Despite living in North Carolina for 15 years, I had never attended SCarowinds before. But I knew that after seeing the preparations for this year’s SCarowinds first hand, I had to take a trip to Carowinds and see the real...
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3 Awesome Virtual Reality Rollercoasters You Can Ride
It’s a wonderful world we live in when we can ride roller coasters from our living rooms. With mobile virtual reality now, well, a reality, there are so many possibilities! Here are 3 of the most promising virtual reality roller...
Continue reading...Mystery Coaster Monday #207
We are already to round seven of our Mystery Coaster Monday series! Every Monday, we post a distorted photo of a roller coaster, and it’s up to you to correctly guess its identity! How to Play To enter the Mystery Coaster Monday...
Continue reading...Carowinds Announces “Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare: 3Z Arena” for 2016
Back in August, Carowinds‘ Carolina Harbor announcement proved that Carowinds was not content with resting on their laurels after a successful 2015 season — a season that brought the tallest and fastest Giga Coaster in the world, Fury 325, to the North and...
Continue reading...Mystery Coaster Monday #206
It’s Week Six. How many of our Mystery Coasters have you guessed correctly? Try to correctly guess the coaster in the edited picture. We’re keeping track of who guesses correctly and the person that gets the most correct answers at the...
Continue reading...Disney’s Flying Roller Coaster Concept
I recently stumbled upon a patent for a flying roller coaster with a vertical load and launch. I figured this patent would be listed under Vekoma or B&M, the two most popular manufacturers of flying coasters. I was shocked to see the...
Continue reading...Triotech’s XD Theater
Triotech is a relatively new company in the amusement industry, recently making a name for themselves with their development of new interactive dark rides such as Voyage to the Iron Reef and Wonder Mountain’s Guardian. Maybe a lesser known product...
Continue reading...California’s Great America Adding a Mass Effect Attraction
California’s Great America announced today that they are going to be retrofitting the Action Theater (originally the home to the Days of Thunder ride back during the Paramount era) to feature a new attraction based on Electronic Arts’ immensely popular...
Continue reading...Mystery Coaster Monday #205
Welcome to the next round of our Mystery Coaster Monday series. Every Monday, we post a distorted photo of a roller coaster, and it’s up to you to correctly guess its identity! How to Play To enter the Mystery Coaster Monday competition, simply...
Continue reading...Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party Update
Before I talk about my time at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, here’s a quick Disney story for you. The last time I went to Magic Kingdom, I was with my 2-year old niece, my older brother and his...
Continue reading...Roller Coaster Appreciation Night
Last weekend, Cedar Point hosted their first ever Roller Coaster Appreciation Night. From 7-11 pm they opened their gates for only the coasters, providing hours of ERT! As we started our journey to Sandusky Friday evening the weather was great...
Continue reading...C101 Wishlist: Holiday World Transportation System
The Coaster101 recently spent the day at Holiday World riding their amazing roller coasters Thunderbird and The Voyage. One of the only negatives I heard all day on Saturday was how far away from the entrance Thunderbird is. Holiday World has grown from...
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