Welcome back to our Coaster Artwork Artist Spotlight series where we’re featuring talented artists whose artwork focuses on roller coasters, theme parks and the amusement industry. Today, we’re highlighting the art of Allen Greene. In...
Nightflight Expedition, Dollywood’s new-for-2026 hybrid roller coaster and whitewater river ride, is quickly taking shape at the end of the Wildwood Grove area of the park. On Saturday, attendees of the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE)...
30 years ago, on October 21, 1995, the — in my opinion — best theme park stunt show in the world debuted at Universal Studios Hollywood: WaterWorld: A Live Sea War Spectacular! To celebrate the milestone...
Looking for a daily dose of weird and obscure roller coasters? Then National Coasters is who you want to be following. In this interview, creator Jesiah Olson takes us on his journey from growing up...
Former Disney Imagineer and the current president and chief creative officer Ryan Harmon of Zeitgeist Design + Production has made a name for himself in the themed entertainment industry. In addition to his time at...
For many amusement parks, retail might be considered an afterthought; a gift shop at the exit of an attraction with countless trinkets and logoed t-shirts, or a larger store at the front of the park...
There are history books about many theme parks out there, but for some reason, there were none written about Kings Island. This was realized by Kings Island merchandise associate and high school student Evan Ponstingle...
This week on the podcast we’re joined by Justin Mabry and Clay Bradshaw, the creative forces behind JM Music Design, a company who has helped produce shows like Mix It Up and Monster Stomp at...
When I was a kid growing up, I always wanted to design and build my own model roller coaster from scratch. To date myself, this was in the early days of the internet, before CoasterDynamix...
Falcon’s Creative Group is a company who is frequently on the cutting-edge of the attractions industry. Known for their media for ride films like Curse of DarKastle and Battle for Eire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg,...
Over the years, we’ve seen some incredible student projects that just seem to keep getting better and better. From Kate Kujawa’s wheel material experiments, to Team 31’s Infinity Gardens, to Carnegie Mellon’s Student Built Dark...
Recently, we had the opportunity to connect with industry veteran and creative director in themed entertainment, Zane Jensch, about his new podcast, the D&D-Ticket. This “Dungeons and Dragons”-style boozy game night features theme park creatives...
