Kentucky Kingdom’s Kentucky Flyer wooden coaster is growing day by day, and the park has been documenting the construction regularly over the past few months. Below are just a few of my favorites. Kentucky Kingdom announced Kentucky Flyer in late...
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Hersheypark Chocolatetown Groundbreaking and New Renderings
This week, Hersheypark officially broke ground on its massive Chocolatetown expansion, which is scheduled to open in the summer of 2020. We’re only a few days into 2019, but construction is already starting on the $150 area, which will include...
Continue reading...Dragonflier Track Complete at Wildwood Grove
Yesterday was the last day of Dollywood’s 2018 operating season (hooray for bonus days in January!). This means that our view of Wildwood Grove construction progress will be limited to what the park shares with us until it reopens for...
Continue reading...Wildwood Grove at Dollywood Takes Shape as Construction Continues
Attendees of the annual Smoky Mountain Coaster Fest (organized by the American Coaster Enthusiasts Southeast Region) were treated to the first-ever public tour of the Wildwood Grove construction site. Dollywood’s Pete Owens, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations, walked...
Continue reading...Copperhead Strike Taking Shape at Carowinds (and the Gliders’ Return!)
Since Granny’s Epic Secret at Carowinds was revealed to be Copperhead Strike on August 30, lots of eyes have been on the construction site adjacent to Carowinds’ County Fair, which will become Blue Ridge Junction in 2019. Today, Coaster101, along...
Continue reading...Dollywood Wildwood Grove Construction Tour August 2018
Footers, foundations, structures and more are popping up across the under-construction Wildwood Grove area at Dollywood. As part of yesterday’s big announcement, members of the media were invited to the construction site of the new $37 million, 5-acre area. Due to...
Continue reading...Digging Up Clues for Canada’s Wonderland 2019 Roller Coaster
Amusement parks have been killing it with the 2019 teasers so far. From Kennywood’s fun scratch and word search, to what’s brewing up at Carowinds, it’s been a really exciting time to be a roller coaster enthusiast. And it just...
Continue reading...Dollywood 2019 Construction Update April 2018
Land preparation for Dollywood’s 5-acre 2019 expansion continues. I was at the park over the weekend and filmed the construction site from the Dollywood Express train, which offers a near 360-degree view of the massive plot of flattened land. Take...
Continue reading...Dollywood 2019 Construction Update March 2018
Dollywood has opened for the 2018 season, which means the Dollywood Express train is running up the mountain once again, offering riders unobstructed views of the massive construction site we first reported on last year. I rode the train on...
Continue reading...RailBlazer and More – California’s Great America Off-Season Tour 2018
This past weekend I joined the American Coaster Enthusiasts Northern California Region (ACE NorCal) for their annual off-season behind the scenes tour at California’s Great America. I knew Great America was busy this offseason with RailBlazer plus new restaurants and midway...
Continue reading...Carowinds 2018 Off-Season Construction Update
This week, we had the opportunity to visit Carowinds and take a look at some of their off-season construction progress as the park expands and rebrands its Camp Snoopy kids area and makes several other improvements around the park. Do-Si-Do...
Continue reading...Twisted Cyclone Construction Tour February 2018
I (along with fellow C101 writer Andrew Stilwell) had the opportunity to tour the Twisted Cyclone construction site at Six Flags over Georgia. The tour was part of American Coaster Enthusiasts Southeast Region’s Winter Warm Up event over the weekend....
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