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...
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Valravn Review: Next Best Thing to Skydiving
Cedar Point debuted Valravn -the world’s tallest, longest, and fastest dive coaster – to the public on Thursday night, May 5th in a big way. The Valravn First Rider Benefit helped raise over $75,000 for LeBron James Family Foundation. Unfortunately,...
Continue reading...Valravn’s First Drop Completed
The brutal cold temperatures aren’t hampering Cedar Point construction crews from making amazing progress on Valravn, the new-for-2016 Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) dive coaster. The park’s director of communications, Tony Clark, has been sharing the coaster’s progress on his Twitter...
Continue reading...California’s Great America End of Season Report
This past weekend I swung by California’s Great America for a last visit of the season, which ends November 1st. I went in the morning, so missed the Halloween Haunt events, but the crowds were delightfully small during the middle of...
Continue reading...Disney’s Flying Roller Coaster Concept
I recently stumbled upon a patent for a flying roller coaster with a vertical load and launch. I figured this patent would be listed under Vekoma or B&M, the two most popular manufacturers of flying coasters. I was shocked to see the...
Continue reading...Cedar Point Announces Valravn Dive Coaster for 2016
Today, Cedar Point announced plans for Valravn, the world’s “tallest, fastest and longest” Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster, which is scheduled to debut in the summer of 2016. According to Cedar Point, Valravn is the “regal king of birds, swooping in...
Continue reading...Our Thoughts on Thunderbird at Holiday World
Last month, five members of the Coaster101 team met (for the first time in person!) at Holiday World for CoasterBuzz’s “Fall Affair” event which gave us extended ride time (ERT) on the park’s new Bolliger & Mabillard launched wing coaster, Thunderbird —...
Continue reading...Incredible Hulk Coaster to Undergo Major Refurbishment Starting September 8
Universal Orlando Resort has been in a constant state of change and improvement for the last several years. This trend is continuing today with one of Islands of Adventure’s signature attractions. In a a release on their official blog, Universal Orlando...
Continue reading...Baron 1898 Opens at Efteling
Baron 1898, Efetling’s new Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) dive machine, opens to the public today after being previewed to the media yesterday. Baron 1898 features a 123-foot vertical plunge into an underground tunnel, reaching a top speed of 56 mph. Riders...
Continue reading...SeaWorld Orlando Opening Mako Hyper Coaster in 2016
SeaWorld Orlando announced plans today for Mako, a 200-foot-tall Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coaster that will become Orlando’s tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster. The B&M hyper coaster will include a 20-story first drop, reaching top speeds of 73 mph....
Continue reading...Efteling’s Baron 1898 Dive Coaster Testing
Efteling is preparing to open Baron 1898, a smaller-sized, heavily themed B&M dive coaster. The park recently began testing the coaster and shared photos of the 18-seat trains maneuvering the track on Facebook: The coaster features a 123-foot vertical plunge...
Continue reading...Cedar Point Opens Rougarou
Cedar Point today unleashed its stand-up-to-floorless converted B&M coaster, Rougarou. The once stand-up coaster formerly known as Mantis now sports sleek new floorless trains giving the coaster an entirely new ride experience. Experience Rougarou for yourself by watching the ride...
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