15 years ago today, I started Coaster101.com. I had no intention of it lasting for much longer than the summer of 2005, let alone 15 years. I was only 13 years old at the time. My aspirations were rather limited....
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Coaster101 14th Birthday Giveaway
June 15, 2005 is when it all began — for Coaster101, at least. When I started the website as an incoming high school freshman, I saw it as an outlet to share my passion for roller coasters with an audience,...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Turns 13 Birthday Giveaway
We’re celebrating our 13th birthday today! That’s right, we’re officially a teenager. And because Coaster101 wouldn’t be possible without our readers, we want to give back to you! Keep reading to learn how you can enter to win one of...
Continue reading...Coaster101 12th Birthday Giveaway
Can you believe Coaster101.com is 12 years old? On June 15, 2005, we began as a small, free-hosted website. Little did I know that 12 years later I would be writing about that same albeit very grown-up website. To celebrate,...
Continue reading...A Decade Online, Coaster101 Turns 10
Ten years ago today, I started a small website about roller coasters. I had been pondering the idea of having a website for some time, but didn’t know how to get started. Being only 13 years old at the time, I had...
Continue reading...Nine Fine Years of Coaster101 Giveaway
Nine years ago today, Coaster101 launched quietly as a meager collection of free-hosted web pages featuring a few roller coaster photos, news and…not much else. Fortunately, much has changed in the nine years we’ve spent online. To celebrate our ninth birthday, we’re...
Continue reading...Celebrating 8 Great Years of Coaster101
On June 15, 2005, Coaster101 was born as an amateurish, free-hosted website. Little did I know that eight years later, my unassuming website would (a) still exist and (b) be much larger and more established. Photo © Tyler Hopkins Coaster101’s...
Continue reading...Coaster101 Turns 7 Today
Happy Birthday to us! Seven years ago on this date I launched a small Freewebs-hosted website titled “Coaster101.” Little did I know that it would not only last seven years, but would also grow and develop into an established website...
Continue reading...Coaster101 Turns 6 Years Old
Six years ago today Coaster101 began as a small Freewebs website. Since then, we have experienced tremendous growth, and we owe a lot of that growth to our faithful readers. As always, we are grateful for and humbled by your...
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In celebration of Epcot’s 28th birthday, I have linked to a video from opening day ceremonies on October 1st ,1982. While a lot has changed in the nearly three decades that have passed, a good portion of the park still...
Continue reading...Coaster101 turns five years old
Happy Birthday Coaster101! The website has been in operation for five years now! If someone told me five years ago that Coaster101 would live five years, I probably would have laughed. When I created the website on June 15, 2005,...
Continue reading...Coaster101 turns 4 today
It’s hard to believe that Coaster101.com has been online since June 15th, 2005. Four years ago, I saw a link to a Freewebs website… at that moment I realized how simple it was to create a website – something I...
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