Nick Weisenberger, Author at Coaster101

Four New Gravity Group Coasters for China

Today, the Gravity Group announced that FOUR new wood coasters are headed to China. Well under construction, a fantastic wooden roller coaster is underway at Fantawild Zhuzhou which will open in 2014. Hot on its heels, a custom terrain coaster...

Nov 20, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger News 5

GCI Announces Viper and More

Great Coasters International (GCI) started IAAPA 2013 off with a bang by making two announcements. The first is they will be supplying new trains to Coastersaurus at Legoland Florida. The new train design is called the Mini-llennium Flyers. Check out this picture...

Nov 19, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger News 2

Mystery Coaster Monday 013

Here we are into week thirteen of “Mystery Coaster Monday!” Try and correctly guess the coaster in the edited picture. We’re keeping track of who guesses correctly and the person that guess the most correct answers at the end of...

Oct 28, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger Features 4

Deep Space POV

Deep Space is the new indoor launched coaster from Premier Rides at Adlabs Imagica in Mumbai, India. A POV video of the Space Mountain inspired coaster was recently uploaded to YouTube. A short series of turns with show scenes leads into...

Oct 17, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger Videos 0

Coasters-101: Launch Systems

In the last edition of Coasters-101 we discussed how roller coasters are raised to their highest point via lift hills. Today we’re going to examine a more thrilling alternative to the traditionally slower lift hills: launch systems! Limitations like height...

Oct 8, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger Coasters-101 19

Mystery Coaster Monday 009

Here we are into week nine of “Mystery Coaster Monday!” Try and correctly guess the coaster in the edited picture. We’re keeping track of who guesses correctly and the person that guess the most correct answers at the end of...

Sep 30, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger Features 5

Coasters-101: Roller Coaster Lift Hills – UPDATED 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of Coasters-101: the definitive guide on roller coaster lift hills. What are lift hills? How do roller coasters reach their highest point? How do lift hills work? What angle are roller coaster lift hills? What...

Sep 25, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger Coasters-101 Features 9

Holiday World 2014 Plans Announced

Holiday World announced their plans for the 2014 season today. The $8 million dollars worth of improvements include a swinging ship ride named Mayflower. “Since 2006, when we expanded Holiday World to include a Thanksgiving-themed section, we’ve received hundreds of...

Sep 6, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger News 0

Mystery Coaster Monday 005

Here we are into week five of “Mystery Coaster Monday!” Try and correctly guess the coaster in the edited picture. We’re keeping track of who guesses correctly and the person that guess the most correct answers at the end of...

Sep 2, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger Features 9

Worlds of Fun Announces SteelHawk

Worlds of Fun announced the addition of a 301 foot swing ride called SteelHawk. From the press release: Approximately 100ft taller than Rip Cord, Mamba, and Detonator riders will experience a sense of exhilaration which will mimic the feeling of...

Aug 30, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger News 1

Wonder Mountain’s Guardian at Canada’s Wonderland in 2014

Wonder Mountain’s Guardian is the new interactive dark ride announced for Canada’s Wonderland. For more than 30 years, a familiar darkness has surrounded Wonder Mountain at Canada’s Wonderland. Guests and employees alike have suspected a dark mythical presence hidden within...

Aug 30, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger News 0

Creating My Own Nemesis Review

John Wardley is a world renown roller coaster designer. His most famous creation is the terrain hugging inverted coaster, Nemesis, at Alton Towers in the United Kingdom. John recently released his autobiography, appropriately titled “Creating My Own Nemesis.” The story...

Aug 25, 2013 by Nick Weisenberger Features Reviews 0