Behind The Scenes of Carowinds’ WinterFest Preparations
Last month, we had the opportunity to go “Behind the Screams” at SCarowinds with Ryan Allen, manager of live entertainment for the park. What many guests might not realize is that...
Category: Behind the Scenes
The Coaster101 Podcast: Behind The Scenes of SCarowinds, Winterfest & More with Ryan Allen
It’s the most wonderful time of the year at Carowinds, right in the middle of SCarowinds, WinterFest around the corner, with a full season of live entertainment coming up in 2022....
Behind the Screams of SCarowinds’ Two New Mazes
Last weekend, we visited SCarowinds for the first time since 2018, and experienced everything the event had to offer. Check the review, we had an amazing time! The Halloween Haunt features...
10 Fascinating Artifacts at the Walt Disney Archives Exhibit
I recently visited the Inside the Walt Disney Archives exhibit, which is open at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, now through January 2, 2022. The 10,000-square-foot exhibit is packed with more than...
Zoombezi Bay Review: Ranking the Haunted Houses
The Columbus Zoo’s Zoombezi Bay waterpark has been transformed into ZOMBIEzi Bay, central Ohio’s newest and most expansive Halloween event. If you’ve got it – haunt it! We were invited to...
Inside the Most Impressive Backyard Roller Coaster I’ve Ever Seen: Little Thunder
When you first see Sean LaRochelle’s new backyard roller coaster, Little Thunder, it’s pretty obvious what inspired it. That alone is a testament to how detailed and impressive it is. Taking up...
Orion Behind the Scenes at Kings Island Coasterstock 2021
One of the highlights of attending Coasterstock 2021 at Kings Island was the Orion behind-the-scenes tour. Coasterstock attendees were treated to an extended walk-back behind-the-scenes look at the park’s new-for-2020 Bolliger...
Behind The Scenes of Kings Island’s Beast
When you sign up for a coaster enthusiast event, you’re often promised some sort of “behind-the-scenes” tour. Your results may vary, but these tours can be fairly mundane. You get the...
Behind The Scenes: Carowinds Prepares for Grand Carnivale
One of the most exciting of Cedar Fair’s “new-for-2020” announcements (for me, anyway) was that my home park, Carowinds, would be adding their own version of Grand Carnivale, which took place...
Beyond the Track: Dueling Dragons In-Depth Analysis
There is more beyond the surface of a roller coaster than just hills and drops. Every functional coaster on earth has scrutinous engineering and special principles behind it. Not all coasters...
The Re-Tracking of Timber Wolf: Worlds of Fun’s Oldest & “Newest” Coaster
It’s been twelve years since Worlds of Fun christened a new roller coaster at the park, but after a multi-year retracking, the park’s oldest operating coaster, Timber Wolf, is essentially brand...
California’s Great America South Bay Shores Construction Tour
UPDATE: The park announced South Bay Shores will open on June 5! Check out photos from our construction tour below. ? Just announced! South Bay Shores waterpark, located inside California's Great...
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