Dollywood 2023 Construction Progress – April 2022
Dollywood has yet to announce its 2023 theme park plans (it did announce HeartSong Lodge & Resort last June), but dirt is already moving for the (likely) 2023 expansion of Wildwood...
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California’s Great America South Bay Shores Construction Tour
UPDATE: The park announced South Bay Shores will open on June 5! Check out photos from our construction tour below. ? Just announced! South Bay Shores waterpark, located inside California's Great...
South Bay Shores Construction Tour At California’s Great America
Although California’s Great America is closed until 2021, crews are still hard at work on their new, expanded water park: South Bay Shores. Yesterday I had a chance to take a...
15 to 15: Our 15 Favorite Coaster Construction Tours
Over the last 15 years, the Coaster101 team has had the opportunity to tour numerous roller coaster construction sites. These tours have given us up-close looks at a new coasters’ shiny...
Inside Fury 325’s Custom Gates with Carowinds’ Shawn Hopkins
On a majority of roller coasters that operate today, there is a series of queue gates that line up riders into specific rows before allowing guests to board a coaster train....
Carowinds Off-Season Maintenance Update
As we’ve mentioned several times before, the off-season is often thought of as a “slow” time at a theme park. However, there’s a large amount of work that is going on...
A Whole New “World” : February 2020 Walt Disney World Construction Update
There are often a few trade-offs for visiting Walt Disney World in a tourist “off-season.” While you might be dealing with smaller crowds and fortunate to find less-expensive hotel rates than...
A Look Inside Kings Dominion’s Off-Season Maintenance
A common misconception about theme parks is that when they close for the season, there’s nothing going on at the park. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. Recently, we had...
Behind The Scenes of Pantheon Construction
Aided by the power of five Roman gods, Pantheon is quickly changing the landscape of Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Located in an area of the park formerly used for animal pastures (which...
Inside Iron Gwazi with Project Manager Andrew Schaffer
Last month, we visited Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to cap the end of a trip to the IAAPA Expo in Orlando. If you haven’t been paying attention to the park’s mass...
Iron Gwazi Construction Update
Following the 2019 IAAPA Expo, where we saw the unveiling of Iron Gwazi’s crocodile-themed lead car, we headed south down Interstate 4 to Busch Gardens Tampa last Friday, to check on...
Hersheypark Tops Off Candymonium at 210 Feet
Hersheypark yesterday installed the topmost section of track of its new-for-2020 Candymonium hypercoaster. The Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) hyper coaster towers 210 feet above the park. The Hersheypark Construction Services team...
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