Last week Universal Studios Hollywood quietly started technical rehearsals for their highly anticipated new roller coaster, Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. We were lucky enough to be visiting Universal this past Monday when it was...
We just recently got back from visiting Alton Towers for the first time! It’s a park that has been high on the bucket list for both of us (John and Eric) for a long time,...
I recently took my first ever visit to Alton Towers, and while the main motivation for the trip was their fantastic coaster lineup (check out our rankings of them), it turns out Alton Towers has...
B&M Dive Coasters have seen a bit of a boom in North America over the last several years. After SheiKra and Griffon opened in 2005 and 2007, respectively, none were opened until Valravn in 2016....
The Bolliger and Mabillard (B&M) Dive Coaster is maybe one of the most iconic roller coaster models in the world, with their giant wide cars and huge vertical drops. When SheiKra opened at Busch Gardens...
Galacticoaster and LEGO Galaxy land is now open at both LEGOLAND Florida and LEGOLAND California! At the media preview for the Florida’s Galacticoaster I had a chance to speak with Blake Boyter, Senior Project Manager...
Galacticoaster at LEGOLAND Florida opens to the public today! We joined the park for a media preview to get a look at the new roller coaster from LEGOLAND and ART Engineering. Galacticoaster Review The ride,...
We already knew that Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run is getting a new mission this Spring to coincide with the release of the new Mandalorian and Grogu movie on May 22, but now we know a...
30 years ago, on October 21, 1995, the — in my opinion — best theme park stunt show in the world debuted at Universal Studios Hollywood: WaterWorld: A Live Sea War Spectacular! To celebrate the milestone...
Universal Studios Hollywood shared that they’ve started extended testing of their new roller coaster coming in 2026, “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift.” The park is keeping most the train cars for the new ride hidden...
I recently got a chance to visit a “new-to-me” theme park that had been near top of my list to go to for a long time, Efteling in the Netherlands. Now, although it’s a park...
The next stop in our “20 in 2025” series highlighting coasters that debuted in 2005 alongside Coaster101 takes us overseas again, this time to Hong Kong Disneyland and their version of Space Mountain! Original Opening...
