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Last month, American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) hosted two events in Texas: The Chill Before The Thrill at Traders Village in Grand Prairie and Lone Star Coasterthon at Six Flags Over Texas. The annual events provide coaster enthusiasts with extended ride time...
Last weekend, Six Flags Great Adventure hosted the park’s annual Thrill-A-Thon event, and what an amazing event it was. Upon entering the park, we received passes that included access to Exclusive Ride Times (ERT) on Nitro, Jersey Devil Coaster, Medusa,...
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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 two brand-new mazes; The Reaping and The Tooth Fairy, and what...
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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 same photo angle as every other enthusiast with a...
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 at Kings Island, Dorney Park, Kings Dominion, and Worlds...
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