Silver Dollar City promised us a “historic announcement,” and now we’ve got it. In a live stream today, the park announced that Fire in the Hole will be celebrating its “Grand Finale” during the 2023 season. “Born from an Ozarks’...
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The Coaster Enthusiast’s Guide to Super Bowl LVII
It’s a big weekend. There’s just one football game left on the calendar this NFL Season, and it’s a very big game — one might even call it Super. While the Mattel Adventure Park isn’t quite open in time to...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: LIVE From the Aeronautica Landing Construction Tour
This week’s show is a little different than usual. Andrew had the opportunity to visit Carowinds for a Construction Tour of the all-new Aeronautica Landing, which opens later this spring. If you missed it on the site, and prefer to...
Continue reading...Inside Aeronautica Landing Construction at Carowinds
Back in August 2022, when Carowinds announced that “Crossroads” would close and become the all-new Aeronautica Landing in 2023, it’s been very exciting following the progress of the new aviation-themed land. Featuring five all-new (and one reimagined) attractions, Aeronautica Landing...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: The GP Visit Six Flags Fiesta Texas
As coaster enthusiasts, we all have friends who we refer to (lovingly) as “GP.” So when members of the GP visit a park that you’ve never visited, you obviously want the “real” story that isn’t as coaster focused. Andrew is...
Continue reading...A Walk In The Park: Carowinds Winter Weekends
When we learned that Carowinds would shift to a 12-month operating calendar beginning in 2023, we were immediately eager to visit the park during the January “off-season.” (Though we all know there’s really no “true” off-season at a regional amusement...
Continue reading...Six Flags Over Georgia Announces Racing “P’Sghetti Bowl” Single-Rail Coasters for 2023
At today’s annual American Coaster Enthusiasts’ “No Coaster Con” event in Chicago, Six Flags Over Georgia made an announcement that seemed to come out of nowhere. Like Six Flags Fiesta Texas, which made an announcement at last fall’s SF92 Event,...
Continue reading...Roller Coasters, Explained by ChatGPT.
For years, we have been warned educated about the rise of technology through popular culture, and how “in the future,” that artificial intelligence will be there to help us with whatever we need. (Until it becomes sentient and tries to...
Continue reading...Universal Announces Plans for New Projects in Texas, Las Vegas
Universal Parks & Resorts division has announced that they are planning two new regional developments, a family-focused resort in Frisco, Texas, and a horror-focused destination that will anchor an expansion of Las Vegas‘ Area 15. JUST ANNOUNCED: Universal Parks &...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Carolinas (+ Tennessee & Virginia) Coaster Draft with @ParkRovers & @eriks_coasters
Happy New Year! Native North Carolinian Andrew is joined by two other North Carolinians, Andrew from Park Rovers and Erik of “Erik’s Coaster Tweets” to conduct a Carolinas Coaster Draft, with the added wrinkle of Virginia and Tennessee thrown in...
Continue reading...Which Park Can Stake Claim to “Intamin Coaster Capital of the World”
Back in October, we posed the question “Which park is the ‘B&M Capital of the World‘?” After coming up with a semi-arbitrary formula to declare Six Flags Great Adventure as the winner, we thought we were done with declaring parks...
Continue reading...College Football & Roller Coasters: The Benefits of Bowl Game Travel
As a college football fan, Bowl Season is one of my favorite times of the year. Throughout December and January, football teams from 86 colleges and universities across the country travel to a variety of bowl game locales, ranging from...
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