a-z coaster

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: Yamaha Racing Coaster

Welcome back to our A-Z Coaster of the Week, where we highlight a roller coaster that corresponds with each letter of the alphabet. Did you know that there are only 9 roller coasters in history...

Mar 13, 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: TH13TEEN

We’re heading overseas for our A-Z Coaster of the Week for letter T, as we take a look at “TH13TEEN” at Alton Towers in England . A First of Its Kind Opened in 2010, TH13TEEN replaced the...

Feb 6, 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

2016

A-Z Coaster of the Week: Outlaw Run

In 2009, Silver Dollar City solicited proposals from roller coaster manufacturers for the theme park’s next big coaster. A then-young Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) submitted plans for what would become Outlaw Run, the company’s first built-from-scratch...

Dec 26, 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