 years ago, that’s exactly what happened at the park...
Continue reading...Announcing the 2020 Golden Ticket Award Winners
This year, the Golden Ticket Awards, presented by Amusement Today to the best-of-the-best in the theme park industry, looked a little different. While the world grapples with an ongoing health crisis, the publication realized its traditional core categories involving best water...
Continue reading...Busch Gardens Williamsburg Announces Halloween Harvest
While Virginia continues to limit theme park attendance as a method to limit COVID-19 exposures and outbreaks, Busch Gardens Williamsburg has gotten creative, creating multiple limited-time, limited-attendance (1,000 or less) events at the park. For those looking for a dose...
Continue reading...Silverwood Announces Stunt Pilot RMC Raptor For 2021
Harkening back to its past that featured daily air shows, Idaho’s Silverwood Theme Park announced Stunt Pilot, a stunt plane-themed single-rail coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction, which is located just a few miles from Silverwood. Before the park was known...
Continue reading...Pricing Out a 2021 Cedar Fair Season Pass
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but…2020 has been a weird year, especially for theme parks. Across the Cedar Fair family of parks, all of their properties had to delay the start of their operating calendar. Some parks...
Continue reading...The Theme Park Social Media Roundtable with Chris Foshee & Jefferson Richardson — The Coaster101 Podcast
You’ve probably seen their tweets. Our most exclusive event "Keys to the Cancelled Kingdom 2021" is already in the planning phase! We cannot wait to have you all back again for a bigger and better event 👑 *Park rules do...
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