Earlier this year, four members of the Coaster101 team visited Six Flags Darien Lake for the first time to check out the park’s collection of eight coasters and other attractions. While Darien Lake has a respectable lineup of coasters, all...
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19 for ‘99: Ride of Steel at Six Flags Darien Lake
Another coaster celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year is the Intamin-built Ride of Steel at Darien Lake, located just outside of Buffalo, New York. Background Six Flags Darien Lake has gone back and forth between owners for most of its...
Continue reading...Six Flags Darien Lake Opens SkyScreamer
Darien Lake has opened for the 2019 season with a new name and a new “star” attraction: the Six Flags SkyScreamer. Adding to the excitement, the park has officially rejoined the Six Flags family and is reclaiming the “Six Flags...
Continue reading...Give Kids The World Announces The Return of Coasting For Kids!
After a short one-year break, Give Kids The World has announced the return of their popular “Coasting for Kids” program, and this time, it’s bigger and better than ever! From 2009-2015, Coasting For Kids took place at Cedar Fair parks...
Continue reading...Our Thoughts on Six Flags’ New for 2019 Announcements
Six Flags recently announced all of their 2019 projects. The Coaster101 team got together to discuss our thoughts on the whole range of announcements, including what surprised us, what we’re most excited about, and what we think could come next....
Continue reading...New Flat Rides Coming To Six Flags St. Louis and Darien Lake
It was a big day for Six Flags today, as the company announced the chain’s 2019 additions. From children’s areas to new roller coasters, each park in the chain will receive some form of capital investment for next year. Six...
Continue reading...Tantrum Euro-Fighter Coaster Opens at Darien Lake
Darien Lake officially opened Tantrum, a Gerstlauer euro-fighter coaster, on Friday, June 1 — though it had soft opened to guests over the Memorial Day weekend. The ride was manufactured by Gerstlauer Amusement Rides and was installed by Ride Entertainment. “Tantrum...
Continue reading...Six Flags Acquiring Rights to Operate Darien Lake, Frontier City, Water Parks
The Six Flags name will once again fly above Darien Lake and Frontier City. Six Flags today announced that it had acquired “lease rights” to operate two former Six Flags theme parks and three additional water parks currently owned by...
Continue reading...Darien Lake Goes Wet and Wild in 2015
In 2015, Darien Lake will add a “freefall” double water slide and a seven-story “giant loop” to the park’s ride and slide lineup. Learn more about these two new attractions below: Rolling Thunder Standing seven stories tall, this Larson “Giant Loop” ride...
Continue reading...Rowdy’s Ridge at Darien Lake
Opening this year at Darien Lake is Rowdy’s Ridge, an entire area of the park dedicated to fun attractions for the entire family. New attractions making their debut in the Rowdy’s Ridge area include Rowdy’s Heave Ho!, a tower attraction...
Continue reading...Theme Park Safety with Randy King
The amusement industry has received a lot of national media attention the past few weeks due to a series of tragic and unfortunate accidents (and other non-events completely blown out of proportion). We thought it would be a good time...
Continue reading...Herschend to manage Elitch Gardens and Darien Lake
Herschend Family Entertainment, the owners of both Dollywood and Silver Dollar City, will take over management of Elitch Gardens and Darien Lake beginning today, January 25, 2011. The company released the following press release: “January 25, 2011, Orlando, FL &...
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