Last year, I took a one-day trip to Universal Orlando Resort, and tried to cram two parks into seven hours. While I had a good time, I missed several of my favorite attractions, and learned my lesson. Even for a...
Continue reading...Universal Orlando Updates: Fast & Furious and Jimmy Fallon
Recently, it seems like there’s always something new being built at the Universal Orlando Resort. When we visited last Thursday, we took some progress photos of two new projects happening at Universal Studios Florida, Fast & Furious: Supercharged and Race Through New York...
Continue reading...Design a Safe Backyard Roller Coaster with Paul Gregg – Part 2
Paul Gregg, the retired aerospace engineer turned backyard roller coaster designer, is back with a new book chronicling the research and construction of his homemade thrill rides. When we interviewed him last time, Paul had just published Backyard Roller Coaster...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week – Revolution
We’re sticking on the West Coast for this weeks A-Z Coaster of the week. For the letter “R”, we’re looking at a coaster that had one of the most important “firsts” in modern coaster history, Revolution at Six Flags Magic...
Continue reading...Jazzland Team Aiming to Reopen Six Flags New Orleans
More than 11 years have passed since Six Flags New Orleans closed for Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. Since then, the abandoned, decaying amusement park has become a symbol for the lingering effects of the historic storm. But a plan to reopen...
Continue reading...Legoland Discovery Center Michigan Review – is it worth the price of admission?
Traveling north from Ohio for the holidays is not ideal but it’s what I have to do until I can convince my relatives to move to a southern, warmer climate. I had to make as much out of the situation...
Continue reading...Disneyland Adding MaxPass mobile Fastpass, Plus Fastpass Coming to Two More Rides
Disneyland Resort, which includes Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure, announced a couple updates to their Fastpass program today. MaxPass Later this year Disneyland Resort is going to be updating their nearly 20 year old FastPass program with the introduction of MaxPass...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Quicksilver Express
This week we head back to California for our “Q” A-Z Coaster of the Week, to a unique coaster in a small amusement park just south of San Jose, Quicksilver Express at Gilroy Gardens! Gilroy Gardens opened in 2001 as...
Continue reading...More Hints at Future California’s Great America Attractions Revealed
Earlier this week the Santa Clara City Council Planning Committee held a special meeting to discuss the new proposed master plan and rezoning for California’s Great America. Included in the documentation related to this meeting is a presentation (presumably from...
Continue reading...Universal’s Boom Coaster vs the Cantilevered Coaster Concept
The Boom Coaster is one of several new ride patents filed by Universal Creative that may offer up a hint about some future attractions in development. You can see some of the concept drawings from the patent forms posted in...
Continue reading...SeaWorld San Diego Adding “Electric Eel” in 2018
The calendar just turned to 2017, and we already have our first official new attraction announcement for 2018 – Electric Eel at SeaWorld San Diego. Following the unprecedented opening of three new major attractions in 2017—Ocean Explorer, the new Orca Encounter...
Continue reading...Looking Ahead to 2017
There are many things that can be said about the year 2016. It brought us several great new coasters, as well as ton of great content here at Coaster101. (The Coaster101 team had a pretty great year too!) But, with...
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