Welcome back to another installment in our “A-Z Coaster of the Week” series, where each week we feature a different coaster starting with a different letter of the alphabet. This week, we head to America’s Roller Coast for our “D”...
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Lake Winnie’s WinnepeSPOOKah 2016
Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park — Lake Winnie for short — is celebrating Halloween with its annual Lake WinnepeSPOOKah event. Time for some Lake WinnepeSPOOKah! @LakeWinnie #Spookah pic.twitter.com/4cApljXzsq — Coaster101.com (@Coaster101) October 8, 2016 I visited the park on Saturday. I was initially worried...
Continue reading...Adam Throgmorton’s Incredible Working Wooden Coaster Model
We’ve seen some pretty impressive roller coaster models over the years. I myself have built the Comet, a CoasterDynamix kit that is very difficult to get operating correctly. So when I stumbled across Adam Throgmorton’s working wooden coaster model I...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Canyon Blaster
Welcome back to another installment in our “A-Z Coaster of the Week” series, where each week we feature a different coaster starting with a different letter of the alphabet. This week, we head to upstate New York for our “C” coaster, which is...
Continue reading...A Fully Automated, Home Built, Steel Wild Mouse Coaster
We were really impressed by the amount of time and thinking that Paul Gregg puts into his backyard roller coasters in order to make sure they’re safe to operate. But he’s not the only backyard imagineer creating amazing projects. Another...
Continue reading...SeaWorld San Antonio Adding “Wave Breaker” Coaster in 2017
Late last week, SeaWorld San Antonio began teasing that “something big” was coming to the park. Looks like something big is coming… pic.twitter.com/Xvs3hrKOmM — seaworldtexas (@SeaWorldTexas) September 22, 2016 We now know what that “something” is. Named Wave Breaker: The...
Continue reading...Review: Revamped Legend at Holiday World
Holiday World’s late president Will Koch reviewed more than 200 suggestions from roller coaster enthusiasts in the late 1990s during the design phase of the park’s now iconic Legend wooden coaster. In fact, he posted initial design plans for the coaster online and...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Big Dipper
Welcome back for week two of our annual “A-Z Coaster of the Week” series! This week we will take a look at Camden Park’s Big Dipper. Camden Park is located in Huntington, West Virginia and is home to four roller...
Continue reading...Rage of the Gargoyles VR Arrives at Discovery Kingdom
Thursday morning I got a chance to visit Six Flags Discovery Kingdom to preview their new virtual reality roller coaster, Rage of the Gargoyles, which has been added to Kong. This is one of several new VR coasters Six Flags is...
Continue reading...Interview: Chris Baynum of Baynum Roller Coaster Painting
The color of a roller coaster can be one of its most striking features. A photograph of a coaster with a bold color scheme against a crystal blue sky almost guarantees a postcard-quality shot. But painting these steel and wooden monstrosities...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Arkansas Twister
Welcome back to our annual “A-Z Coaster of the Week” series. This year, we’re selecting some unique or lesser known coasters to highlight. We’ll share trivia, history and the coaster’s need-to-know stats. First up is Arkansas Twister at Magic Springs...
Continue reading...2016 SCarowinds Social Media Preview Recap
Last night, Coaster101, along with several other Charlotte-area bloggers, had the opportunity to preview SCarowinds, which opens to the public on Friday. If you were following us on Twitter, you were able to go “Behind The Screams” as we toured...
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