Happy New Year everybody! Over the last eight days we’ve been counting through eight of our favorite features and interviews of 2016 over on Facebook and Twitter. Along with our “Year in Review” post today, we also wanted to share all...
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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...First Ever WinterFest at California’s Great America – Review
Tonight marks the final evening of the first ever WinterFest at California’s Great America, which ran for about a month from Thanksgiving up to today. This is the first time since the park’s first season that it was open for...
Continue reading...Mako Pass Member Event At SeaWorld Orlando
Orlando Gets Its First Hyper Coaster Known as the “Theme Park Capital of the World”, Central Florida has its pick of world class coasters, from loopers, to launched coasters, to flying coasters. However, as an avid coaster enthusiast having been...
Continue reading...Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare: 3Z Arena Media Day Report
When Carowinds hinted at a second attraction coming to the park in 2016 during the Carolina Harbor announcement last fall, (and then officially announced that the new attraction would be called Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare: 3Z Arena in October), people...
Continue reading...Carolina Harbor Hard Hat Tour Part Four – March 23, 2016
As part of the Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 3Z Arena Media Day, members of the media were invited to take a hard hat tour of Carolina Harbor. This is the fourth tour of Carolina Harbor that we’ve taken, and...
Continue reading...LEGOLAND Florida Resort Announces Expansion
LEGOLAND Florida Resort has been keeping themselves busy lately. After announcing LEGO Movie 4D A New Adventure earlier this year, on this past Tuesday the park announced a major expansion which included an unprecedented five new projects. Revealed first was the LEGOLAND...
Continue reading...Universal Studios Hollywood adding Year-Round “Walking Dead” Attraction
Universal Studios Hollywood is proving that zombies aren’t just for Halloween Horror Nights anymore. Last night, the park announced their new “The Walking Dead Attraction,” which is coming to Universal Studios Hollywood later this summer. The attraction was announced on “The Talking Dead,”...
Continue reading...Six Flags Adding VR Technology to 9 Roller Coasters in 2016
The future is now, at least if you’re Six Flags. In a story for USA Today from About.com’s Theme Park Expert Arthur Levine, Six Flags announced today that they are bringing virtual reality headsets to nine coasters throughout their chain. “This...
Continue reading...An Interview with New Carowinds General Manager Brad Marcy
This year, Carowinds will be welcoming several new attractions – among them, the Carolina Harbor water park rebranding and expansion and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 3Z Arena. Also “new for 2016” is General Manager Brad Marcy, who comes to Carowinds after...
Continue reading...SeaWorld Orlando 2016 News + Mako Update
SeaWorld Orlando has started a new pricing system in 2016 in order to simplify its pricing structure. According to this article in the Orlando Sentinel, SeaWorld is now charging $79 for online tickets that can be used 7 days a week....
Continue reading...Taron at Phantasialand Looks Amazing
Germany’s Phantasialand shared some jaw-dropping construction photos of their new-for-2016 multi-launched coaster Taron. The Intamin coaster has been under wraps (literally) for most of its construction. The highly shrouded project has attracted a considerable amount of attention. This week’s new...
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