Construction crews at Kings Island are wasting no time in starting vertical construction on the park’s 2014 Bolliger & Mabillard coaster, Banshee. The park sent us the following two photos of the station-area track sections. From Kings Island: “The new...
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Crews Install First Piece of Banshee Track
Construction crews at Kings Island have installed the first piece of the Banshee inverted roller coaster which will open next year. © Kings Island “Construction crews have installed the first piece of track on the new Banshee roller coaster at...
Continue reading...Banshee Construction Update 8-10-13
One of the treats of participating in BeastBuzz last weekend was a surprise tour of the Banshee construction site (maybe next year the event will be called BansheeBuzz). We got a unique view of the future location of the world’s...
Continue reading...Banshee B&M Invert for Kings Island 2014
Banshee, the world’s longest inverted roller coaster, opens at Kings Island in April of 2014. The Bolliger & Mabillard coaster will send riders through 4,124 feet of track and seven inversions at speeds up to 68 mph. The ride begins...
Continue reading...13 Defunct Theme Park Monorails
While Walt Disney may have thought they were the way of the future, monorails have failed to become a widespread mode of transportation. Like stream trains, after the Disneyland monorail opened there was a building boom of theme park monorails...
Continue reading...Top 10 Dark Rides in Florida
Other than roller coasters, dark rides are among the favorite attractions for theme park enthusiasts, so today we’re taking a look at the theme park capitol of the US, and seeing how Florida’s dark rides stack up. This list is...
Continue reading...Review: Inside The Orlando Informer Meet-Up at Universal Orlando
Often, when you don’t live in the theme park capital of the world and don’t have as much time to visit Orlando’s theme parks as you’d like during your visit (it’s only money, right?), it’s important to maximize your in-park...
Continue reading...Which Park Can Stake Claim to “B&M Capital of the World?”
(Author’s Note: This post has recently been updated to include “New For 2024” Additions.) With SeaWorld Orlando’s 2022 announcement of Pipeline: The Surf Coaster, it gave the park four (now five with the addition of Penguin Trek!) roller coasters from...
Continue reading...Dorney Park Initial Reactions from Two First-Timers
Two members of the Coaster101 team recently met up at Dorney Park — the first time either of them had visited the park. They spent a day riding (almost all of) the park’s seven coasters and some of its most...
Continue reading...The Coaster Enthusiast’s Guide to Super Bowl LVI
There’s something huge happening this weekend. No, it’s not the opening of Iron Gwazi, though it’s pretty amazing. No, this weekend, the Cincinnati Bengals take on the Los Angeles Rams inside of Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium in the big game,...
Continue reading...From Tame To Thrilling: Kings Island Roller Coasters
During Coasterstock at Kings Island, roller coaster enthusiasts from around the country had the opportunity to experience all 14 of the park’s roller coasters during the two-day event, filled with behind the scenes tours, Q&A sessions, and arugably most importantly...
Continue reading...My First Visit to Busch Gardens Tampa
Over the past month, the quest for coasters has taken me to 11 new parks across multiple states. In an effort to not get my coaster enthusiast card revoked, I finally was able to visit some non-Disney parks during my...
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