This week on the Coaster101 Podcast we’re continuing our series of “off-season” interviews with longtime themed entertainment creative veteran Dave Cobb! Dave is probably best known to US theme park fans for being the Creative Director on Men in Black:...
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Knott’s Berry Farm Extends Season Passes Again
Back in the Spring Cedar Fair, in a very guest friendly move, announced all 2020 season passholder at any of their parks would have their passes extended to include the 2021 season. That included year-round park Knott’s Berry Farm. With...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: Our Top 5 Coasters from the Year 2000
Last week we wrapped up our year long series looking at 20 roller coasters that celebrated their 20th birthdays in the year 2020. We covered a lot of ground, with coasters all over the country (and some overseas). We looked...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: Stealth at California’s Great America
In the year 2000, roller coaster fans finally got to experience something that parks had touted for years but never really achieved: the true feeling of flight. On April 1, 2000, Stealth, the World’s First Flying Coaster, opened at Paramount’s Great...
Continue reading...Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Poised to be the First Theme Park In California To Re-open
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk plans to be the first California theme park to re-open, according an article in OC Register. Yesterday we guessed it might be the first California park to re-open. Santa Clara has been very conservative in...
Continue reading...Knott’s Taste of Merry Farm is the Next Knott’s Food Festival
Knott’s Berry Farm announced plans to continue their series of successful food festivals as the theme park remains closed. Beginning November 20, on select dates through January 3 Knott’s will host the “Knott’s Taste of Merry Farm” event. Starting back...
Continue reading...A Very Amusing Disney Coaster Discussion with Carlye Wisel – The Coaster101 Podcast
This week on the podcast we’re joined by a very special guest: Theme Park journalist extraordinaire Carlye Wisel! Carlye writes about theme parks for publications as wide ranging as Travel & Leisure, Eater, and SyFy, and this past summer started...
Continue reading...South Bay Shores Construction Tour At California’s Great America
Although California’s Great America is closed until 2021, crews are still hard at work on their new, expanded water park: South Bay Shores. Yesterday I had a chance to take a tour of the construction with Great America’s Area Manager...
Continue reading...California Issues Theme Park Re-Opening Guidelines: What They Mean and What We Don’t Know
Today California public health officials issued new guidance for the re-opening of theme parks. The new guidance essentially says that very small parks will be open on a limited basis sooner than large parks, and it will probably be awhile...
Continue reading...Six Flags Great America Re-Opening For Holiday in the Park
Six Flags Great America announced today that the third ever Holiday in the Park will open as a “lights experience” on November 27. The park received approval from the state of Illinois to open for the first time in 2020....
Continue reading...Coaster101’s Audio Guide To Quassy Amusement Park – The Coaster101 Podcast
This week on the Coaster101 Podcast we’re going hyper regional! Shane paid a visit to Quassy Amusement Park, a small pay-as-you-go park in his neck of the woods best known for their Gravity Group Coaster, Wooden Warrior. He and Andrew...
Continue reading...Discussing the VelociCoaster Announcement – The Coaster101 Podcast
This week on the Coaster101 Podcast we dive into the least surprsing new ride announcement ever: The Jurassic World VelociCoaster coming to Islands of Adventure next summer! We get into what we’re most excited about, some predictions (kind of), how...
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