Every year, coaster enthusiasts wait eagerly for July and August to finally arrive after months of scouring over planning documents, town meeting notes, land clearings, and online teaser campaigns. Why? Because announcement season is finally here. And perhaps the most...
Continue reading...157 Search results
Electric Eel Steel Construction Finished at SeaWorld San Diego
This week SeaWorld San Diego hit a major milestone for the construction of their new roller coaster, Electric Eel. The park completed the steel work on the ride, topping out what will become the tallest roller coaster in San Diego...
Continue reading...How Sally Corp is Bringing Top End Dark Rides to Regional Parks – Interview with John Wood and Rich Hill
On July 12 (ie. tomorrow), Six Flags Magic Mountain is opening the latest of their “Justice League: Battle For Metropolis” 4-D interactive dark rides (EDIT: The ride is now open, tell us what you think!), the seventh in the park...
Continue reading...Coaster101 Roundtable: Theme Park Social Media
Whether you’re in a park tweeting about your day, or at home, checking the Snapchat stories and Instagram posts from your favorite park, more and more parks are turning to social media to help enhance the guest experience. We wanted to take...
Continue reading...6 Ways for West Coast Thrill RIde Lovers to Enjoy the Holidays
One of the best things about living in California is that most West Coast amusement parks are open year ’round, and they pretty much all add new attractions and decorations for the holidays, along with special events. So if you’re...
Continue reading...We Say Farewell to Roar on National Roller Coaster Day
August 16th was the final day of operation for Roar, the Great Coasters International wooden coaster that has carried over 11 million riders at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom since it’s opening on May 15, 1999. While it doesn’t have quite...
Continue reading...Three Free Hours in New Jersey = A Trip to Six Flags Great Adventure
One of my favorite perks of having a Six Flags season pass is that even the basic level of pass gets free access to every Six Flags park in the world after you’ve had the pass processed, and gold passes throw...
Continue reading...Christmas Coastering in California
While large swaths of the country are already getting dumped on by snow, out here in California most of our amusement parks are lighting their Christmas trees and busting out the snow machines. In order to help convince those of...
Continue reading...Which Super Bowl Team Has the Better Home Park?
Today the Baltimore Ravens battle the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. But as a roller coaster-oriented website, we must ask ourselves: which team has the better home amusement park? Both teams’ home parks are owned by Six Flags,...
Continue reading...Happy Halloween 2011!
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but at the same time it marks the demise (for the most part) of the coaster season. As you enjoy the candy and frights that come with the season, we hope you have...
Continue reading...Orlando 2010: SeaWorld Trip Report
SeaWorld Orlando was our next stop on our Orlando trip. Not having been to the park in over 17 years, I was looking forward to the seeing all of the changes and expansions that have taken place since that visit....
Continue reading...Bay Area Bash with TPR
I’ve heard some great things about Bay Area Bash – I highly suggest you check this event out! Do you like theme parks and roller coasters? Hate waiting in lines? Join Theme Park Review for Bay Area Bash on Saturday, May...
Continue reading...
Recent Discussion