It’s time to vote for the 2015 Attraction Awards! Below, you’ll find the reader-selected nominees for each of this year’s six categories. The voting period will run through Monday, April 27, 2015. The winners will be announced shortly thereafter. Remember,...
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Book Review & Giveaway: The Disneyland Book of Lists
I’m a sucker for interesting tidbits, trivia and historical facts, especially when compiled in list form. Within minutes of opening “The Disneyland Book of Lists” by Chris Strodder, I was hooked. Keep reading to find out how you can win...
Continue reading...Cedar Fair Planning to Add Interactive Dark Rides to Every Park
In an interview with the LA Times released today Cedar Fair president and CEO Matt Ouimet let it be known that the park chain is planning to bring dark rides to all 11 of their parks under the over-arching plan they’re...
Continue reading...Busch Gardens Williamsburg Photo Update
On Sunday, April 12, I visited Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It was still two weeks before the opening of Tempesto, the park’s new Premier Rides launched coaster, but with my work calendar busy for the next few weekends, I wanted to...
Continue reading...Coasting Through History: The Golden Age
Coasting Through History is back with Part III of our series! Today we look into a time period in which roller coaster development boomed. The 1920’s were known as the Golden Age of roller coasters. Many roller coaster design companies...
Continue reading...Attraction Awards 2015: Nominate
Welcome to the eighth annual Coaster101.com Attraction Awards! This is our nonscientific, lighthearted polling of six random categories related to the amusement industry. But before the voting begins, we need your help nominating the attractions and parks for each category....
Continue reading...3 Reasons Why Batman: The Ride will be Better than Green Lantern
Batman: The Ride will be opening at Six Flags Fiesta Texas this summer as the first 4D free fly coaster by S&S Sansei. The new coaster has been compared to the very similar looking Green Lantern at Six Flags Magic Mountain,...
Continue reading...Walt Disney World’s 5th Gate To Be “Frozen” Theme Park
For years, there have been rumors of a “fifth gate” at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Everything from a Discovery Cove-esque park only open at night to a park where Disney Villains ran the show....
Continue reading...An Interview With Penn State Blue, 2015 Cornell TPEC Champions
Recently, several members of the Coaster101.com team had the opportunity to judge the Cornell University Theme Park Engineering Group’s inaugural Theme Park Entrepreneurship Competition (TPEC). 17 teams from Universities across the country were tasked with taking the land formerly occupied...
Continue reading...California’s Great America Kicks Off 40th Season This Weekend
The upcoming season is sort of a year of anniversaries here on the West Coast (although everyone seems to count differently). Disneyland is celebrating their 60th anniversary, Universal Studios Hollywood is celebrating their 50th year, and California’s Great America is...
Continue reading...Fury 325 Media Day Report
From announcement to track completion, and everywhere in between, Coaster101 has been on top of Fury 325 construction at Carowinds Amusement Park in Charlotte, NC. On Wednesday, March 25, (3/25, get it?) a mere 217 days after I attended the announcement for...
Continue reading...Park Photography Tips & Tricks: Part 2 – Editing & Sharing
Continuing with this series (part one here,) we now dive into the world of post-production, which is all about what to do with your images after you shoot them. This ranges from sharing them via social media, all the way...
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