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2017

The 2016-17 A-Z Coaster of the Week Roundup

After 26 weeks featuring 26 different roller coasters, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet, we finally wrapped up our 2016-2017 version of our A-Z Coaster of the Week series, and I thought...

Apr 11, 2017

A-Z Coaster of the Week: V2: Vertical Velocity

This week’s “A-Z Coaster of the Week” brings us to the letter V, and a ride that when it was first built wasn’t very unique at all. However, thanks to a city regulation, the ride was...

Feb 21, 2017

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Ultra Twister

For this week’s A-Z coaster, we’ll take a look back at Ultra Twister, a TOGO pipeline coaster formally located at Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Astroworld, and now currently sitting in “storage” at...

Feb 14, 2017

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Swamp Fox

Just a few weeks left of this season’s A-Z Coaster of the Week, where we take a look at a coaster that begins with the corresponding letter of the alphabet. It’s time for the “S”...

Jan 23, 2017

A-Z Coaster of the Week – Revolution

We’re sticking on the West Coast for this weeks A-Z Coaster of the week. For the letter “R”, we’re looking at a coaster that had one of the most important “firsts” in modern coaster history,...

Jan 16, 2017

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Quicksilver Express

This week we head back to California for our “Q” A-Z Coaster of the Week, to a unique coaster in a small amusement park just south of San Jose, Quicksilver Express at Gilroy Gardens! Gilroy...

Jan 9, 2017

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Python

For this week’s A-Z Coaster of the Week, our “P” coaster will take us back into the “p”ast (terrible “p”un, I know…) to Python at Busch Gardens Tampa in Tampa, FL. Python was a steel...

Jan 2, 2017

2016

A-Z Coaster of the Week: New Texas Giant

It’s time for the “N” coaster in this season’s edition of the “A-Z Coaster of the Week,” where we highlight a different coaster with the corresponding letter of the alphabet. We’re headed to the original...

Dec 19, 2016

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Maximum RPM!

Welcome back to our weekly A-Z Coaster Series, where we highlight a coaster beginning with each letter of the alphabet. This week, our “M” coaster takes us to another “M,” Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and...

Dec 12, 2016

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Kentucky Rumbler

In May 2006, Beech Bend, a small, unassuming park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, made the leap onto the coaster scene with the debut of Kentucky Rumbler, a twisted Great Coasters International (GCI) wooden coaster. Kentucky...

Nov 28, 2016

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Jack Rabbit

Here we are in week 10 our annual “A-Z Coaster of the Week” series! This week we will take a look at Kennywood’s Jack Rabbit. Kennywood is located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania and is home...

Nov 21, 2016

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Idora Wildcat

Welcome back to another installment in our “A-Z Coaster of the Week” series, where each week we feature a different coaster starting with a different letter of the alphabet. This week, we head back in...

Nov 14, 2016