Last week, we made our first ever visit to the IAAPA Expo in Orlando; the global conference and trade show for the attractions industry. While you’ll be seeing a lot from IAAPA over the next few weeks on Coaster101, we wanted...
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Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster Lead Skywarp Car Revealed
At the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Attractions Expo this week, the lead car for the new Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster, coming to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in 2018, was revealed. Harley Quinn was announced back in August,...
Continue reading...Hersheypark Coaster Ranking from a First-Timer
2023 Update: Where does Hersheypark’s new-for-2023 Wildcat’s Revenge, the Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) hybrid coaster, rank? Read our updated ranking here. Hersheypark is home to 13 roller coasters — 14 if you count Lightning Racer’s two tracks separately. I recently...
Continue reading...Zoombezi Bay Future Attraction Survey and New Exhibit Coming to the Columbus Zoo
Zoombezi Bay, the 22.7 acre water park owned by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium near Powell, Ohio just north of Columbus, has recently sent out surveys to zoo members asking for opinions on several proposed future attractions. I was able...
Continue reading...Top Ten Roller Coasters Opening in 2017 in US
As 2016 comes to a close it’s time to look ahead to next year. Here’s our list of the top ten roller coasters opening in 2017 in the US that you need to ride next year. 10. Rollin’ Thunder at OWA...
Continue reading...Our Thoughts on Cedar Fair’s 2017 Announcements
With Cedar Fair dropping almost all of their “new for 2017” announcements on us last week, the C101 team decided to share our thoughts on what’s coming to Cedar Fair’s parks next year. Our recap video of the announcements, in case...
Continue reading...From The Small Screen to the Midway: Video Games and the Next Wave of Dark Rides
Something unique is happening in the world of North American amusement parks soon as regional parks start to open for the 2016 season. For the first time in North America, two major amusement parks are introducing rides that are themed to popular video games: “Plants...
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...Universal Theme Park and Resort Planned for Beijing
In a press release today, Comcast NBCUniversal, parent company of Universal Parks and Resorts announced the approval of a new Universal Theme Park to be built in Beijing. Development of a world-class Universal theme park in Beijing has been approved...
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