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...
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Meet the New Coaster101 Team Members
Within the last several months we have welcomed two new teammates to the Coaster101 family, and we want you to get to know them better. Larry Treece, Social Media Manager Late last year, we brought on Larry Treece as our...
Continue reading...Attraction Awards 2013: Results
The results are in for our 2013 Attraction Awards! See below to find out who won this year’s categories. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners! Best Park Twitter Account Knoebels Amusement Resort (@KozmoKG) Knoebels engages its fans with in-park...
Continue reading...Attraction Awards 2013: Vote
It’s time to vote for the 2013 Attraction Awards! You nominated your favorite parks and attractions and the nominees for each category are found below. Remember, this a fun, non-scientific web polling. Please vote only once. The voting period will...
Continue reading...Attraction Awards 2013: Nominate
It’s that time of year—the 2013 Attraction Awards are upon us! This year we have six random categories related to the amusement industry, and we need your help nominating the attractions and parks for each category. Use the form at...
Continue reading...Start Your Weekend With #CoasterFriday
If you’re active on social media websites such as Instagram or Twitter, you may have seen the various “hashtag days” such as “Follow Friday.” We want to start a hashtag day for coaster enthusiasts: #CoasterFriday. Participation is easy. Share a...
Continue reading...Merry Christmas from Coaster101
“Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!” From the entire Coaster101 team, we would like to wish all of our readers celebrating today a very merry Christmas. We hope this year has been a spectacular one for you,...
Continue reading...2012 Photo Contest Results
The results are in! We had 55 incredible photographs entered into the photo contest this year, and you all have chosen the winning photo of each category. Original First place: Steve F. Honorable mention: Brian R. Edited First place: Brian...
Continue reading...Thanks For Talking!
One of the biggest rewards of writing for Coaster101 is seeing people respond to your content. I don’t mean responding directly to what we say either. I enjoy seeing actual conversation take place about the subject matter. Within the past...
Continue reading...Vote for Your Favorite Photos
It’s time to vote for your favorite photos in the fifth-annual Coaster101 Photography Contest! We had a total of 55 photo entries this year in three separate categories: original, edited and humor. Click here to place your vote! The voting...
Continue reading...Coaster101 5th Annual Photography Contest
It’s time once again to break out those cameras and show us your very best roller coaster photographs as the Coaster101 2012 Photo Contest begins today! Each summer, we hold a roller coaster photography contest in order to showcase some...
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...
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