We have a special treat for you today here at Coaster101. We recently had the opportunity to talk to Eamon Kelly, currently an intern at Great Coasters International and a member of the Ohio State Theme Park Engineering Group. Originally...
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Intamin CATIA Coaster Model Update
I had some extra time today so I decided to work a little bit on my Intamin Zac Spin/Ball coaster. I added a photo booth, queue line, and some lamps. I’ve tried to pay a lot of attention to detail-...
Continue reading...Holiday World Haiku Contest
Holiday World is having a Haiku contest for free park tickets. What is a haiku? It’s a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras or syllables, in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. Post your...
Continue reading...LEDs Save Disney Millions
Since 2001, the Disneyland® Resort in [California] has enhanced its energy conservation measures and reduced its average daily power demand by four million kilowatt hours, the equivalent of the energy used by 350 average American homes. This has been achieved through...
Continue reading...Big Chief Karts and Coasters
Before Mount Olympus of the Wisconsin Dells was, well, Mount Olympus it was known as Big Chief Karts and Coasters. When I visited, the park consisted of a bunch of go kart tracks and the newly opened Cyclops wooden roller...
Continue reading...Texas Giant to Break Records
Six Flags Over Texas has begun a $10 million renovation that will transform the Giant into a wood-steel hybrid with the steepest drop in the world (79 degrees) and the steepest banking on a wooden coaster (95 degrees). The ride...
Continue reading...K’nex Coaster Models
As a mechanical engineer and a roller coaster enthusiast, I have always wanted to design or build roller coasters. While I may never get the chance to work on a real one, I have built several coasters out of K’nex...
Continue reading...Winter Withdrawal
For coaster enthusiasts, living in the Midwest has its ups and downs (no pun intended). During the coaster riding season, from April to November, we are in “coaster heaven.” Indiana Beach, Holiday World, Kings Island, Cedar Point, Michigan’s Adventure and...
Continue reading...My 2009 Theme Park Statistics
While I was walking around Universal Studios Florida back in November, I noticed there were quite a lot of restaurants and shops, especially compared to the number of rides. I started wondering “what is the ride to shop ratio? How...
Continue reading...Holiday World Benefits from Kentucky Kingdom Closure
Though the closing of Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom is a very sad event, one park may be poised to reap the benefits of this unfortunate closure. SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — Word that Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville is closing brought a...
Continue reading...Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Closes
In a shocking bit of news today, Six Flags announced that, effective immediately, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom will operate no more. Several of the rides will be relocated but the park will be closed, never to reopen. For awhile it...
Continue reading...Track Arrives at Kennywood
Track for the new Sky Rocket roller coaster has finally begun to arrive at Kennywood, courtesy of KPConnection. The track is a brilliant blue color which will contrast nicely with the silver and red cars. The question now is when...
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