No, we’re not doing a give away, but if you’ve ever wanted to own some authentic, historic Disneyland memorabilia now’s your chance! A collection of over 1,000 items from early Disneyland is going up for auction later this month in Southern...
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Mystery Coaster Monday #120!
It’s time for the last Mystery Coaster Monday of the season! We’re keeping track of who guesses correctly and the person that guess the most correct answers at the end of the feature will win a Coaster101 Prize Pack! How...
Continue reading...Knott’s Berry Farm Announces Opening Date for “Voyage to the Iron Reef”
Yesterday Knott’s Berry Farm released the opening date for Voyage to the Iron Reef, their new 4-D interactive coaster being built by Triotech Amusement. The ride is scheduled to open May 15, 2015. In addition to announcing the opening date,...
Continue reading...How to make a Great Coaster – Q&A with Adam House of Great Coasters International, Inc.
I’ve long been a fan of Great Coasters International Inc. (GCII), known for their twisting, fast, wooden coasters. I considered myself incredibly lucky when they built Gold Striker in 2013 at California’s Great America, one of my local parks, and that...
Continue reading...Disney’s California Adventure Holiday (Part 2)
As part of the trip to Disneyland last week, I spent most of the second day at Disney’s California Adventure (and in case you missed part 1 from Disneyland proper, check it out here). Sadly, one of the biggest attractions of the...
Continue reading...Holidays at Disneyland – Trip Report (Part 1)
Last week I headed down to Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure for about a day and a half to take in Disney’s holiday transformation. This was actually my first trip to Disney during the December holiday season, and, as you might...
Continue reading...Frozen Coming to California Adventure
On Friday Disney announced a series of new attractions related to Frozen that are coming to California Adventure starting January 7, 2015, although there will be a “sneak peek” of some of the live show attractions beginning December 20. The biggest...
Continue reading...Christmas Coastering in California
While large swaths of the country are already getting dumped on by snow, out here in California most of our amusement parks are lighting their Christmas trees and busting out the snow machines. In order to help convince those of...
Continue reading...Twisted Colossus construction photos from RMC
Rocky Mountain Construction, the coaster company famous for it’s re-works of classic wooden coasters into awesome hybrids, posted an album early this morning with some construction photos from their work on Twisted Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain. There are...
Continue reading...Knott’s Berry Farm Announces New Dark Ride
Today Knott’s Berry Farm announced their new attraction for 2015, an interactive shooter dark ride called Voyage to the Iron Reef. It appears the ride will have a sort of Jules Verneian/steam punk theme, as riders will try to stop...
Continue reading...Cedar Fair Parks get in on the World Series
I promise I’m not just posting this because my home team is in the World Series, it actually is park related. The heads of Worlds of Fun in Kansas City and California’s Great America in the San Francisco Bay Area...
Continue reading...Disneyland Announces Holiday Season
Didn’t I just write about Halloween? Oh well, Disneyland has announced their various makeovers for Christmas season coming up, running from mid November to early January. Most of the updates are about the holiday season shows and parades, including the...
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