I visited Carowinds on Sunday as part of their last day of operation for the season. I took some photos with my iPhone. Tons of Fury 325 Track on site. Giant Mound of Dirt for Fury 325 Construction. Temporary Ticket...
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10 Ridiculous Roller Coaster Maps No One Asked For
We love a good, informative map here at Coaster101. Terrible Maps is one of our favorite Facebook pages. In fact, it inspired us to make a few of our own theme park related maps with the help of MapChart.net and...
Continue reading...10 Coasters We Wish Were 1,000 Feet Longer
We’ve all experienced it — you reach the end of an amazing coaster that ended too soon. Maybe it still had enough momentum for one more element. Or it was simply so fun that you didn’t want it to end....
Continue reading...Golden Ticket Awards 2023 List of Winners
Industry professionals from across the nation and beyond gathered at Dollywood today to enjoy the 25th annual Golden Ticket Awards ceremony and talk about best practices in the theme park and amusement industry. Started in 1998, the Golden Ticket Awards...
Continue reading...10 Roller Coasters That Left Us Speechless
Some roller coasters are so intense, so incredible, so breathtaking, that when all is said and done and the train returns to the station — there are no words to describe what just happened. You’re stunned and speechless. A re-ride...
Continue reading...A Walk In The Park: Carowinds Winter Weekends
When we learned that Carowinds would shift to a 12-month operating calendar beginning in 2023, we were immediately eager to visit the park during the January “off-season.” (Though we all know there’s really no “true” off-season at a regional amusement...
Continue reading...Chessington Reveals New Jumanji Coaster and Land Details
Chessington World of Adventures has revealed new details about its new-for-2023 World of Jumanji area, which will be home to a launched Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) wing coaster, Mandrill Mayhem. The area, themed after the Jumanji children’s book and film...
Continue reading...Roller Coasters, Explained by ChatGPT.
For years, we have been warned educated about the rise of technology through popular culture, and how “in the future,” that artificial intelligence will be there to help us with whatever we need. (Until it becomes sentient and tries to...
Continue reading...Carowinds Announces “Final Call” for Three Attractions, Begins Work For 2023
NOTE: We will continue to update this post as more updates come in! Scroll to the bottom for the latest updates! Attention Carowinds‘ passengers, we hope you didn’t miss the final boarding call for three attractions in the Crossroads area...
Continue reading...Coaster101’s 2021 Year in Review
Believe it or not, we have finally reached the end of the roller coaster of a year that was 2021. It was another strange, pandemic filled year where things seemed to get better, get worse, get better, get worse again....
Continue reading...Back at Dollywood for Smoky Mountain Christmas 2021
Last weekend, I traveled to Dollywood for my annual visit to the park’s award-winning Smoky Mountain Christmas event. Each year, the park is blanketed in over 5 million lights and decorations as far as the eye can see. I hadn’t...
Continue reading...Holiday Gift Guide for Coaster Enthusiasts 2020
If you’re in search of a gift for a roller coaster enthusiast this holiday season, we’ve got you covered. We’ve been publishing our annual gift guide since 2011, and our 2020 roller coaster enthusiast gift guide features a diverse selection...
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