Today on social media, Hersheypark announced the final ride for their Wildcat wooden coaster will take place on July 31, 2022. Last to ride alert! 🚨 Wildcat will close Sunday, July 31 so be sure to visit this month for...
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Top 10 Roller Coasters We Wish Had Been RMC’ed
Texas Giant. Rattler. Mean Streak. Some of the biggest wooden roller coasters ever built have been turned into new steel hybrid creations by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC). They’ve gone from being either OK or downright bad rides to being ranked...
Continue reading...Vote for the Best Coaster From 1999!
Throughout the year we’ve been highlighting our favorite 19 coasters that opened in 1999. Now that the year is coming to a close we wanted to recap all 19. In alphabetical order, here’s the full list: Afterburn at Carowinds Apollo’s...
Continue reading...Coaster101’s Thoughts on Six Flags’ 2020 Announcements
Six Flags made their New For 2020 announcements last week. As always, the chain had something new for (almost) every park. The major news was the new custom RMC Raptor coaster coming to Six Flags Great Adventure, Jersey Devil Coaster....
Continue reading...Coaster101 Takes on Six Flags Great America
For only the second time in history, all seven of the U.S.-based Coaster101 writers met for a day full of coaster-riding — this time at Six Flags Great America. Since I’ve spent more time at this park than any other,...
Continue reading...Coaster101’s 2017 Year in Review
Where did the time go? It’s that time of year again — 2017 has come to a close and now it’s 2018! Every year we take a look back and reflect on the past year. Each member of the Coaster101 team...
Continue reading...What We Think About the 2018 Six Flags Announcements
A couple weeks ago the whole Coaster101 team got together to share our mostly positive thoughts about the 2018 Cedar Fair announcements (which included four pretty awesome looking coasters). Now it’s Six Flags’ turn, as they made new attraction announcements...
Continue reading...Georgia Cyclone to become Twisted Cyclone in 2018
When Six Flags Over Georgia’s Georgia Cyclone coaster closed on July 30, there were several possibilities for what would be replacing the classic wooden coaster. Today, we know that answer, as Georgia Cyclone will be going under the Rocky Mountain...
Continue reading...Analyzing Kings Dominion’s 2018 Teases
Something big is happening at Kings Dominion in 2018. We’re going to analyze each tease the park puts out, and see what we can figure out! (Keep in mind that we’re not treating this as science, just having some fun...
Continue reading...Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth at SFDK Opening Date
In this weeks season passholder newsletter, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announced their new giant pendulum will be opening to the public on May 28, 2017, the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Season pass holders will be able to ride the...
Continue reading...Coaster101.com’s 2016 Year In Review
Where did the time go? It’s that time of year again — 2016 has come to a close and now it’s 2017! Every year we take a look back and reflect on the past year. Each member of the Coaster101 team...
Continue reading...Want to Win some C101 and RMC Prizes?
Happy Memorial Day everyone! Hopefully you’re all enjoying a day off, maybe riding some roller coasters. In honor of our recent reviews of The Joker and Storm Chaser, and the (delayed) opening of Lightning Rod, we thought it would be...
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